Saturday, August 30, 2008

Visit to MSC innovation centre


They provides training and help to IT knowledge worker and Multimedia development for Malaysia. Bridging the gap between Institute of Higher Learning and industry(What they said).

Virtual Reality centre. Three special coated white screens. Three big bulky projectors for the left right and centre portions of the circular screen surface. 90Hz refresh rates projectors. Special computers with 4 graphic cards(2GB memory) as big as a motherboard.

I thought it would be a 3D experience with the active stereographic glasses(actively close and open for left and right glasses according to the signal it received). Instead the demonstrator sit on a special armchair with the controllers and lead us through the virtual Putrajaya city. Fly up fly down. Speeding. Good for city planning and disaster evacuation. Even has the simulation of rising water level. Though not accurately calculated. Similar to something like Google Earth which can be rendered with normal pc =.=

And show us the flight simulator and virtual autopsy. Can see the bones broken etc. And lastly is the Saladin trailer. Everything from character design and storyboard is done by Malaysian. Not bad. The faces of people is polygon style like the ice age movie. What's really matters is the storyline though realistic graphic is a plus. Ahem ahem Wall-E.