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SGI: Leading the Way in Visual Simulation
Silicon Graphics, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of high-performance visual computing systems delivery interactive three-dimensional graphics, digital media, and multiprocessing supercomputing technologies to technical, scientific, and creative professionals. Their Visual Magic Division is charged with producing the application development software and collaboration environment that add value and differentiation to Silicon Graphics systems. Using an Ada compiler and development environment, they provide the software foundation for creating a wide range of visual simulations, including battlefield and flight simulators.Virtual Reality in Pilot Training Paintball and Fireflight, two virtual reality games developed as internal pilot training projects, reached new levels in depth and complexity of interactivity. The development of the games has been possible only by employing the capabilities of the Ada 83 programming language.Pushing the Limits These games maximize the processing power of the OnyxTM RealityEngine2TM graphics supercomputer by using multiple processors, with a range of 200 to 100 tasks driving the real-time graphics. By pushing the limits of the Ada environment, SGI demonstrated that tasking is a powerful construct that no other language offers. Likewise, having ported Paintball to Ada 95, Silicon Graphics has proven the power of the object-oriented extensions of the language. |
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