World's Firsts

Mechdyne has led the industry's digital revolution by introducing several "world’s first" systems and establishing the benchmarks for ultra high-resolution visualization systems. We are widely recognized as the leading provider of off-the-shelf and custom visualization technologies, and we have provided custom software development and software integration services for some of the world’s finest businesses and organizations.

Our industry-leading, award-winning innovations include:

• The commercialization of immersive room technology
  
  
• The world’s two highest resolution CAVE systems – a 43-million-pixel system at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a 100-million-pixel system at Iowa State University
  
  
• The world’s first eight-megapixel active stereo projection system
  
  
• The world’s first ultra high-resolution, digital, active stereoscopic 1600x1200 UXGA projection system
  
  
• The world’s first simultaneous dual-mode stereoscopic projector that offers active and passive viewing at the same time
  

• The world's first graphics distribution software, Conduit that enables immersive and interactive capabilities as well as advanced information sharing features in applications that do not offer these features. Conduit has enabled:
  
  
  • 3D Studio Max
  • AliasStudio
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • Google Earth
  • Maya
  • Petrel
  • Pro/ENGINEER
  • SolidWorks
  • V5 (CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA)
    
    
• The world’s first large-scale, reconfigurable visualization system (the FLEX)
  
  
• The world’s first rear-projected curved-screen theater display
  
  
• The world’s first durable projection surface for immersive room floors; color matched to wall screens (DuraFloor™)
  
  
• The world’s first engineered structure for immersive and reconfigurable rooms that eliminated shadowing and minimized visible corners seams (Seamless Corners™)
  
  
• The world’s first portable immersive room (for US Army TACOM vehicle development)
  
  
• The world’s first PC-based immersive room (for the National Museum of Marine Biology in Taiwan)
  
  
• The world’s first public display of stereoscopic DLP projection technology (at Supercomputing in 2000)
  
  
• The world’s highest resolution active stereo projector (Beacon UX)
  
  
• The world’s first XGA (1024 x 768) resolution active stereo projector (Beacon XG)
  
  
• The world’s first comprehensive, ultra-portable stereoscopic display (the ROVR)
  
  
• The world’s first simultaneous dual mode stereoscopic projector that offers active and passive viewing at the same time (Beacon DMS)

But it doesn’t stop there. We are continuously researching and developing better ways to solve the challenges faced by world-leading organizations. Innovation, stemming from our experience in engineering, system design, and software and hardware integration, is the driving force in providing custom and standard solutions for markets such as oil and gas, manufacturing, biotechnology, military, research and education facilities.