Norway-based Sikkerhetssenteret (Rørvik Safety Centre) announced it can now
provide shipmasters with a significantly more realistic training experience than in
the past. The centre recently completed a major upgrade to its MarinSim
navigational and bridge simulator. It includes nine Barco F22 WUXGA projectors
using a camera-based auto-calibration tool from German company
domeprojection.com. “The images are unimaginably sharp, providing users with a
very realistic image,’ says Helge Svein Gasvær, CEO at the Rørvik Safety Centre.
The Rørvik Safety Centre has been providing education and training to shipmasters
and personnel of fishing vessels since 1994. At the heart of the training sessions is
the MarinSim simulator, where seafarers hone their skills in controlling vessels in
extreme conditions like snowstorms or hurricanes in the highest possible state of
realism. To make the training even more authentic, the Safety Centre has swapped
its previous main simulator for a more advanced training device from simulator
developer Transas Marine International. Both Transas and display systems
integrator project:syntropy, who delivered the fully integrated display including a
large spherical screen, have a long history of working with Barco solutions. They
were confident that Barco projectors would ensure the image quality, performance
and reliability that an advanced installation like the MarinSim simulator needs.
The 50m² room that houses the Transas simulator features a 4m x 12.6m spherical
screen. Nine compact Barco F22 WUXGA projectors display the most high-precision,
realistic images of nautical routes and waters. To ensure a perfectly matched
projection geometry and colour reproduction as well as a uniform picture quality
across the visual display system, project:syntropy installed a camera-based auto-
calibration solution from domeprojection.com. “We suggested installing a 240°
spherical screen as that would give users the feeling that they’re really surrounded
by the imaging, when standing on the bridge. The training thus allows for a more
precise navigation closer to objects in the water like the fish harvesting cages.
Barco’s F22 projector series is ideal for technically challenging and demanding
applications like this set-up,’ said Malin Hallbeck, key account manager
project:syntropy.
“Never before has the bridge appeared sharper than this! The combination of the
spherical screen and Barco projectors provides a lifelike digital experience,’ added
Helge Hestø Andersen, CEO at the Rørvik Safety Centre. “Both Transas and
project:syntropy are long-term Barco partners and it’s good to see them reaffirming
their trust in our simulation projectors,’ said Espen Olsen, Sales Director Training
and Simulation Western Europe for Barco. “The Rørvik Safety Centre is considered a
true centre of academic excellence that offers high-quality courses. We are proud
that we can help them take their training to the next level.’
