Virtual walkthrough of data centre

Virtual reality has been common part of many domains and has drawn much attention in last few years. Virtual reality allows us to simulate the real world, or to build new worlds of our own imagining. Creating virtual reality applications has always been a critical factor for practitioners belonging to different areas such as universities, industries, and R&D sectors. This paper gives an idea for developing a virtual reality application 3D Visualization and walkthrough of Data Centre. The paper first examines underlying components and key concepts of the technology used to develop the application. The paper then elaborates the development workflow and simulation pipeline of the application. EON Studio is used to develop this application which is a complete GUI based authoring tool for developing interactive 3D applications. The application presently facilitates walkthrough of Data Centre in 3D space to monitor a specific component more closely with the help of stereo projection system, stereo eye wear, and stereo emitter. The application also provides feedback about current space utilization of the Data Centre that will help Data Centre Administrator to make key consolidation and expansion decisions. Finally the paper discusses some future enhancements to convert the existing application into pure virtual environment, in which individuals can immerse themselves fully in the virtual environment and can interact with 3D objects.