Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Realtime 3D Air traffic control

German airline Lufthansa teamed up with design firm WHITEvoid to create a massive air control tower simulation that can keep track of 16,000 daily Lufthansa and Star Alliance airplanes. The software allows users to move seamlessly between a macro view of the world to a micro view of individual flights, all played out on a 46 feet wide, 180° projection screen.

There's sound, too, according to WHITEvoid: "The visual appearance of the data visualization is complimented by a generative, six channel 3D audio system. All flight patterns are linked to spacial sound element that follow the visual representations through space

 

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