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. |
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... |
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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. :-) |
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Me battling the huge tank monster.
There's something to be said for seeing this guy life-sized. :-) |
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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! |
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Video still.
For the movies and more stills, check out the movies section. |
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Illustration
Here's a nice rendering of our CAVE by Yasmin Khan. I added the Berserk. :-) |
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Here's a VRML world that kind of shows you what is going on: |