Emerging technologies

摘要

3D VOLUME VISUALISATION has been around for 20 years, and many improvements have been made to the early technologies that enabled geoscientists and engineers to see inside the massive data volumes emanating from modern 3D seismic acquisition and processing methods. Over time, the solutions evolved from expensive, highly-specialised computer systems to mainstream desk-side (and even laptop) architectures, thanks to the advances in chip designs, cheaper and more abundant memory and improved standards for data transfer within the computer. Credit has to be given to the requirements of video game applications, which drove many of these developments, and which happen to match the needs of industrial applications addressing 3D seismic, as well as medical and other market segments.