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.
 | Calit2 researchers explore proteins in 3D from the Protein Data Bank, displayed inside the StarCAVE. |
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 | 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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