MetaVR Delivers Visual System to the LBE Marketplace

With the "Alcatraz the Ride" at Six Flags, Jackson NJ, featuring visuals by VRSG, MetaVR entered the Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) market as a provider of high-fidelity visual systems suitable for the commercial market. The system, which opened at Six Flags in May 2004, features MetaVR's synchronized multi-channel capability, and consists of three simulators, each using six channels and analysis stations for total of 20 licenses.

Each simulator has a full-motion cockpit with an edge-blended dome display simulating an Apache Longbow helicopter scenario of a rescue effort centered around the San Francisco Bay. In order to support the theme-park and LBE market, MetaVR's system provides video-like image quality but with the interactivity of a real-time visual simulation. The system was first on display at the IAAPA ( International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) annual convention and trade show in October 2000 where it won "Best Exhibit" award.

	Alcatraz the Ride Features Visual Database: Approximately 3 GB of geospecific color imagery 1m aerial photo imagery with 25cm insets of Alameda and Alcatraz 32-meter post elevation 7 texture levels-of-detail 4 terrain levels-of-detail 14,000 geospecifically located buildings Detailed models of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges Several hundred dynamic models of cars, boats, and aircraft Database constructed with MetaVR WorldPerfect (compiles in 40 minutes on a MetaVR Efficiency System) Rendering and Display System: 6 hardware synchronized MetaVR VRSG Channels @ 1280x1024-pixel resolution 18-foot SEOS display dome with 180 degree vertical and horizontal field-of-view SEOS Mercator™ SEOS OptiBlend™ edge-blending technology with BARCO LCD projectors 1 TADS view providing simulated IR and Electro Optic sensor imagery Asymmetric and channel-specific fields of view 60 Hz frame rates with up to 25,000 triangles per channel Simulation Host: 2 seat Apache Longbow-like cockpit (pilot & gunner) with near MIL-SPEC controls Longbow Multi Purpose Display (MPD) with real-time moving map rendered by MetaVR's MapToolkit Functional glass cockpit and control mockup Full-motion cockpit platform Multi I/O Apache dynamics model SAF generated interactive entities

	Images from the San Francisco database.