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Strategic Advantages of Virtual Visualization

Comprehension:

Virtual environments (VE) dramatically increases the visual 'reality' of computer displays beyond a standard 2-D screen display. These displays replicate a real world environment, mimicking the same human learning processes active in the real world. Learners use their real world experience to a greater extent than with normal computer displays, thus speeding up comprehension. This is especially noticeable in complex or unfamiliar situations, such as multi-discipline analysis of hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Retention and Recall:

With the expanded use of real world experience, which GeoVE facilitate, there is increased retention and recall. This is similar to recalling a visit to the Grand Canyon or the Golden Gate Bridge by re-playing the visual memories in our mind.

Multi-Discipline Integration:

Integrating the analysis from multiple disciplines is essential to making the right decisions in many complex situations. Each discipline has its own unique 'jargon' or techniques, which are manifested in various types of computer displays. By exhibiting the various expert displays within a natural environment and activating the use of real world experience, the analysis can be quickly comprehended and incorporated into a total integrated solution.

Communication:

Having all participants together in the same natural GeoVE significantly increases both the quality and the amount of communication and collaboration. This is particularly true when there are different data types in a common spatial environment.

Decision Making:

The combination of increased comprehension plus better communication provides a dramatic improvement in decision quality. WVS is developing metrics to monitor these decision-making improvements.

Tactical Advantages

Presentation of analysis to management; e.g. Presentation of prospect or field development programs to management.

Presentation of analysis for farm-out; e.g. Presentation of prospect to potential clients utilizing VR techniques.

Enhanced interpretation and evaluation; e.g. Reinterpretation of data utilizing VR tools and techniques.

Asset evaluation and management for multi-discipline teams; e.g. Hydrocarbon development and production from a complex field.

Decision-making at all levels in the organization; e.g. Field development planning and approval.

Technical analysis of multi-discipline problems; e.g. Reservoir analysis of a producing field involving geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, and engineers.

Integration of information from multiple sources; e.g. Integration of geophysical, geological, petrophysical, and engineering information for prospect evaluation; and the development and production of complex reservoirs.

Improve communication between relevant personnel; e.g. Engineers, geologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists discussing field development within the same environment.

Analysis of complex problems; e.g. Evaluation of complex structural and/or stratigraphic environments.