MetaVR visual systems and 3D virtual terrain are in use at the BC Explorer exhibit on display at the British Columbia, Canada, diplomatic pavilion in Beijing, China, the host of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The 21,000 square-foot pavilion, which opened on May 22, highlights British Columbia culture, tourism, businesses and innovators, and promotes the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. For the BC Explorer display, the Canadian government purchased 6 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses and 2 Metadesic Compiler terrain generation licenses through Xpletive, which integrated the visual system of this location-based interactive multimedia production.

The visual display, which was designed and supplied by Immersive Display Solutions, includes a 2.0-meter diameter hard-shell hemispherical dome coupled with an OmniFocus HAL-SX3 projection system providing SXGA+ resolution at 3,500 lumens. Spherical projection is enabled by a newly developed VRSG plugin, which provides geometrically-corrected imagery for a 180 x 135-degree field of view. The dome provides visitors with a realistic immersive environment with which they can fly over the terrain.

Working with Xpletive, MetaVR built the 3D terrain of British Columbia for this project, primarily using the Metadesic Compiler. Coastal regions of the terrain were built with MetaVR's new Terrain Tools for ArcGIS, with which coastlines can be digitized and cut out from geospecific imagery. The 3D terrain was built from source imagery of 15-meter and 5-meter resolution with 1-meter insets, and 25-meter post elevation data of the whole province.

MetaVR appreciates that the Canadian Government had many options to choose from when deciding upon a visualization solution for this exhibit. MetaVR is honored to be chosen to participate in the delivery of this showcase simulation.

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