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VARDEC is an industry-led research consortium initiated by The Boeing Company to continue its multi-year, active involvement in visual analytics research at Canadian universities and with Canadian industry. VARDEC industry members work with Canadian researchers to create visual analytics projects that will benefit VARDEC members, and thus accelerate the use of advanced analytics to benefit the Canadian economy.
Visual analytics (VA) is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. VA tools and techniques enable analysts to explore and synthesize information and derive insight from massive, dynamic and possibly conflicting data collections.
Two VARDEC members, NGRAIN and Convergent Manufacturing Technologies, are collaborating on an applied research project to improve awareness of real-time sensor data using 3D virtual and augmented techniques in composite manufacturing environments.
This project will explore and evaluate various methods that can be used to display real-time and historical sensor data on a 3D view of a large-scale composite part being manufactured. The resulting visualizations will be usable by all employees involved in the manufacturing process.
“This project offers a great opportunity to deploy NGRAIN 3D virtual and augmented technologies towards solving hard problems related to complex equipment and processes in a manufacturing environment,” said Barry Po, director product management for NGRAIN. “We’re confident that the experience gained will be beneficial to all partners and the industry at large.”
“This project is the beginning of a significant collaboration among Canadian VA researchers and the aerospace industry to make use of the power of visual analytics for exploring and utilizing the increasingly vast amounts of data that are available for analysis and decision making,” said Ken Goosen, chair of the VARDEC Steering Committee.
