NCSA  CAVERNUS

Projection-Based Virtual Environment Contacts

Listed here are contacts for the Projection-Based Virtual Reality Sites. They are divided into the following groups:

Academic Institutions, National

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Boston University
1 I-Desk

    Contact:  Glenn Bresnahar
    Email:    glenn@bu.edu
    Tel:      617-353-1319
    Fax:      317-353-6260
    
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Brown University
1 TAN CUBE, 1 Barco Baron

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Indiana University
1 CAVE, 1 I-Desk on order
shots of the CAVE at Indiana University

    Contact:  Eric Wernert
    Email:    ewernert@cica.indiana.edu
    Tel:      812-855-6972
    
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Iowa State University
1 Iowa State designed CAVE

    ICEMT- Iowa State University
    2062 Black Engineering
    Ames, IA 50011
    Contact:  Carolina Cruz-Neira
    Email:    cruz@iastate.edu
    Tel:      515-294-3092
    Fax:      515-294-5530
    
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Michigan State University M.I.N.D. Lab
1 I-Desk

    Department of Telecommunication
    MIND Lab
    Michigan State University
    409 Comm Arts Building
    East Lansing, MI 48824-1292
    Contact:  Dr. Frank Biocca
    Email:    biocca@pilot.msu.edu
    Tel:      517-355-5073
    Contact:  Dr. Lewis Greenberg
    Email:    lhg@pilot.msu.edu
    Contact:  Russell Vanneman
    Email:    vannr@tc.msu.edu
    Tel:      517-353-5964
    Fax:      517-355-1292
    Contact:  James Miller
    Email:    millerj@tc.msu.edu
    Tel:      517-353-5968
    
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Mississippi State University - Engineering Research Center
1 Mechdyne SSVR

    Engineering Research Center
    P.O. Box 9627
    Mississippi State University
    Miss. State, MS  39762
    contact:  Robert Moorhead
    email:    rjm@erc.msstate.edu
    tel:      662-325-2850
    fax:      662-325-7692
    
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Ohio State University
1 I-Desk

            
    
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Old Dominion University
1 CAVE, 1 I-Desk

    Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
    Old Dominion University
    768 52nd. St.
    Norfolk, VA 23529         
    Contact:  Glen Wheless
    Email:    wheless@ccpo.odu.edu
    Tel:      757-683-5556
    Fax:      757-683-5550
    Contact:  Cathy Lascara
    Email:    lascara@ccpo.odu.edu
    Tel:      757-683-5511
    Fax:      757-683-5550
    
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Penn State University
1 I-Desk, 1 Mechdyne SSVR

    Center for Academic Computing
    Graduate Education and Research Services
    Visualization Group
    222 Computer Building
    University Park, PA 16802
    Contact:  George Otto
    Email:    george-otto@psu.edu
    Tel:      814-863-6112
    Fax:      814-231-8143
    
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
1 homemade Desk

    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    4400 Fifth Ave.
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    Contact:  Joel Welling
    Email:    welling@psc.edu
    Tel:      412-268-6352
    
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Purdue University
1 I-Desklike clone

    
    
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Stanford University
1 Responsive WorkBench

    
    
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UCLA (University of California)
1 Trimension Reality Room

    
    
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University of Chicago
1 I-Desk

    Contact:  Joseph Mambretti
    Tel:      773-702-7167
    Fax:      773-702-7661
    
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University of Houston
1 CAVE, 1 workbench (both homemade)

    Virtual Environments Research Institute 
    Department of Computer Science 
    Houston, TX 77204-3475
    Contact:  Dr. Bowen Lofton
    Email:    bowen@uh.edu
    Contact:  Patricia R. Hyde
    Email:    hyde@metropolis.vetl.uh.edu
    Tel:      713-743-1249
    Fax:      713-743-1198
    
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University of Illinois ACCESS
1 I-Desk

    901 N. Stuart Street #800
    Arlington, Virginia 22203
    Contact:  Tom Coffin
    Email:    tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    Tel:      703-248-0105
    Fax:      703-248-0100
    
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University of Illinois Chicago (Electronic Visualization Laboratory)
2 CAVE's, 4 I-Desk's, 1 PowerWall

    851 S. Morgan St. 
    Room 1120 SEO (M/C 154) 
    Chicago, IL 60607-7053
    Contact:  Tom DeFanti
    Email:    tom@uic.edu
    Tel:      312-996-3002
    Fax:      312-413-7585
    
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University of Illinois Chicago, Virtual Reality in Medicine Laboratory (VRMedLab)
2 I-Desk's

    University of Illinois at Chicago
    School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
    Virtual Reality in Medicine Laboratory (VRMedLab)
    1919 W. Taylor ST
    Room 207 HHSB (M/C 530)
    Chicago, IL  60612-7249
    Contact:  Fred Dech
    Email:    fdech@uic.edu
    Tel:      312-413-3092
    Fax:      312-996-8342
    
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University of Illinois (NCSA)
1 CAVE's, 2 I-Desk's, 1 PowerWall

    National Center for 
    Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
    Virtual Environments Group
    University of Illinois, Urbana
    M/C 476 - 152 CAB
    605 East Springfield Avenue
    Champaign, IL 61820
    Contact:  William Sherman
    Email:    wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu
    Tel:      217-244-4125
    Fax:      217-244-2909
    
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University of Illinois (Beckman Inst.)
1 I-Desk

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University of Iowa
3 I-Desk's, 1 MechDyne Adaptable workbench

    Judith R. Brown
    Advanced Research Computing Services
    Information Technology Services
    134A Lindquist Center
    The University of Iowa
    Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
    Contact:  Judy Brown
    Email:    judy-brown@uiowa.edu
    Tel:      319 335 5552
    Fax:      319 335 5505
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    Contact:  Marc Armstrong
    Email:    marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu
    
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University of Michigan
1 CAVE

    Media Union
    2281 Bonisteel Blvd.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    Contact:  Steffen Heise
    Email:    heise@umich.edu
    Tel:      +1-734-647-5746
    Contact:  Lars Schumann
    Email:    larsi@umich.edu
    Tel:      +1-734-647-5745
    
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University of Minnesota (LCSE)
1 PowerWall

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University of Utah
1 I-Desk on order

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West Virginia University
1 I-Desk

    Virtual Environments Laboratory
    Engineering Research Building (209 ERB)
    West Virginia University
    Morgantown, WV 26506-6845
    Contact:  Frances L. Van Scoy
    Email:    fvanscoy@wvu.edu
    Tel:      304-293-5452
    Fax:      304-293-8155
    
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University of Wisconsin
1 I-Desk, 1 I-Desk clone

    Computer-Aided Engineering Center
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
    1410 Engineering Dr.
    Madison, WI 53706
    Contact:  Michael Redmond
    Email:    redmond@engr.wisc.edu
    Tel:      608-263-1584
    Fax:      608-265-4546
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    I-CARVE LAB
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    1513 University Avenue
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Madison, WI 53706
    Contact:  Prof. Rajit Gadh
    Email:    gadh@engr.wisc.edu
    Tel:      608-262-9058
    Fax:      608-265-2316, 
    
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Virginia Tech
1 CAVE, 1 I-Desk

    Laboratory for 
    Scientific Visual Analysis
    Norris Hall, ESM (0219)
    Virginia Tech
    Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Contact:  Ron Kriz
    Email:    kriz@wave.esm.vt.edu
    Tel:      540-231-4386
    Fax:      540-231-9187
    
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Wright State University
1 CAVE

    401A Fawcett Hall
    Wright State University
    Dayton, Ohio 45435-00
    Contact:  Scott Isabelle
    Email:    ski@sdl.psych.wright.edu
    Tel:      937-775-3860
    

Government Research Laboratories, National

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American Museum of Natural History
1 Trimension V-dome

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Argonne National Laboratory
1 CAVE, 4 I-Desks

    9700 Cass Avenue
    Argonne  IL  60439
    Contact:  Jim Feigl
    Email:    feigl@mcs.anl.gov 
    Tel:      630-252-7894
    Fax:      630-252-5986
    
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Army Research Lab
1 I-Desk

    Army Research Lab 
    Major Shared Resource Center
    Contact:  Rick Angelini
    Email:    angel@arl.mil
    
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DARPA
1 CAVE & 1 IDESK

    Contact:  Paul Levy
    Email:    plevy@ahpca.hpc.org
    Tel:      703-271-4044
    Fax:      703-271-4049
    
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ISI, Marina Del Rey
1 I-Desk

    University of Southern California
    Information Sciences Institute
    4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001
    Marina del Rey, CA  90292-6695
    Contact:  carl@isi.edu
    
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NASA Ames
1 Responsive WorkBench

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NASA/University of Houston
1 CAVE

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NASA Langley Research Center
1 CAVE, 2 ImmersaDesk

    Mail Stop 125
    15 Langley Blvd.
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Hampton VA, 23681
    Contact:  Paul Brewster
    Email:    p.f.brewster@larc.nasa.gov
    Tel:      757-864-6574
    
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Naval Research Lab, Washington D.C.
1 SSVR, 1 Responsive WorkBench

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Naval Surface Warfare Center PHDN
1 ImmersaDesk R2

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NIOSH
1 SSVR on order

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NIST, Gaithersburg, Md.
1 I-Desk

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ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN.
1 I-Desk

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US Army Corps Eng. WES
1 I-Desk

    USAE Waterways Experiment Station 
    3909 Halls Ferry Road
    Building 8000
    Vicksburg, MS 39180
    Contact:  Steve Jones
    Email:    sjones@wes.army.mil 
    Tel:      601-634-3421
    Contact:  Mike Stephens
    Email:    stephens@wes.army.mil
    Tel:      601-634-2307
    
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Wright Patterson AFB
1 I-Desk

    ASC/HPTI
    2435 5th St.
    Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7802
    Contact:  David Potts
    Email:    David.Potts@msrc.wpafb.af.mil
    Tel:      937-255-6699x226
    Fax:      937-255-4585
    

Industry

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Advanced Network & Services
1 ImmersaDesk, 1 Telecubical

    Advanced Network & Services
    200 Business Park Drive, 
    Armonk, NY 10504
    Contact:  Jaron Lanier, Chief Scientist for NTII
    Email:    jaron@advanced.org
    Contact:  Amela Sadagic, Senior Computer Science Researcher
    Email:    amela@advanced.org
    Tel:      +1-914-765-8316
    Lab:      +1-914-765-1189
    Fax:      +1-914-765-8317
    Contact:  Henry Fuchs, Federico Gil Professor
    Email:    fuchs@cs.unc.edu
    Contact:  Herman Towles, Senior Research Associate
    Email:    herman@cs.unc.edu
    
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Atlantic Richfield Company - Plano, Texas
1 MechDyne Flex (re-configurable)

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Concurrent Technology Corporation
1 CAVE

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Continuum Resources - Houston, Texas
1 MechDyne Wall

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EDS
1 CAVE, 1 PowerWall

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Exxon - Houston, Texas
1 Trimension Reality Room

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FMC
1 CAVE clone

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General Motors
3 CAVE'S, 1 Mechdyne wall

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HRL Laboratories
1 CABANA

    HRL Laboratories 
    3011 Malibu Canyon Road 
    Malibu CA, 90265 
    Contact:  Mike Daily
    Email:    mjdaily@hrl.com
    Contact:  Jason Jerald
    Email:    jjerald@hrl.com
    Contact:  Doug McInnes
    Email:    dmcinnes@hrl.com
    Tel:      310-317-5581
    Fax:      310-317-5695
    
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Landmark Graphics - Houston, Texas
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Lockheed Martin
1 Trimension Reality Room

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National Broadcasting Corp (NBC)
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Cray Research
1 I-Desk
shots of the Idesk at CRAY

    Cray Research
    655-E Lone Oak Dr.
    Eagan, MN 55121
    Contact:  Cal Kirchhof
    Email:    cal@ironwood.cray.com
    Tel:      612-683-5245
    Fax:      612-683-3699
    
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SGI/Mountain View
2 Desks, 1 Trimension Reality Room

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SGI/Detroit
1 PowerWall

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Shell - Houston, Texas
1 Trimension Reality Rooms

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Texaco - Houston, Texas
2 Trimension Reality Rooms

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Thomson Consumer Electronics - Indianapolis, Indiana
1 Mechdyne Wall

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United Defense - Minneapolis
2 Trimension Reality Rooms


International

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Australia - Q-Sea Innovations - Perth
1 Mechdyne wall

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Australia - RMIT - Melbourne
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Austria - Ars Electronica Center
1 CAVE, 1 I-Desk on order

    Ars Electronica Center
    Hauptstraße 2
    4040 Linz
    Austria
    Contact:  Horst Hörtner
    Email:    hoho@aec.at
    Tel:      ++43-732-7272-0
    Fax:      ++43-732-7272-20
    
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Canada - Integrated Manufacturing Technolgies Institute (IMTI)
1 CAVE (Fakespace), 1 Wall (Fakespace - 3 projectors - 24'x8'), 2 Small Walls (Fakespace - 1 projector - 6'x8'), 1 Small Wall (home grown - 1 projector - 8'x8' (not sure of that size)).

    Virtual Environment Technology Centre
    Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute
    National Research Council of Canada
    800 Collip Circle,
    London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 4X8
    Contact:  Brian Corrie
    Email:    Brian.Corrie@nrc.ca
    Tel:      519-430-7093
    
    
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Canada - Research Institute for Multimedia Systems (RIMS)
1 CAVE

    Research Institute for Multimedia Systems
    Department of Computing Science
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1 
    Canada
    Contact:  Dr. Mark Green
    Email:    mark@cs.ualberta.ca
    Tel:      403-492-4584 
    Fax:      403-492-1071
    
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England - British Aerospace
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - Continuum Resources - London
1 Mechdyne Wall

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England - Imperial College
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - SGI
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - TWR
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - University College London
2 Trimension Reality Rooms

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England - University of Salford
2 Trimension Reality Rooms

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England - University of Strathclyde
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - University of Teesside
1 Trimension Reality Room, 1 Trimension Vdome

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England - Wates City Point
1 Trimension Reality Room

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England - Western Geophysical
1 Trimension Reality Room

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France - INRIA
1 TAN Holobench

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Germany - Albert Einstein Institute
1 Wall

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Germany - Audi AG
1 TANORAMA Wall

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BMW AG
1 TAN CUBE, 1 TAN Workbench, 1 TANORAMA Wall

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Damier-Benz AG
1 TAN CUBE, 1 TAN Workbench, 1 TANORAMA Wall

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General Motors/Adam Opel AG
1 TAN CUBE, 1 TANORAMA Wall

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Germany - GMD
1 C3 (CAVEEE), 1 Responsive WorkBench

    GMD - German National Research Center
    for Information Technology
    IMK.VMSD
    Schloss Birlinghoven
    53754 Sankt Augustin
    Germany
    Contact:  Martin Göbel 
    Email:    martin.goebel@gmd.de 
    Tel:      +49 (2241) 14 -2366
    Fax:      +49 (2241) 14 -2040
    
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Germany - IWB
1 Holobench

    Institut fuer Werkzeugmaschinen
    und Betriebswissenschaften (iwb)
    Technische Universitaet Muenchen
    Boltzmannstrasse 15
    85748 Garching
    Germany
    Contact:  Ulrich Rossgoderer 
    Email:    rg@iwb.mw.tu-muenchen.de
    Tel:      +49-89-289-15515
    Fax:      +49-89-289-15555 
    
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Germany - VISLAB FhG IAO
1 C3 (CAVEEE) & 6 Barons

    VISLab at Fraunhofer Institute for
    Industrial Engineering (IAO)
    Nobelstrasse 12c
    D-70569
    Stuttgart, Germany
    Contact:  Oliver Riedel 
    Email:    oliver.riedel@iao.fhg.de
    Tel:      +49 (0) 711 970 2088
    Fax:      +49 (0) 711 970 2213
    
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Germany - Visualization and Virtual Reality FhG IGD
1 C3 (CAVEEE)

    Fraunhofer-Institut für 
    Graphische Datenverarbeitung
    Abteilung Visualisierung und
    Virtuelle Realität
    Wilhelminenstraße 7
    D-64283
    Darmstadt, Germany
    Contact:  Stefan Müller 
    Email:    stefanm@igd.fhg.de
    Tel:      +49 06151 155-124
    Fax:      +49 06151 155-196
    
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Germany - Volkswagon AG
1 TAN CUBE

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Greece - Foundation of the Hellenic World
1 Trimension Reality Room, 1 Idesk

    Foundation of the Hellenic World
    38 Poulopoulou Str.
    Athens 11851, Greece
    Contact:  Maria Roussou 
    Email:    mr@fhw.gr
    Tel:      +30 1 34.22.292
    Fax:      +30 1 34.22.272
    
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Japan - Nissho/NIAC
1 CAVE ordered, 1 I-Desk

    Nissho Electronics Corporation
    Tsukiji 7-3-1
    Chuoo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan
    Contact:  Shigeru Matsuura
    Email:    matsuura@nissho-ele.co.jp
    Contact:  Noritoshi Asako
    Email:    asako@nissho-ele.co.jp
    Tel:      3-3544-8452
    Fax:      3-3544-8284
    
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Japan - National Institute for Fusion Science
1 CAVE

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Japan - NTT/ICC (InterCommunication Center)
1 CAVE

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Japan - Sega
1 CAVE clone

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Japan - Tohwa University
1 I-Desk

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Japan - Tokyo Institute of Technology
1 CAVE clone (PC's)

    Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Venture Business Labratory
    Ookayama 2-12-1
    Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152
    Contact:  Masayuki Nakajima
    Tel:      3-5734-2183
    Fax:      3-5734-2911
    
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Japan - University of Tokyo
1 CABIN

    University of Tokyo
    Intelligent Modeling Laboratory
    7-3-1, Hongo,
    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113
    Contact:  Michitaka Hirose
    Email:    hirose@ihl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
    Tel:      3-3812-2111 ext.6367
    Fax:      3-3818-0835
    
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Netherlands - SARA
1 CAVE, 1 ImmersaDesk2

    SARA
    P.O. Box 94613
    1090 GP Amsterdam
    The Netherlands 
    Contact:  Anton H.J. Koning, Ph.D.
    Email:    anton@sara.nl
    Tel:      +31 (0) 20 592 3000
    Fax:      +31 (0) 20 668 3167
    
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Netherlands - University Delft Niederland
1 TAN Workbench

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Norway - Norsk Hydro ASA Exploration & Production
1 CAVE, 1 Wall system being installed

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Norway - Telenor Expo
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Saudi Arabia - SAAD Trading
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Singapore - NUS
1 CAVE

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Spain - gedas / UPC
1 TAN CAVE. 1 TAN Wall

    Virtual Reality Center (CRV) 
    Real-Time Visualization gedas Iberia SA
    Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
    Contact:  Francisco J. Santisteve
    Email:    santist@gedas.es
    
    
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Spain - SEAT
1 TAN Wall

    Real-Time Visualization gedas Iberia SA
    SEAT (Centro Tecnico Martorell)
    Ctra.N-II, km. 585(Mod.B1)
    Barcelona 08760, Spain
    Contact:  Francisco J. Santisteve
    Email:    santist@gedas.es
    Tel:      34 93 773 17 12
    
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Sweden - City of Helsingborg
1 CAVE, 1 I-Desk

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Sweden - PDC
1 6 walled TAN VR-CUBE, 1 I-Desk

    Center for Parallel Computers
    Royal Institute of Technology
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Contact:  Gert Svennson
    Email:    gert@pdc.kth.se
    Tel:      +46 8 790 7884
    Fax:      +46 8 790 0930
    
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Sweden - SICS
1 CAVE clone

    Swedish Inst. for Computer Science
    Box 1263
    SE-164 28
    KistagÂngen 15 
    Kista, Sweden
    Contact:  Olof Hagsand  
    Email:    olof@sics.se
    Tel:      +46 8 752 1570
    Fax:      +46 8 751 7230
    
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Switzerland - SGI
1 Trimension Reality Room

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Taiwan - Industrial Technology Research Institute - Hsinchu
1 Mechdyne SSVR


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