New Candian CAVE, the Worlds Newest & Best with Java3d ------------------------------------------------------ | A unique feature of the center ... is the ability | to create 3D models of biological systems | (e.g., genomes, organs, cancer cells) using a | Java 3D API-enabled Sun FireTM 6800 server | with a CAVE (CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment) | walk-in virtual room often likened to Star Trek's Holodeck. | | In addition to the 20 CPU Sun Fire 6800 server | running on the Solaris 8 Operating Environment | equipped with 20 Gigabytes of main memory, | the COE hosts five terabytes of Sun StorEdge | T3 RAID 5 disk arrays | http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=1609
| Canadian scientists have opened a powerful | computing lab ... The $3.7 million | University of Calgary facility is | a step ahead of the handful of other | virtual reality labs used in such research | because users for the first time can build | models on their own computers, rather than be | tied up for days or weeks programming at the | site, officials said. | | Scientists, wearing 3D glasses in the | 10 foot by 10 foot "cave," get a 270-degree, | larger-than-life projection of the smallest | parts of our biological makeup, to the point | of being able to stand inside a strand of DNA. | http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020301/tc_nm/health_canada_virtualreality_dc_1 | the U of C is launching the Sun Center of | Excellence for Visual Genomics a bioinformatics | facility that puts Calgary scientists | at least __ two years ahead of the pack __ | in research capabilities. ... | | A pivotal feature of the new centre is a | __ fully immersive __ (walk in) display environment, | with four projection walls. | | This Java 3D technology-enabled CAVE | a first in the world will immerse scientists | in three-dimensional models of biological | systems, including cells, tissues and entire organisms. | ... | These computer models allow scientists to | step into a virtual, 3D human body, | says Sensen. This allows us a much more | intricate understanding of human diseases | and complex biological systems, thereby | accelerating the pace of life-saving research | and reducing the development time for new drugs. | | Total investment into the Sun Center of Excellence | for Visual Genomics to date is more than $6 million. | Funding partners include Sun Microsystems, Fakespace Inc.... | http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/unicomm/news/Feb_02/genomics.htm | "Sun chose the University of Calgary as a COE for | Visual Genomics in recognition of Dr. Christoph Sensen's | plans to build a CyberCell, a 3-dimensional | representation biological system with a Java-3D enabled | CAVE, using a SunFire 6800," says Dr. Stefan Unger, | Business Development Manager for Computational Biology | at Sun Microsystems. | http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/announcements/calgary.html | NCSA, too, has used VisAD and the Java 3D API. | NCSA is a research organization and part of the | National Computational Science Alliance (the Alliance). | Its facilities house some of the most advanced | virtual environment laboratories in academia, | including three different projection-based display | systems -- the CAVE, the ImmersaDesk and the Infinity Wall -- | which enable researchers to literally get inside their | data. This often leads to a better understanding of | the data than would have been possible otherwise. | http://java.sun.com/features/2000/02/java3d.print.html NAVE CAVE -- Paul Fishwick: Caves - a cheaper version = ==================================================== | | I am seeking solutions to the problem of viewing | | VRML worlds on a NAVE. | | The overview of the NAVE can be found at | | http://www.digitalworlds.ufl.edu/research/nave/default.asp | | There is one host PC that sends position and orientation | information (of the avatar) to each of 3 PCs, each of | which projects an image onto a panel. | | With 3 panels, one obtains a panoramic view. | | The only problem that we have now is that the | default software to make this work revolves | around a package called "SVE" (which uses OpenGL). | | We'd like to make the NAVE available to the | display of VRML (and X3D). This would open the | NAVE to many more applications. | | http://www.web3d.org/www-vrml/hypermail/2002/01/0423.html | http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202&L=java3d-interest&P=70206 Paul, have you checked out the above system ? It sounds like they solved similar problems and found a rather good solution: using a VRML plug-in Viewer in a browser with ActiveX would appear to be retro. | NIST delves into pervasive computing | ------------------------------------ | | Pervasive-computing systems could make | conference rooms brainy, according to the | Smart Space Laboratory researchers at the | National Institute of Standards and Technology. | ... | The meeting room generates about 1G per minute | or 60G per hour of data from five steerable | Sony EVI-D30 videoconferencing cameras ... | [and] about 200 low-cost ... microphones ... | The open-source clustering software can harness | up to 24 computers, Stanford said. | | NIST has made the source code and | documentation available for download at | http://www.nist.gov/smartspace/toolChest/nsfs | | http://www.gcn.com/21_3/tech-report/17856-1.html | http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202&L=java3d-interestP=34448 Sandy, could you post this to the VMRL list, keep in mind the VRML Loaders were a gift from Sun to Web3d.org. This is about 3d worlds, VRML, CAVES, and in reply to Paul Fishwick's plea, oh, and it's also about some work at the NIST. Render 3d Molecules with VRML & Java3d, Games & More ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/molecular_modeling.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/games_with_java3d.html -- Paul, Java Developer & Web Animator. ----------------------------------------------------- "Imaging the Imagined: Modeling with Math & a Keyboard" =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
