Mechdyne launches Dual-View 3D collaboration tool
Paul Milligan, July 30, 2010
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Mechdyne Corporation has released technology that makes it possible to produce two distinct user perspectives from a single 3D digital projector. With Ace Dual-View technology two people working in an immersive stereoscopic environment see a different view of 3D images and, since both viewers are separately motion-tracked, the images they see are unique to their view.
This enables more natural discussion when viewing virtual prototypes or navigating virtual scenes. Furthermore, Mechdyne’s software will allow for each user to see the other user’s position and orientation relative to the virtual world and the objects it contains.
Potential applications to benefit from a Dual-View capable system include engineering, such as the design of a car interior within a CAVE system. Two designers can view the simulation from different positions within the virtual image. One view might be from the driver’s perspective, while the second would be from the front or even rear passenger seat.
Another possible application could be in a surgical training environment where a experienced practitioner may be observing or instructing a student in new techniques. Simulation participants might face each other across a virtual surgery table (horizontal 3D system), with both seeing a visually correct image of the operation as it takes place.
The first customer for an Ace Dual-View capable system is a US university, which will use the new technology in conjunction with a CAVE designed and integrated by Mechdyne.
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