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iSGTW has a great piece on the importance of Scientific Visualization and the growth of dedicated interactive analysis clusters in some of the big DOD/DOE labs, including some great quotes from VizWorld regulars Sean Ahern and Kelly Gaither.
“Data without analysis is nothing,” Ahern said. “If you’ve run a giant simulation, you’ve only done half the work. The real science comes from processing that data into something that people can understand. The job of science is done in the phase of analysis, and that’s purely where we live.”
They also highlite a typically forgotten feature of Visualization: Computational Debugging. Certain bugs in HPC codes can be hard to spot numerically, but really show up in visualization. Problems like bad edge conditions (Using a reflecting boundary instead of a wraparound or exit boundary) or repeating numerical errors lead to patterns that are easily to see visually with interactive visualization tools, but nearly impossible with traditional numerical methods.
Cinema4D users may want to check out the latest version of the Solidchamfer plugin which adds a new feature or two and generally improves the whole process.
I’m working on the next version of my Solidchamfer plugin, and I’d like to show you some of my progress. The most important new feature is a “subdivision” option, which allow you to get smooth rounded edges on your objects, without using hypernurbs.
Disney’s D23 expo is underway, and a few little tidbits of upcoming Pixar releases is making the way through the internet. We already know of upcoming “Brave” and the Monsters, Inc prequel “Monsters University”, but now there are two new films on the horizon with surpsisingly short timelines:
While not much is known yet about the movies, there are a few details to be shared. The first movie—set for release on November 27th, 2013, just five months after Monsters University—will take place in a world where that devastating asteroid never hit Earth, and dinosaurs never went extinct. It will be directed by long–time Pixar animator and artist Bob Peterson, who more recently wrote Finding Nemo and Up, which he also co–directed with Pete Docter. Peterson has also lent his voice to numerous Pixar roles, including Roz from Monsters, Inc., Mr. Ray from Nemo, and Dug the dog from Up.
Our topic of choice, for this week, is Aviation. Aug. 19 was the birth anniversary of Orville Wright, and, by Presidential Proclamation issued on since July 25, 1939, his birthday is America’s National Aviation Day. So, let’s start this compilation by visualizing The Airline Industry, with a help from Kiplinger. Then, a couple of interesting visualization projects: 30 Years of Airline Travel, found on Places & Spaces, and a visualization of where do major airlines fly, by Flowing Data. Finally, GOOD‘s look at the most fuel-efficient Airlines, and 5W Infographics‘ take on low-cost flying.
This week we dedicated our Daily Viz from Visual Loop to the internet. Closing up this selection, we picked the three infographics made by the folks at eCreative IM, covering the several aspects of what a great website should be made of: great SEO, Design and Usability. After that, a couple of more pieces about the importance of your site’s loading time, provided by Kissmetrics and Strangeloop. Wish you all a great weekend!
There would not be an internet without websites, right? So, today we bring some of the most interesting recent infographics focused on the importance of creating a website that can really catch the visitor’s attention. And it all starts with an idea! That’s why Vitamin Talent‘s flowchart is a great way to start, followed by Broadband Choices‘ breakdown of what are websites made of. After that, Webdesign Ledge shows the anatomy of an effective Web Design, Kissmetrics teaches the essentials Of Online Testing, because, as we can see in New Relic‘s infographic, the web is taking too long – and the we simply don’t have much time to spend waiting for a site to fully load.
Accelcoder has a new BluRay and BluRay 3D Encoder that’s near release and expected to retail for $1299, but while they put the finishing touches on it you can download and try it yourself for free!
It’s got full standard compliant h264 support for 2D and 3D, and supports lots of input formats like AVI, Quicktime, MPEG2, and more. You can get all the details on their site, along with the download information.
Vuzix has just come out with a new set of wearable displays that boast 16:9 widescreen along with 3D support.
The new Wrap 1200 video eyewear offer greater compatibility, flexibility and viewing quality than ever before. Not only does the Wrap 1200 support both standard 2D video and today’s exciting explosion of 3D video, it connects to more media sources in more ways than ever before. The Wrap 1200 improvements don’t stop there. Focus, eye-separation and viewing angle adjustments combine to offer optimum viewing quality for all.
Technical details show they only run at a disappointing 852×480, but when you put that merely 1 inch away from your eye that’s probably good enough.
I’m a bit puzzled by how it supports 3d formats of Anaglyphic 3D. Side-by-side is obvious, but how does Anaglyph work with this?
via Wrap 1200.
A few weeks ago Cray CTO Steve Scott made waves in the HPC News media with the announcement of his resignation and move to a “computing partner” that wouldn’t be named. Most people figured they meant AMD. Well, it’s been named now and it’s a shocker: He’s the new CTO of NVidia’s Tesla business unit.
“There are few people on the planet that have Steve’s deep system level understanding of high performance computing,” said Bill Dally, Nvidia’s chief scientist. ”Steve’s decision to join Nvidia is a resounding endorsement that GPU accelerated computing is the future of HPC. He will play a central role in architecting the world’s most powerful supercomputers.”
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