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Date posted: 17/08/2004 Western Australia's Interactive Virtual Environment Centre (IVEC) for high performance computing and visualization technology, received an additional $3.1 million in state government funding last week. Much of the new funding is to be spent on Virtual Reality. Dr Steve Harvey, deputy chief of CSIRO exploration and mining in WA said "Virtual reality technology will be a component of IVEC2, however the type is still under discussion,". The funding also includes the inaugural Premier's Collaborative Research Program grant of $600,000 over three years for specific collaborative research to develop a 3D virtual environment to enhance investigation of mining accidents bringing the total funding to $3.7 million. Virtual reality technology aimed at reducing the number of mine site accidents will also be developed, according to the state's Premier And Science Minister Dr Geoff Gallop. "Virtual reality is becoming a key tool in medicine, industry and a range of research fields," Gallop said. "In the research field, it is very important as it helps overcome the isolation that can be a problem for Western Australia - by giving researchers the chance to collaborate in real time with interstate and overseas researchers." See the full Story via external site: www.computerworld.com.au Most recent stories in this category (Pure Research): 04/05/2013: Computer simulations reveal the energy landscape of ion channels |
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