Fields of Use.
While a complete list would be very long, these are just some of the fields where the most obvious benefits will be generated:
- Creative Content Digital animation, game design, web portals
- Games Industry Game design, 3D-enabling technology for the consumer market
- CAD/CAE "Mechanical" Applications/product design and virtual prototyping in various industries: automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, industrial machinery. Example: Automotive Industry: Rapid prototyping Benefit: Reduction of cost of development and time to bring a product to market
- CAD/CAE Industrial Plant Design Example: Designing a new manufacturing plant Benefit: Understanding the complex interdependencies
- Medical Science Micro-surgery, augmented reality, neuro-navigation Example: In neurosurgery understanding understand the structure within the field of operation is essential for the surgeon. Today stereo-microscopes are used to ensure this. Benefit: The CCD data of the microscope can be routed to one or several SeeFront 3D displays. Thus the surgeon is no longer tied up to the ocular of the device. Instead he/she gains not only a greater degree of freedom of movement but also perception of the entire surroundings.
- Research and Development Molecule design, simulation of fluids, visualization of data that are too complex to understand in 2D Example: Pharmaceutical Industry Benefit: Understanding of complex molecular structures, being a prerequisite for the design of new drugs.
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Digital elevation models, evaluation of earth surface data Example: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, the famous 2000 Space Shuttle mission that privided a huge amount of stereoscopic GIS data of the earth's surface. Benefit: Assistance in the evaluation of these complex data that can only be understood in 3D-mode.
- Military Research and Simulation Benefit: A wide variety of computer-based simulations are critical to the success in military research. Exercises ranging from ship design and navigation to urban combat scenarios all benefit from immersive environments and the use of stereoscopic visualization.