Towards the use of collaborative virtual environments to crew unmanned oil platforms

Author

Fuks, Hugo ; Raposo, Alberto ; Barbosa, Sara ; Moura, Hermano ; Soares, Andre ; Cunha, Micaela ; Gattass, Marcelo ; Lucena, Carlos J P

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2009

Firstpage

462

Lastpage

467

Abstract

This paper presents a human-centered vision of unmanned but crewed platforms, combining an onshore collaborative hybrid environment and an intelligent offshore oilfield. Computer science plays a major role in this vision since digital environments are paramount for the job. We discuss the importance of research in the fields of computer graphics, virtual reality and computer supported cooperative work in this context and present the basic technologies needed to accomplish the task. We instantiate our vision appointing the results of some initial experiments using virtual reality in submarine installation operations.

Keywords

groupware; knowledge based systems; marine engineering; offshore installations; virtual reality; collaborative virtual environment; computer graphics; computer science; computer supported cooperative work; crewed unmanned oil platform; digital environment; intelligent offshore oilfield; onshore collaborative hybrid environment; submarine installation operation; virtual reality; Collaborative work; Computer graphics; Humans; International collaboration; Military computing; Offshore installations; Petroleum; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Visualization; Collaborative Virtual Environments; Oil & Gas; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2009. CSCWD 2009. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santiago

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3534-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3535-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2009.4968102

Filename

4968102