Abstract: A virtual camera placement system is provided which includes a user input device configured to receive user input and a display device configured to display images captured by a virtual camera. The virtual camera placement system further includes non-volatile memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a three-dimensional simulation including a plurality of challenge points for a user, navigate the simulation including the challenge points in response to the user input, and control the virtual camera in the simulation differently in a plurality of camera stages based on at least the user input and an outcome of navigating one or more of the challenge points.

Abstract: A virtual camera placement system is provided which includes a user input device configured to receive user input and a display device configured to display images captured by a virtual camera. The virtual camera placement system further includes non-volatile memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a three-dimensional simulation including a plurality of challenge points for a user, navigate the simulation including the challenge points in response to the user input, and control the virtual camera in the simulation differently in a plurality of camera stages based on at least the user input and an outcome of navigating one or more of the challenge points.

Abstract: A system and method for deploying one or more tools in a wellbore according to which a clamp is coupled to a flexible interconnect.

Abstract: A system and method for deploying one or more tools in a wellbore according to which a clamp is coupled to a flexible interconnect.

Abstract: A torque nut for a mine roof or rock bolt intended for use with a multi-component, rapid curing resin that is mixed by rotation of the bolt through the torque nut includes a nut body having a threaded bore including threads of uniform lead and threads of progressively decreasing lead whereby the threads of decreasing lead create an interference between the nut threads and the bolt threads when the nut is threaded on the bolt to permit transmittal of a predetermined torque through the nut into the bolt to mix the resin in a bore hole associated with the bolt. The threads of decreasing lead in the torque nut are created by a coining process that does not affect the geometry of the threads other than the thread leads, which are affected in a progressive manner as the distance from the coined end of the nut increases.