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IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2006 Survey
Reports
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A Survey of Large
High-Resolution Display Technologies, Techniques, and
Applications
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Continued
advances in display
hardware, computing power, networking, and rendering algorithms have
all converged to dramatically improve large high-resolution display
capabilities. We present a survey on prior research with large
high-resolution displays. In the hardware configurations section
we examine systems including multi-monitor workstations, reconfigurable
projector arrays, and others. Rendering and the data pipeline are
addressed with an overview of current
technologies. We discuss many applications for large
high-resolution displays such as automotive design, scientific
visualization, control centers, and others. Quantifying the
effects of large high-resolution displays on human performance and
other aspects is important as we look toward future advances in display
technology and how it is applied in different situations.
Interacting with these displays brings a different set of challenges
for HCI professionals, so an overview of some of this work is
provided. Finally, we present our view of the top ten greatest
challenges in large high-resolution displays.
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Tao Ni,
Virginia Tech
Greg S. Schmidt, Naval Research Laboratory
Oliver G. Staadt, University of California, Davis
Mark A. Livingston, Naval Research Laboratory
Robert Ball, Virginia Tech
Richard May, Pacifc Northwest National Laboratory
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PC Clusters for Virtual Reality
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In the
late 90's the emergence
of high performance 3D commodity graphics cards opened the way to use
PC clusters for high performance Virtual Reality (VR) applications.
Today PC clusters are broadly used to drive multi projector immersive
environments. In this paper, we survey the different approaches that
have been developed to use PC clusters for VR applications. We review
the most common software tools that enable to take advantage of the
power of clusters. We also discuss some new trends.
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Bruno
Raffin, CNRS/INPG/INRIA/UJF
Luciano Soares, CNRS/INPG/INRIA/UJF |
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