Visualization

As simulation models become more complex and datasets grow ever larger, visualization of data has become an essential part of science and engineering. Immersive visualization can quickly and intuitively reveal patterns in simulation data and make it easier to understand how they represent phenomena that are impossible to see in the physical world.

Our expertise

The Visualization Department at HLRS offers powerful virtual reality and augmented reality tools for transforming abstract data sets into immersive digital environments that bring data to life. These interactive visualizations support scientists and engineers across many disciplines, as well as professionals in nonscientific fields including architecture, city planning, media, and the arts.

Virtual Reality

Our CAVE projection environment and software for remote collaboration transform complex datasets into immersive, 3D, interactive visualizations, enabling group discussion, analysis, and real-time optimization.

Augmented Reality

In augmented reality (AR) virtual content is superimposed on locations or products in the real world in ways that integrate both visible and ordinarily invisible features of physical environments.

Visualization applications

At HLRS visualization tools support work across a wide range of disciplines, from the sciences to technology development, to public administration, and even the arts.

Architecture & Building Information Management

City Planning & Urban Digital Twins

Engineering

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Forensics

Media & the Arts

Software for visualization

COVISE

Developed at HLRS, this software integrates simulations, postprocessing, and visualization functionalities seamlessly.

VISTLE

This extensible software environment is a highly scalable successor to COVISE, exploiting data, task and pipeline parallelism in hybrid shared and distributed memory environments with and without acceleration hardware.

OddLOT

OddLOT enables the testing of autonomous and advanced driver assistance systems in virtual environments using customizable prototype road systems.

Featured projects

Scientists in the HLRS Visualization Department lead funded research projects that develop and test new applications of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and other technologies.

SRI DiTEnS

SRI DiTEnS is developing methods for discursive transformation in local energy systems, using urban digital twins involving virtual reality to support decision making among stakeholders.

AuralReality

AuralReality aims to develop an integrated and European solution for development and implementation of spatial audio in location based entertainment environments.

MERIDIONAL

This project’s goal is to increase the accuracy and reduce the uncertainty of performance and load assessment tools and associated procedures that are commonly used in the industrial design and certification of modern wind energy systems.

Students test a virtual skateboarding application in the HLRS CAVE.

Scientific projects

HLRS welcomes students interested in pursuing research projects related to scientific visualization, interactive simulation, VR, AR, driving simulation, sensor simulation, or machine learning. Learn more about current opportunities.

Uwe Wössner

Head, Visualization

+49 711 685-65790 uwe.woessner(at)hlrs.de