2008-10-22

StarCAVE A 3-D Virtual Reality Environment

The StarCAVE,developed at UC San Diego, is a virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens surrounding the viewer, and onto the floor as well.




3-D virtual reality environment developed at UC San Diego helps scientists innovate


Its name sounds like something out of science fiction, but the
StarCAVE at the University of California, San Diego is now a science
fact. The virtual-reality environment allows groups of scientists to
venture into worlds as small as nanoparticles and as big as the cosmos
– permitting new insights that could fuel discoveries in many fields.
Early users of the StarCAVE include UC San Diego researchers in
biomedicine, neuroscience, structural engineering, archaeology, earth
science, genomics, art history and other disciplines.

clipped from www.calit2.net
Proteins on display in StarCAVE
Calit2 researchers explore proteins in 3D from the Protein Data Bank, displayed inside the StarCAVE.
Calit2 researcher Jurgen Schulze in the StarCAVE
Calit2 project scientist Jurgen Schulze navigates "virtually" the first floor of a computer model of Calit2's headquarters building at UC San Diego.
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