[Vis5d-users] vis5d in stereo for cheap

[Leigh O. <or...@ma...>]

Well, relatively cheap...

See http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/agave/vis5d for a description of how
to get vis5d to work with a GeoWall ( http://www.geowall.org ) which is
sort of like an immersadesk only using off-the-shelf hardware.

I will be building a GeoWall this summer at Central Michigan University
and expect to use vis5d as a teaching tool in the classroom. Students
get to weare nerdy goggles, that ought to be a plus. Seriously, this is
something that I think some of you may find worth checking out.

You can build a GeoWall, which consists of two data projectors, a
computer with a certain kind of graphics card, and a special projection
screen that preserves polarization, for around $10,000.

I have not yet seen one of these in action but I am told the stereo effect
is on line with the stereo IMAX movies, and uses the same basic technology.

Leigh

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Leigh Orf
KG4ULP
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
University of North Carolina
Asheville, NC 28804