Feature | Virtual Reality
Immersive Experience: VR Revolutionizing Oil Workflows
The oil industry has long flirted with virtual reality (VR) and visualization tech but falling prices and technological advances mean this once-futuristic concept is becoming more practical. The tech is appealing because oil companies have struggled to visualize complex subsurface data and effectively train their workforce. VR’s immersive nature is helping companies overcome such challenges.
Figure – 3D subsurface model in virtual reality with wells, seismic, well logs, 3D model, faults, well tops, satellite image, and annotation cross-section. Source: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin.
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