were nominated for a Fiatech CETI award for the combination of .NET and real-time dynamic tessellation technologies. For a virtual reality developer this is a significant achievement that may mark yet another industry milestone illuminating the importance of interactive visualisation applications for a broad range of engineering needs not limited to design.”Recently VRcontext, the developers of Walkinside and ProcessLife, were nominated for a Fiatech CETI award…
Fiatech is a non-profit organisation with the primary goal to ‘establish a comprehensive Capital Projects Technology Roadmap (Roadmap) that describes the operational context for a capital projectand to identify opportunities to apply technology that integrates and automates execution of capital projects more effectively’.
In summarythe Capital Technologies Roadmapby Fiatechoffers a tool to apply relevant technologies/standards and highlight industry developments based on identified indicators. Fiatech is one of the few organisations in which owners/operators and contractors work jointly to outline these industry indicators and structure mutually beneficial standards.
Walkinside and ProcessLife applications fit into the Fiatech philosophy by permitting users to significantly leverage 3D design investmentstypically developed by contractorsdeeper into life cycle asset management phasesboth contributing to and driving the need for Total Asset Lifecycle Information Management.
Where 3D offers users the ability to see the design during project engineering phasesvirtual reality extends the uses of an engineering CAD model into operationsmaintenance and non-conventional areas.
.NET is becoming a standard for developing customisablerobust and user friendly solutions. Integrating .NET with real-time dynamic tessellation has improved performance and expanded the long-term product development options. One example of these benefits is the recent release of an XMpLant converter for the Walkinside builderwhich converts XML based engineering models into virtual reality.o
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Nelia Mazula and Andre Colin are with VRcontext LLC is based in HoustonTXUSA. www.vrcontext.com
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