Title : 
Design and implementation of an immersive geoscience toolkit
         
        
            Author : 
Winkler, Christophe ; Bosquet, Fabien ; Cavin, Xavier ; Paul, Jean-Claude
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., Nancy, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Having a better way to represent and to interact with large geological models are topics of high interest in geoscience, and especially for oil and gas companies. We present the design and implementation of a visualization program that involves two main features. It is based on the central data model, in order to display in real time the modifications caused by the modeler. Furthermore, it benefits from the different immersive environments which give the user a much more accurate insight of the model than a regular computer screen. Then, we focus on the difficulties that come in the way of performance.
         
        
            Keywords : 
data visualisation; geology; geophysics computing; interactive systems; real-time systems; central data model; gas companies; immersive environments; immersive geoscience toolkit; large geological models; oil companies; visualization program; Computer displays; Data models; Data visualization; Feedback; Geology; Geoscience; Large screen displays; Petroleum; Software maintenance; Vibration measurement;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Visualization '99. Proceedings
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Francisco, CA, USA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5897-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/VISUAL.1999.809922