Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL)
The Advanced Visualization Lab - part of The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois - bridges the gap between science and the arts, by creating high-resolution data-driven cinematic-quality visualizations.
AVL's AJ Christensen and Kalina Borkiewicz talk about how they apply Houdini's strengths in data-driven visual effects to create cinematic scientific visualizations.
One example they highlight was for the IMAX film "A Beautiful Planet" - showcasing the imagery collected by astronauts on the International Space Station over several years. The AVL team created imagery using Houdini to fly through stars and arrive at a 'foreign' planet which might one day support life.
One challenge they faced was importing complex scientific data in a variety of formats - and so they developed an open-source middleware importer for YT data - called ytini - which helps bring that data into Houdini.
COMMENTS
harryabreu 6 years, 5 months ago |
Congratulation to The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
SideFX congratulation, I am very proud to use and learning Houdini every day.
Let's go procedural.
xilofoton 6 years, 5 months ago |
Thanks for sharing!
Instantly landed in sciVfx's list :) There is the AVL demo reel too with many others which are related to the interdisciplinary field of science&VFX:
https://scivfx.wordpress.com/list/visualization/astronomy/
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