BU SCV LIVE
The Scientific Computing and Visualization Group's Laboratory for Immersive Virtual Environments at Boston University
One of SCV's missions is to provide cutting edge visualization tools
to the Boston University community. Also, under the auspices of our
MARINER grant, we are introducing this technology to the New England region.
To this end, we are supporting two types of Virtual Environments.
The first system uses a large, multi-observer display.
The large display gives a powerful experience due to its size and wide
field of view.
Six or eight people can view the display simultaneously while one person
navigates and interacts with the virtual environment.
The second is a single-user head mounted system. This is truly immersive,
in the sense that whichever way you move and turn your head, you see the
virtual world as you would in the real world.
Each of these systems provide stereo display, 6-degree-of-freedom head-tracking
and 6-degree-of-freedom input devices.
Head tracking allows the automatic update of the simulated eyepoint,
allowing the user to look around and behind objects.
The input devices allow navigation in and interaction with the virtual
environment.
- Pyramid Systems Immersadesk
- 4' x 5' rear-projected display using Barco projector
- CrystalEyes emitters and stereo glasses
- Ascension SpacePad 6DOF trackers (and PC) for head and wand
- Separate PC for tracking
- Wand has 3 buttons and joystick
- CAVE software
- SGI 4-processor Onyx2 with 2GB memory and InfiniteReality2 Graphics
- SGI Indy for sound server
- Head-mounted display
- Virtual Research V6 HMD (2@640x480 led)
- FakeSpace Pinch Gloves
- Ascension Flock of Birds Trackers for head and hands
- SGI 2-processor Onyx with 768MB memory and RealityEngine2 Graphics
- SGI Multi-channel option (MCO) to drive HMD
- SGI O2 for tracking and sound server
- Software
- CAVE software
- MR Toolkit from the University of Alberta
- SGI Performer
- SGI Inventor
- SGI OpenGL
(The Immersadesk and CAVE software were originally developed at the
Electronics Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of
Illinois, Chicago.)
For more information on how to use this equipment at BU, see
Using BU LIVE.
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This page is maintained by Erik Brisson.
e-mail: ebrisson@bu.edu
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