 Virtalis operates in many sectors and the diversity of our projects are represented by the press releases we distribute each year. Below you will see a sample of the most recent.
All of our press releases since our Buyout are included in this press room. If you are interested in longer features or want to see the coverage generated by some of these press releases, please visit our “Articles” Section. Press contact - Sarah Cockburn-Price, Virtalis Marketing, on
+44 (0)1535 637594 or e-mail: sarah@virtalis.com.
Alternatively, contact David Cockburn-Price, Managing Director, on
+44 (0)161 969 1155 or email: info@virtalis.com
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Press Releases 2006
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Thursday, 07 September 2006 |
 VIRTALIS has strengthened its world-renowned Technical Development Team by recruiting three new people. Andrew Connell, technical director at Virtalis, said: “Over the past dozen years, the team has achieved many breakthroughs in advanced visualisation and has played a part in turning VR from a fledgling concept to the mature technology we have today.” |
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Press Releases 2006
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
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 VIRTALIS is honoured to become a member of The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC) and has designed and installed a StereoWorks Advanced Visualisation System at its office in Sheffield.
The AMRC with Boeing is a multi-million pound partnership, which builds on the shared scientific excellence, expertise and technological innovation of the world’s leading aerospace company and the world-class research within the University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Engineering. |
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Press Releases 2006
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Tuesday, 11 July 2006 |
 BAE SYSTEMS Submarines, helped by Virtalis, the advanced visualisation specialists, is currently deploying advanced visualisation facilities for the manufacture of the Astute Class of submarine in Barrow-in-Furness, England. It is thought that this is the very first “manufacturing floor” use of Stereo VR. Just as unusual is the fact that the cabin-based systems are being operated, not by the IT department, but by people whose main role is building the submarine. |
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Newsletters
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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Please read our Entertainment Newsletters below:  Newsletter 2005 10 (185.23 KB)
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Newsletters
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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Please read our Engineering Newsletters:  Engineering Newsletter 2007 11.pdf (70.02 KB)
Engineering Newsletter 2006 06.pdf (175.18 KB) Newsletter 2005 10 (202.87 KB) If you wish to be added to our mailing list to receive these newsletters, please send your details to us at
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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Please read our Defence Newsletters: Newsletter 2006 05 (169.45 KB) Newsletter 2005 11 (186.90 KB) If you wish to be added to our mailing list to receive these newsletters, please send your details to us at
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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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Please read our Academic newsletters below: NEW: Academic Newsletter 2007 11.pdf (99.52 KB) ARCHIVE: Academic Newsletter 2006 10.pdf (292.58 KB) Newsletter 2006 06 (163.08 KB) Newsletter 2006 02 (157.32 KB) Newsletter 2005 10 (159.88 KB) Newsletter 2005 06&07 (182.56 KB) Newsletter 2005 05 (184.11 KB) If you wish to be added to our mailing list to receive these newsletters, please send your details to us at
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Press Releases 2006
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Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
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 3D System Helps Geologists to Develop Interpretations and Test Hypotheses
LAST YEAR, the British Geological Survey (BGS) installed a Virtalis StereoWorks visualisation system at its Keyworth HQ. Following the success of that system, an almost identical one has been installed at BGS, Edinburgh, enabling geologists based there to explore their geological data in full stereo 3D. |
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Press Releases 2006
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Friday, 24 February 2006 |
 HOT ON the heels of the completion of the world’s only virtual Winching Simulator, part of its established Voice Marshalling Simulator, Virtalis is now collaborating with Heli-Basket manufacturer, Precision Lift Inc. With training time in a Blackhawk helicopter currently exceeding $2,000 per flying hour and the same time in a Chinook $6,000, military organisations are forced to consider their training budget extremely carefully. The RAF has found the solution to cost and risk barriers in helicopter rear-crew training, which has proved to be a Virtual Reality (VR) training system developed and marketed by Virtalis. |
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Press Releases 2006
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Friday, 17 February 2006 |
 HAVING worked with Rockwell Collins (formerly Kaiser-Electro-Optics, Inc., a Rockwell Collins company) in many Virtual Reality applications over the years, Virtalis has now been formally appointed as a distributor for their ProViewTM line of Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). |
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Press Releases 2006
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Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
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 VIRTALIS, Europe’s leading Advanced Visualisation Company, has been appointed as the UK reseller for WorldViz hardware and software.
Peter Schlueer, president of WorldViz, commented: “Expert integrators and companies with a wealth of experience, like Virtalis, drive the development of our products. Virtalis was the obvious choice for us in the UK. Their  varied applications and customer base will help us to see where the market for Virtual Reality (VR) is going.”
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Press Releases 2006
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Friday, 13 January 2006 |
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 VIRTALIS has become a partner of leading high-performance computing, visualisation and storage company, Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI).
Andrew Connell, technical director at Virtalis commented: “SGI's focus is on providing technology that will enable and support the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Their name is synonymous with large-scale visualisation. SGI’s established Irix operating system offers scalable commodity graphics. The Company’s new Prism range is the world’s first Linux-based, interactive visualisation system and is expected to be adopted in fields as diverse as brain surgery, oil exploration, global climate analysis and providing technologies for security and defence.” |
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Press Releases 2005
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Wednesday, 09 November 2005 |
BAE SYSTEMS Submarines, helped by Virtalis, is currently deploying advanced visualisation facilities, this time for the new Astute Class of submarine. Work is now underway on a contract to supply BAE SYSTEMS Submarines with four VR enabled cabins and three VR suites. Although delivery is not scheduled to be complete until next year, with just the first cabin operational and in situ, the project has won the prestigious BAE SYSTEMS Submarines Chairman’s Bronze Award.
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Press Releases 2005
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
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VIRTALIS, the virtual defence training specialist company, has been appointed by VEGA Group PLC (VEGA) to support its contract for the creation of the First of Class training material for the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Anti Air Warfare Destroyer. All the training courses being developed by VEGA will feature a VR element, courtesy of Virtalis, especially the Executive Acquaint and the Warship Familiarisation Courses. They will be available as both computer-based training for private study and as computer-aided instruction for lecturers to present to groups of Naval personnel. When complete, the courses will be shared across the MoD’s training network, allowing Royal Navy trainers to develop their own courses from the core material. Using their own kRender software, Virtalis will be developing a 3D virtual tour of the whole ship, from pre-existing digital designs, and a detailed 3D virtual model of critical areas with interactive features for both familiarisation and job training. |
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Press Releases 2005
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Friday, 07 October 2005 |
 VIRTALIS, Europe’s leading advanced visualisation company, has designed and installed a VR projection system at The School of the Built Environment at Northumbria University.Prof. David Fleming, dean at the School, explained: “This passive stereo projection system is highly complex, but its interface is very simple. This facet was very important to us when we were deciding what we wanted last year. Our system has a wireless control panel and it links together the different hardware seamlessly, removing the technological barrier we might otherwise encounter. We intend to have a long-term relationship with Virtalis. As recognised experts, we will look to them to keep both our knowledge and our facility up to scratch.” |
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Press Room 
VIRTALIS, the leading specialist visualisation company, has developed the Virtalis Visionary Framework, a technology to get more value from PC clustering. Although the Visionary Cluster can act on its own, it can also be harnessed to PTC’s high end, visualisation software, DIVISION MockUp. When working in tandem in this way, Virtalis’ “MockUp on a PC Cluster” allows the manipulation of large data models. As the new Visionary system requires off-the-shelf PCs, rather than the traditional supercomputer often expected of 3D visualisation, both purchase and maintenance costs are exceedingly low. 
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