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VisBox-SX12 installed at University of Illinois
A VisBox-SX12 was installed in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The system features a large screen size (12’x9′) and high resolution projectors that output 1400×1050 (SXGA+) at over 5000 lumens each!
The NPRE department is using the VisBox-SX12TM system to develop virtual models of nuclear power plants. These models will have a variety of applications, including: visualizing fundamentals, training, planning for both new reactors and for maintenance of existing reactors, and radiation visualization for dosage reduction. Link to NPRE department website
Supercomputing 2004
Announcement! – We will be showing a VisBox in the NCHC booth (#103) at Supercomputing 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from November 8-11. The demo will feature 3D stereo visualizations developed by researchers at NCHC and from researchers at the Enabling Technology Lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
VisDuo installed at Valparaiso
A VisDuo was installed in a classroom at the College of Engineering at Valparaiso University. The Valparaiso Scientific Visualization Lab (SVL), headed by Prof. Jeffrey Will, is developing interactive 3D stereo visualizations for teaching complex topics in undergraduate education.
IEEE VR 2004
Visbox’s Paul Rajlich will be attending the “VR for Public Consumption” workshop at IEEE VR 2004 in Chicago.
VisBox-X2 installed at Valparaiso
A VisBox-X2 was installed in the College of Engineering at Valparaiso University. The system features a large screen size (12’x9′) and high resolution projectors that output 1400×1050 (SXGA+) at over 5000 lumens each!
Valparaiso Scientific Visualization Lab (SVL) website
Picture of system running Valpo Vector Application
Link to older Valparaiso press release about VisBox and education
VisBox installed at University of Wisconsin
A VisBox was installed at the Phillips Lab in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The VisBox was installed to replace an ImmersaDesk, providing a much bigger and brighter display.
Supercomputing 2003
Announcement! – We will be showing a VisWall-9X in the Microsoft booth at Supercomputing 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona from November 17-20. The demo will show VRCO’s vGeo software running on an HP Itanium2 cluster and displaying on the VisWall.
Internet2 meeting
Announcement! – We will be showing a VisBox at the Ruth Lily Health Education Center in connection with the the Internet2 meeting in Indianapolis on Tuesday, October 14.
TechShow 2003
Announcement! – We will be showing the VisBox locally at techShow 2003 on September 24, 2003. Stop by for a demo!
Visbox Inc at SIGGRAPH 2003
Announcement! – We will be showing the VisBox at SIGGRAPH 2003 in San Diego from July 29-31, 2003. Stop by our booth (#2653) for a demo!
CGW
The VisBox appeared as a “SIGGRAPH exhibitor highlight” in the “Products” section of the July 2003 issue of Computer Graphics World.
CISE
An article about the VisBox entitled “Visualizing the Future of Virtual Reality” appeared in the July/August 2003 issue of “Computing in Science and Engineering”, a publication of the IEEE Computer Society.
ClusterWorld 2003
Visbox’s Paul Rajlich was a speaker at ClusterWorld 2003 in San Jose. He gave a talk on “Building and Using Tiled Display Walls.”
NWITimes
The Northwest Indiana Times ran an article entitled “Virtual learning” about how Valparaiso is using their VisBox for undergraduate education.
REVITALISE workshop
A VisBox was shown at the REVITALISE workshop on June 23 at NCSA in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois:
“The REVITALISE program focuses on educators in rural Illinois and North Carolina with the goal of introducing technologies that will reduce teacher isolation and stimulate virtual learning.”
VisBox on display at Urbana Middle School
A VisBox was on display at Urbana Middle School from May 13 to May 24. Students participating in the VR Savvy project showed the vr worlds they had created with Shadowlight-Mirage to their classmates.
The News-Gazette (local paper) ran a front page article about the VisBox at the school:
Link to online version of article
PC GameWorld.com
PC GameWorld interviewed Visbox’s Paul Rajlich about the VisBox and the future of gaming.
IEEE VR 2003
Visbox’s Paul Rajlich attended IEEE VR 2003 in Los Angeles. He participated as a session chair and a reviewer for the “Commodity Clusters for Virtual Reality” workshop at the conference.
VisBox installed at Valparaiso University
A VisBox was installed at the College of Engineering at Valparaiso University.
VisBox Training Workshop
Visbox Inc hosted a full-day training workshop on developing applications for the VisBox. The workshop was attended by graphics programmers from Valparaiso University.
VisBox and VisWall-9X installed at UAB
A VisBox and a VisWall-9X were installed at the Enabling Technology Lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
VisBox on display at ISpace gallery
A VisBox will be on display at the ISpace gallery in Chicago from January 2 to January 19 as part of the exhibit titled “MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS – Designing the Chicago Lakefront in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment”. The exhibit features architectural projects from the graduate studio of Professor Joy Monice Malnar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Visitors are invited to experience the VisBox and sketch their ideas using ShadowLight-Mirage.
VisBox installed at VIS
A VisBox was installed at the Visualization and Interactive Spaces Lab in Indianapolis. The VIS lab is one of the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University.
VisWall-20X installed at CCR
A Viswall-20X was installed at the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo. The 20 projector system provides a 15.7 Megapixel display (5120×3072) on a 11’x8′ screen.
Link to CCR press release
Link to ACM TECHNews article
Link to University at Buffalo Reporter article
MPEG Movie – a time-lapse movie of assembly (~9 MB).
TechShow 2002
We showed the VisBox locally at TechShow 2002. Here are some pictures from the event.
News-Gazette
There was a feature about Visbox in the Workplace section of the News-Gazette (the local paper) on September 3.
SIGGRAPH 2002
Announcement! – We will be attending SIGGRAPH 2002 in San Antonio, Texas during the week of July 22-26. If you would like to meet with us sometime that week, please let us know.
Nature article
There is a quote from Visbox’s Paul Rajlich in an article about Data Visualization in the July 4th issue of Nature.
Link to online version of the article
Hatch Online Article
There’s an article about Visbox in the March edition of the Hatch online technology magazine.
Link to article
IEEE VR 2002
Visbox’s Paul Rajlich was a panelist at the Immersive Projection Technology Symposium during IEEE VR 2002. The panel was titled “The Elephants and the Ants: Will Large Projectors Be Replaced By Many Small Ones?”