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The next VRGeo Consortium Meeting will happen on March 20-21, 2018 in Sankt Augustin, Germany, on the Fraunhofer Schloss Birlinghoven Campus. Primarily intended for the members of the VRGeo Consortium, this meeting is also open and free of charge for companies of the international oil & gas industry and related technology providers (prospects) considering a VRGeo Consortium membership. We are looking forward to welcome you in 2018 again on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the VRGeo Consortium. ***** The next VRGeo Consortium Meeting will happen on March 20-21, 2018 in Sankt Augustin, Germany, on the Fraunhofer Schloss Birlinghoven Campus. Primarily intended for the members of the VRGeo Consortium, this meeting is also open and free of charge for companies of the international oil & gas industry and related technology providers (prospects) considering a VRGeo Consortium membership. We are looking forward to welcome you in 2018 again on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the VRGeo Consortium. ***** The next VRGeo Consortium Meeting will happen on March 20-21, 2018 in Sankt Augustin, Germany, on the Fraunhofer Schloss Birlinghoven Campus. Primarily intended for the members of the VRGeo Consortium, this meeting is also open and free of charge for companies of the international oil & gas industry and related technology providers (prospects) considering a VRGeo Consortium membership. We are looking forward to welcome you in 2018 again on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the VRGeo Consortium. *****

In order to enhance recovery from existing fields, to explore new hydrocarbon sources by entering new challenging operational frontiers, and to reduce the environmental footprint, information technology is crucial.

The VRGeo Consortium is a consortium of the international oil and gas industry. The main goal of this consortium is the development and evaluation of interactive hardware and software technologies for visualization systems in the oil and gas industry.

The work in the VRGeo Consortium is addressing oil and gas integrated visualization and interpretation workflows from personal to presentation environments spanning the continuum from tablet-PCs to desktops to small collaboration scenarios to large scale solutions.

Major challenges and objectives are:

Big Geoscience Data Visualization and Analytics
Novel Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Paradigms and Technologies
Small and Large-scale Collaborative Environments

The VRGeo R&D Agenda as defined by the VRGeo Consortium Steering Committee encompasses the following activities and projects:

Deep Learning using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) on Large Geoscience Data
Large Geo Data Visualization
Natural 3D Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Collaborative Environments and Workflows
Technology Watch and Innovation Scouting
Performance Comparisons, Benchmarking and User Studies

For oil & gas companies, the VRGeo Consortium is a perfect opportunity to share experiences, ideas, challenges, and resources for basic research.