With the introduction of the SGI TM Reality Center TM 1000D and 2000D desks , SGI will offer the industry's first integrated virtual reality solutions available from a single computer company. SGI's Virtual Reality Initiative, announced in July 1998, which seeks to promote the broader adoption of virtual reality technology and make it easier to use in practical applications throughout many industries including manufacturing, government, science and education. By offering a fully integrated solution, customers no longer need to work with multiple vendors to complete their virtual reality package. The SGI TM Reality Center TM 1000D and 2000D desks are typically used in science and research for analysis of computational fluid dynamics, physics and biochemical research and biomedical simulation. Within manufacturing, these products are ideal for computer-aided engineering and data visualization, small assembly engineering design, assembly optimization and training simulations.
Government departments use virtual reality desks for battlefield visualization and mission planning.
Featuring Barco projectors, the display will provide an extremely bright image with a resolution of more than 5.5 million pixels in monoscopic mode and more than 3.6 million pixels in stereoscopic mode. The new SGI Reality Center wall solution will display sharper and crisper images from any viewing angle for viewing by 15 to 20 people. This technology is quickly becoming critical to our customer base, and we are very pleased to see that cost-effective Reality Center desk solutions based on the visual computing power of the Onyx2 are being introduced into the marketplace. In addition to offering complete virtual reality solutions, SGI also offers extensive services to help customers design and implement immersive visualization facilities. The SGI Consulting team works closely with customers and display vendors to ensure successful systems integration and to help implement cost-effective visual computing solutions.