X3D Scenarios and Case Studies:
Real World Applications - Real World Solutions
X3D has a strong presence internationally and throughout many different industries. From healthcare science to oil exploration, X3D is being deployed for many important as well diverse uses. Our goal is to explore the very multi-faceted nature of X3D from an industry perspective.
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Arena of Major German Football Club in 3D - Live on the Internet
The German club HSV wanted to fully visualize it’s home stadiumin real-time, interactive 3D (using BS Contact VRML/X3D) for club members and fans. They needed near photo realitic quality and have it be delivered via internet.
The German club HSV worked with Web3D member company Bitmanagement Software GmbH so that online visitors to the arena can fly through the vast structure with complete freedom, touring areas otherwise off-limits to the public e.g. they may visit the club’s virtual museum with its many trophies and tributes or explore the rooms of the star players. Spectator boxes and rooms may be booked online and events arranged by an agency via the integration of booking systems and the virtual arena. It is planned to host virtual social meetings with avatars in the 3D arena with the new multi-user solutions developed from Bitmanagement.
Octaga, Shell Oil and Ormen Lange
The oil company Shell will be the operator for Norway’s biggest gas production field Ormen Lange by October 2007. The field will supply the UK with one third of the country’s total gas demand. Ormen Lange will be developed with seabed installations at depths of between 800 and 1100 meters. With complex electrical and mechanical equipment permanently installed at such great depths, the need for visual training systems is obvious. The client had a strong focus on safety and needed a training system for the crew to perform operations for installation and maintenance.
Shell and FMC Technologies worked with Octagawho developed a detailed X3D-based simulation for their subsea equipment. In the simulator the user can watch operations and procedures from any point of view or follow a guided presentation. The user can at any time switch seamlessly between the two modes. This resulted in a flexible and informative solution. The client had high demands to the level of detail. The Octaga Player makes it possible to render highly detailed geometry combined with advanced animations and interaction. Octaga created a customized user interface which combines text, diagrams, buttons and sliders with 3D graphics using standard X3D components.
Reconstructing Highway A2 in the Netherlands in X3D
The traffic situation in the Nederland’s, one of Europe’s most crowded country is critical, and the road authorities need to solve this situation as efficiently as possible. This implies using efficient communications tools to address the affected parties. The road connecting Amsterdam and Utrecht, the A2, will be expanded in the time period from 2006 to 2010. During these four years the road will be widened from today’s situation with 2x3 lanes to 2x5 lanes. PSI Bouw, the main contractor for this project, wanted to show how the construction process would influence people living along the A2 highway.
The large number of people affected by the building process called for an easy deployable web solution that offered individual users the possibility to see what their own neighborhood would look like during this period. A static solution would not meet these demands, so a real-time 3D presentation with 4D functionality was suggested.
A streaming solution for the web using Octaga Player technology and X3D, is being delivered by Octaga and their Dutch partner Cadvisual Group.
3D Laser Scanning for 3D Models
Accurate, high-resolution 3D city models are increasingly in demand for defense and security applications as well as civilian needs for urban planning and conservation.
In an urban planning project Planet 9 Studios used terrestrial 3D laser scanning to document Watts Towers, a Los Angeles folk-art landmark, and create a real-time X3D visual interface to the structure’s engineering conservation database.
Iraqi Checkpoint training using virtual humans to learn cultural gestures
The Department of Defense’s Joint Advanced Distributed Learning (JADL) Co-Lab launched a program to train military personnel in Iraqi Arabic language and culture for interactions at vehicle checkpoints in Iraq. They recognized that cultural protocol and gestures have a significant impact on the meaning of words.
Using X3D and the Humanoid Animation standard, Vcom3D created re-usable virtual humans capable of custom gestures, actions, facial expression, visual cues and lip-synchronized speech. Students learn by performing representative tasks while communicating with virtual characters that speak Iraqi Arabic and exhibit culturally appropriate behaviors.
Real-time high resolution 3D Atlas for leading publishing house
Bertelsmann, one of the world’s leading publishing houses, wanted to develop a comprehensive 3D world atlas for consumer use. They needed a solution that could render massive amounts of geographic data to 3D in real-time. They also wanted the Atlas to integrate with other media types including audio, video, and web pages.
Bitmanagement developed a 3D Atlas using BS Contact Geo and X3D. End-users have the freedom to explore in real-time, all areas of the globe in super-high 3D resolution by zooming in to specific locations and flying over accurate, real-world terrain.
Water treatment systems visualization and training
Epcon has developed its own treatment technology which is especially suitable for removing hydrocarbons, hydrophobic substances, aromatic compounds and small particles from produced water. They needed a intuitive way to explain the complex process that is taking place inside the filtering tanks.
Using Octaga Professional and X3D, Epcon developed a detailed simulation that can be used for both training and sales. For training, an operator can see the consequences of adjusting the valves and controls of the system. Sales staff can use the presentation to interactively explain the functionality to new clients.
Training and mission rehearsal prior to oil and gas subsea operations
Statoil, a leading energy company engaged in oil and gas exploration, needed a way to improve the efficiency and quality of offshore subsea operations using remote operated vehicles. They wanted to be provide pilots and crew realistic hands-on training prior to operations, for remote undersea installations that they would never actually see with their own eyes.
Statoil worked with FMC Technologies using Octaga Professional to develop a detailed X3D e-learning tool simulation for offshore subsea equipment. The simulator can generate accurate 3D images from any angle with full real-world dynamics. Crews can rehearse mission including system tests and access verifications, prior to subsea operations using existing and proposed equipment. Training and solving problems virtually is far less costly than during offshore operations
Lunar orbit and landing site visualization
The Integrated Modeling and Simulation (IM&S) project at NASA Langley Research was tasked with supporting an orbital mechanics analysis for a lunar mission study. The broader challenge was to develop the next generation collaborative engineering environment, complete with distributed engineering capabilities, integrated analysis tools, and interactive web graphics.
IM&S developed an interactive lunar globe web application, showing 7 landing sites, contour lines depicting the energy required to reach a given site, and the optimal lunar orbit orientation. X3D enabled rapid application development and provides future ability to interface with collaboration systems using XML messaging
3D graphical simulator for radiation therapy/surgery medical systems
Radiation therapy uses a robotic radiation emitter which orients and positions to deliver radition doses based on the tumor location in the patient. Current treatment planning systems do not accurately model the geometry of the various hardware components in combination with actual patient geometries on the treatment table. This can result in collisions between different hardware components and with the patient during treaments with complex beam arrangements.
3DRTT is a real-time 3D graphical simulator for an advanced radiation therapy/surgery medical system that significantly improves the radiation planning process. The simulator use laser-scanned 3D models, real patient 3D data models, X3D and Java to create a scalable, easy to use system.