Monday 7th April 2003
Ford SGI
Top quality graphics visualisation installed at Ford UK
Discussion
agent006 said:
Call me ignorant, but how can one improve the timing of a design?
This helps deciding, if a model of a sketch (digital mockup) needs to be built or not. Could spare some wasted clay models, and hence allows discussing more different designs.
It's a step in the chain of shorter product development cycles.
More output = more consume = more cash flow.
If you want to read more about that technology: www.sgi.com/realitycenter/ 
I used to work at SGI, & amongst other things worked on Reality Centres.
Being able to play Quake on a 30 foot wide screen with proper stereo visuals & surround sound with subsonics is just awesome
Oh and it speeds up the development process as well - imagine being able to look & interact with a larger than life car, with every detail correct, down to the last nut & bolt, and then be able to make design changes instantly to see how it looks/works. That's possible with these beasties - it's a little bit like an IMAX cinema, but interactive & immersive, and better resolution - to get the full immersive feeling, you need to completely fill the human field of vision, which you can never do with a computer screen, unless you sit too close
Being able to play Quake on a 30 foot wide screen with proper stereo visuals & surround sound with subsonics is just awesome
Oh and it speeds up the development process as well - imagine being able to look & interact with a larger than life car, with every detail correct, down to the last nut & bolt, and then be able to make design changes instantly to see how it looks/works. That's possible with these beasties - it's a little bit like an IMAX cinema, but interactive & immersive, and better resolution - to get the full immersive feeling, you need to completely fill the human field of vision, which you can never do with a computer screen, unless you sit too close
Having Viz centres speeds up the design process by allowing multiple users around the screen. Trouble with a regular workstation is that only 2 - people can effectively sit round the screen. With a Viz centre you can get all the necessary parties in one place (designers, engineers, project managers etc) who can all make decisions at the same time....
At least, that's how it speeds the process up in the oil & gas world....
At least, that's how it speeds the process up in the oil & gas world....
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