Pics of me playing in the CAVE. The CAVE is a million dollar projection-based VR system that provides real-time head-tracked perspective with a large field of view, interactive control, and stereo display. It's a 10x10x10 foot "cube" with images projected onto 3 walls and the floor.

Detailed description of the CAVE.
Digital Camera Pics
taken by Bill Sherman, Albert Khakshour
From my perspective, the gun appears where the wand is (in my right hand). The graphics are life-sized and stereo!

Note: these pics do not do the CAVE justice. All I can say is that you have to see it! The first time I saw the CAVE back in '96, it floored me! I've been in love ever since...

Berserk coming after me.

When you are in the CAVE wearing your glasses and a berserk swings at you, his arm comes way out at you! It's hard not to flinch. :-)
Me battling the huge tank monster.

There's something to be said for seeing this guy life-sized. :-)
NCSA CAVE with the lights on.

Our CAVE is the second oldest in the world, so the physical setup is rather clumsy. However, we have a brand new machine to run it, so the performance is good. The machine (SGI Onyx2 realityMonster) has twelve processors and four $100,000 graphics cards!
Video still.

For the movies and more stills, check out the movies section.
Illustration

Here's a nice rendering of our CAVE by Yasmin Khan. I added the Berserk. :-)
Here's a VRML world that kind of shows you what is going on: