The first of the new StereoWorks Virtual Reality viewing systems has been sold to the AI Group Limited. It is to be installed in a 60 seat ‘effects’ theatre at the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The new range of 3D stereo viewing systems was launched earlier this month by visualisation specialists, Virtalis. StereoWorks consists of the latest stereo viewing hardware coupled with a specialist software suite, StereoTools. This combination enables high-resolution digital stereo movie playback at very high bandwidth and makes real-time stereo viewing accessible.

The multi-million dollar air museum is currently under construction and scheduled to open in Spring 2004. The theme of the new museum is aviation past, present and future. The effects theatre boasts a gigantic 180º screen, 18 feet high and over 60 feet in length.

The films will consist entirely of computer-generated imagery, created by Sheffield-based graphics house, Stormfront Digital Pictures, which Virtalis will integrate with AI Group’s full surround sound and motion seats.