Three-dimensional real-time Visualization of Air Quality Modeling Data

The long term technical goal of VRCO, Inc. (VRCO)in this project is the systematic enhancement of an existing virtual reality application, the virtual Global Exploratory and Observatory (vGeo) that will enable the end user to perform collaborative 3Dvisualization of air emission data from the Models-3 software suite between multiple visualization devices ranging from the desktop to the CAVET.All federal agencies now have requirements to be able to collaboratively visualize, interact with and analyzeobservations, simulations and imagery in ways designed to give greater perception to the user.The use of a 3D immersive environment changes the way information is viewed and manipulated and provides an actual sense of presence to the user and provides thefeeling of being there thereby aiding in the mental process of rapidly assimilating complex information. Moreover, the immersive paradigm provides a more natural and intuitive environment for data presentation, thus allowing scientists to discovercharacteristics and features in their data that might otherwise go unnoticed using traditional analysis tools. It is our view that the use of the Collaborative Virtual Environment will fundamentally change the way that large multivariate datasets are usedthroughout the federal sector. This mode of collaborative visualization is a key enabling technology for DoD and other federal sectors.