If youre the kind of person who happens to have a number of LCD HDTVs lying around, we suggest you give University of California, San Diegos Calit2 Visualization Team a ring. Researchers from the group have constructed a three-column, nine-panel 3D display using flat screens from JVC, stereoscopic glasses, and "game PCs with high end NVIDIA game engines." Dubbed NexCAVE, its a much more inexpensive version of the its projector-powered StarCAVE used for data analysis, although its range is more limited -- on the plus side, however, since this is LCD, it can be used in bright rooms. At 6,000 x 1,500 pixel, the resolution isnt as mind-blowing as wed hope, but the team is currently building a version for Saudi Arabias King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) thats 7 columns (totaling 21 panels) and 15,000 x 1,500 resolution. If nothing else, any chance we can play Mirrors Edge on this? Video demonstration of the nine-panel rig after the break.Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Nine HDTVs form 3D visualization rig, but only in the name of science
If youre the kind of person who happens to have a number of LCD HDTVs lying around, we suggest you give University of California, San Diegos Calit2 Visualization Team a ring. Researchers from the group have constructed a three-column, nine-panel 3D display using flat screens from JVC, stereoscopic glasses, and "game PCs with high end NVIDIA game engines." Dubbed NexCAVE, its a much more inexpensive version of the its projector-powered StarCAVE used for data analysis, although its range is more limited -- on the plus side, however, since this is LCD, it can be used in bright rooms. At 6,000 x 1,500 pixel, the resolution isnt as mind-blowing as wed hope, but the team is currently building a version for Saudi Arabias King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) thats 7 columns (totaling 21 panels) and 15,000 x 1,500 resolution. If nothing else, any chance we can play Mirrors Edge on this? Video demonstration of the nine-panel rig after the break.