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This application shows a complete aluminium manufacturing process. The tool was developed by Design and Systems Institute for Coperion.

It helps to communicate the internal operations in context of the whole process. Their tasks are involved in the design and implementation of a plant from project planning through to installation, and also in extremely complex individual process stages for handling alumina for the production of primary aluminium.

The user can navigate by 2D layers through the different parts in the virtual plant. Starting at raw material receiving with an controllable ship unloader up to the large hall with electrolysis cells.

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The DAVE is an immersive virtual environment located at the Graz University of Technology, Austria. By using mostly standard hardware components the installation costs are kept low. The DAVE is mainly used for interactive exploration of architectural models and other virtual worlds. It is also a scientific tool for controlled repeatable psychological tests and for the analysis of a variety of research questions, such as a planning tool for the development of efficient signage systems in public spaces.

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Wing in ground effect (WIG) crafts are ap­plicable as very fast vehicles for sea transport. The instruction and training of WIG craft pilots on the basis of an international approved program is up to now an unsolved problem. The training on the vehicle would not only expensive but also risky. A realistic simulation makes the operator familiar with the behavior in the water and in the air, even in extreme weather events and critical operating conditions.

Image by Frank Neumann / Rostock

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Design and Systems Institute developed an augmented reality application, first deployed at ‘K trade fair on Coperion group’s booth. A big real extruder was the central element and starting point of a complete virtual compounding plant which could be explored by some ar-viewer arranged at the stand. It enables users to see invisible processes inside the machine and plant components in full-scale.

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Since generations the gutmann brewery brews weiss-beer in traditional procedures. By the selection of the raw materials up to the storage many well-defined and necessary steps must be considerd to attain the desired result. Design and Systems Institute started to develop an interactive guided tour to explain the many little steps which leads to the treasured drink.

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