Metacast® Viking

Imagine any type of weather data being visualised in 2D or 3D.
That’s Metacast® Viking: a spectacular dimension in weather graphics.


The quality in TV graphics is improving at a breathtaking pace, which means that weather graphics are forced to keep up.  Thanks to the busy, technological lifestyles of your viewers, they want their weather segment to be a visual feast of detail and beauty. With Metacast® Viking, you can give them just that.

The powerful rendering software applies fractal, atmospheric and water effects to produce highly realistic and spectacular displays.  Metacast® Viking allows the broadcaster to visualise any type of weather data in 2D or 3D.  It truly is a feast for the senses, pulling viewers into the spectacular mapping, and allowing them to be a part of the weather.

Viking is the world’s most sophisticated weather graphics solution. Put simply, it creates stunning television weather graphics in 2D and 3D.

The benefits of using Metacast® Viking

  • Makes your weather stand out from the crowd. Metacast® Viking provides powerful 3D mapping that is spectacular, modern and scalable.
  • Realistic and stunning displays. The powerful rendering software applies fractal, atmospheric and water effects to produce highly realistic, stunning displays.
  • Individualised solutions. The look or styling of the show can be completely individualised to your network’s requirements, or we can work with your network to create a unique look.
  • All broadcast formats. The system can produce all broadcast formats from SD 4:3 up to HD 1080i 16:9.
  • Stable system. It is a highly redundant, stable system running on the Linux platform.
  • Full support. Metacast® Viking is fully supported by The Weather Company’s expertise and unrivalled weather content.
  • Multi-platform solution. Metacast® Viking can also simultaneously provide content for online, mobile and other new media applications.

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