One of the largest simulation facilities in the world has been unveiled in Tokyo Japan. The cyberdome is an 8.5-meter-high hemisphere-shaped screen designed to simulate houses and cities in a mind-blowing 3D immersive environment.
The Cyberdome has a huge trackball and is powered by by 19 computers and 18 projectors. The projectors are suspended above the viewing platform which is a couple of meters off the ground and allows a viewer to look straight at the center of the screen.
One of the goals of creating the Cyberdome was to give city planners and architects very large and very real 3D Walkthroughs of newly proposed building exteriors and interiors.
Similar to the products of 3Dwalkthroughs.com the architects and city planners can then make modifications to their plans before they start construction on a property.
In order to get a true immersive experience, the Cyberdome requires that the viewer wear 3D glasses. Reporters that tested the simulation facility stated that the Cyberdome was one of the most engaging simulation facilities they have ever seen.
I guess we will not be able to test this type of technology any time soon unless it comes to the United States or my wife gets her wish and we go to Japan.
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