Design and Implementation of an Immersive Geoscience Toolkit

Christophe Winkler (1) , Fabien Bosquet , Xavier Cavin (1) , Jean-Claude Paul (1)

1 ISA - Models, algorithms and geometry for computer graphics and vision

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 in this paper 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.

Mots clés: geoscience; multi-pipe visualization; immersive environment; visualisation multi-pipe; environnement immersif; interface

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]

Christophe Winkler, Fabien Bosquet, Xavier Cavin, Jean-Claude Paul. Design and Implementation of an Immersive Geoscience Toolkit. IEEE Visualisation'99, 1999, San Fransisco, CA, 5 p. ⟨inria-00098771⟩