Mineral Exploration
A world leader in high value mineral exploration and mining recently commissioned three ImmersaView curved screen immersive display systems for their new global exploration and collaborative facility.
A world leader in high value mineral exploration and mining recently commissioned three ImmersaView curved screen immersive display systems for their new global exploration and collaborative facility. ImmersaView were pleased to provide assistance with the project’s visual requirements from initial concepts through to final delivery and support.
Complex problems - remotely located expertise
The customer had a number of complex business challenges to address. These involved the difficult process of making high value, highly complex decisions based upon limited information. The geological data used to make decisions is obtained from site drill holes and this information is used to try and predict the location of mineral seams, often over very large areas. Having the ability to visualize this information and make informed decisions across often remote locations is vital to the success of the business.
Solving Problems: ImmersaView’s challenges
The exploration and collaborative hub had a number of particularly interesting technical challenges. Both systems required multiple projectors to be displayed as single seamless, desktop environments across large curved display surfaces.
As each system was used in different ways, this also dictated the technical requirements. The first system was used as a Visualization Information Centre, having an immersive curved screen. Here, Geologists could discuss, communicate and make decisions. Presenting complex, three-dimensional data onto a large, immersive curved screen display enabled collaboration between Geologists and improved the decision making process.
The second system was used as an Auditorium, where a number of display modes were required including:
- A single, seamless desktop across three high-definition projectors;
- Dividing the larger Auditorium into smaller task rooms, so that two projectors could be used as a single desktop in one area, whilst another single projector could be used in the second room;
- Using the 3 separate projectors as individual displays, so any input can be displayed on any screen.
Behind the Scenes: The technology
ImmersaView used their VideoInPlay (VIP) product in both curved screen environments to address the technical challenges presented. VIP enabled any source image to be displayed onto a curved screen, in a variety of modes. A workstation could be used to present complex data over the three geometrically corrected and edge blended projectors, or a user could simply input a presentation from a laptop. ImmersaView’s VIP product performed all the image correction, edge blending and overlap creation providing a simple to use alignment system.
ImmersaView also undertook the complete system design and installation, including projector selection, layout optimization and system alignment.
The Vision
The customer had a strong and determined vision to become the miner of choice. The development of a central collaboration facility to allow remote and local collaboration would enable the organization to have a world leading, show piece work environment.
The benefits
The collaboration facility enabled experts in various fields to present information to a wide variety of employees and key decision makers within the company to make high value decisions based upon complex, three-dimensional data. ImmersaView’s curved screen display systems were a central piece of the hub, operating as a key communication facility.
