Using 3D Stereoscope for Detailed Breakout and Drilling Fractures Visualization

While 3D stereoscopy can drastically increase the immersion in virtual environments, many features that were not relevant in other fields become important and should be considered in scientific visualization. Particularly, in virtual environments where there is a single object, the lack of spatial references makes it difficult to navigate and manipulate virtual elements. This work proposes a methodology for borehole breakouts and fracture visualization and analysis, using 3D stereoscopy. This is important in order to increase the precision of the environmental manipulation, considering important design and visualization concepts for a pipeline. With our proposal, tools and system manipulations that were complex to be used, due the nature of single elements in the environment, become much easier to operate.