CAVERN Users Society

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Advanced CAVERNUS Workshop Series
 
    
 Demonstration Seminar: 
  APRIL 17, 2001      - ACCESS 
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CAVERN

is an alliance of industrial and research institutions equipped with immersive displays, and high-performance computing resources all interconnected by high-speed networks to support collaboration in design, training, scientific visualization, and computational steering, in virtual reality.

Advanced CAVERNUS Workshop Series

This Advanced CAVERNUS Workshop introduces advanced programming and visualization techniques, which optimize the use of virtual reality display systems. Participants will gain a clear understanding of programming techniques used to visualize data and objects in virtual reality display systems. They will gain valuable techniques regarding the output of their VR visualizations into other forms of media such as videotape, animations and slides. The presenters of this course are experts and leading developers in the field. They will cover topics such as advanced VR programming, creating collaborative virtual environments, tracking calibration, lessons learned, attendee specific programming questions, and future directions.

Applications to Download

A sampling of applications and an ftp site for sharable VR programs.

Tracker Calibration Packages

Tracker calibration libraries for immersive virtual environments.

NCSA Software Start-up Package

A great resource of tutorials and guides for getting started using immersive virtual environments.

VR Related Papers and Publications

Links to papers and publications related to VR.

CAVE5D

This application supports visualization of oceanographic and meteorological modeling studies. Any vis5D file can now be visualized in an immersive environment with Cave5D.

VRT

A Virtual Reality Fine Arts Gallery on the web.

Projection-Based Virtual Environment Sites

A growing list of organizations and companies using projection-based VR systems.

JOBS in VR

VR Related Jobs Are Available! This is a posting of available positions which involve VR in general.

Gallery of Images

Here you will find a collection of images of immersive display systems, as well as VR application images. Feel free to download these images for presentations and/or other purposes.

CAVERNUS Meetings

The CAVERN Users Society occasionally hosts Birds of a Feather (BoF) or Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings to discuss VR related issues.

Email List

The CAVERNUS email list is a quick way for users to communicate ideas and begin interesting threads relating to CAVE issues. Messages are archived for quick referencing of past postings.

To post a message, send mail to: cavernus@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Related Sites

Labs

• EVL - Electronic Visualization Lab
• NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• VRAC - Virtual Reality Applications Center
• IAO - Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Engineering

Links

• VR Source
• VR Juggler
• Presence-Research.org

Vendors

• Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
• Fakespace Systems, Inc.
• InterSense
• MechDyne
• Silicon Graphics, Inc.
• StereoGraphics Corp.
• TAN
• Trimension Systems
• VRCO, Inc.