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VR used in the assessment of new corporate styles for seat fabrics and cabin furnishings

Supported by Virtalis, a small Manchester Airport-based company has taken the initiative to investigate and market the potential offered by VR, particularly in the assessment of new corporate styles for seat fabrics and cabin furnishings (carpets and curtains, headrest covers, even luggage bin trims and general finishes). A single aircraft cabin was initially modelled to high visual detail (for DivisionMockup application) prior to the application of very high quality textures, scanned from material samples provided by some of the participating airlines - Britannia, EasyJet, Airtours, Air 2000. More recent work has involved the use of VR to model the interior of customised executive jets, enabling their purchasers to make design changes and decisions prior to the expensive process of fitting out the real cabin. Similar consultancy work has been carried out for Bombardier in Canada, with DivisionMockup conversion support for cockpit prototypes.