Mirage Technologies, a company located at the UV’s Science Park, leads the high performance software development which visualizes and analyzes real-time geographical information in 3D. This platform is called ESPHERA and allows to integrate CAD sources (Computer Aided Design) and GIS (Geographical Information Systems), along with laser sensors (LIDAR) and georeferenced video and images. This creates 3D models of incredible detail and achieves unprecedent analysis capabilities.
Built with the support of the most important experts in the world in 3D and GIS visualization, including the people that developed Google Earth, this innovative application improves the current capabilities of geographical visualization platforms and leads the path to a new generation of real-time 3D systems aimed at professional use. The main target users of these systems are geology, atmosphere physics, monitoring systems, or security systems, among others.
The team is headed by international experts like Donald Burns, the creator of Google Earth, Salvador Bayarri, developer of Arc Globe, and Rafael Gaitán, main developer of ‘España Virtual’ a CENIT project funded by the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness.
‘Nowadays it is very easy to get valuable data on our surroundings, just by driving a car or make a plane flight with no pilot in it, provided that they have the suitable sensors. The challenge is to get the information that the civil engineer or the extinguishing officer need to take quick decisions’, explains Bayarri. ‘We have to have in mind that Google Earth is based on technology from 10 years ago. The graphic systems have been improved and today they can carry out maths calculations and visual effects. Esphera has been developed to take advantage of these possibilities’, Gaitán points out.
ESPHERA is developed by Salvador Bayarri and Rafael Gaitán, both members of the company MIRAGE Technologies, which is a company located at Science Park. It is focused on the development of visualization and 3D applications. Moreover, MIRAGE coordinates the master’s degree called Máster de Programación Gráfica y Simulación de UTad, in cooperation with Next Limit and ‘Real Flow’.
More information on the web site: www.mirage-tech.com
Last update: 28 de september de 2012 17:40.
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