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The Varrier ™ Autostereoscopic VR Display An OptIPuter Display System Daniel Sandin, Todd Margolis, Tom Peterka Javier Girado, Robert Kooima, Thomas DeFanti E V L U I C C a l I t 2 U C S D January 2007. Complete Panel-Based Auto-Stereo VR. Viewer-centered perspective
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The Varrier™ Autostereoscopic VR Display An OptIPuter Display System Daniel Sandin, Todd Margolis, Tom Peterka Javier Girado, Robert Kooima, Thomas DeFanti E V L U I C C a l I t 2 U C S D January 2007
Complete Panel-Based Auto-Stereo VR • Viewer-centered perspective • with no tracker to wear • Wide angle of view 120 - 230horizontal • Stereo vision • without glasses • Interactive and real-time • Successor to the CAVE
VR Without Attachments • Auto-stereo • no glasses • images are directed out to the viewer’s eyes • single user • Camera-based head tracking • tracking needed for VR and to direct images to eyes • Walk in the room and VR is in your face • currently wearing a head target is best
R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L Barrier Strip Auto-StereoQuick Review • Columns of right and left eye images viewed through slits
Varrier™ Auto-StereoSoftware • All Current Demos are in Electro • application development environment • MPI process model • bound to the Lua programming language • cluster-driven tiled displays • virtual reality systems • desktop workstation • multiplatform Linux, Windows, Mac
Varrier™ Auto-Stereoand the OptIPuter • Current compatibilities with OptIPuter • any current Electro-Varrier application can run on the tiled displays in non-stereo • same for COVISE • Have to add a 3d input device • Electro applications run on CAVEs and Cwall • COVISE applications run on CAVEs and Cwall • Varrier displays exist at EVL, Calit2, TRECC
Varrier™ Auto-Stereoand the OptIPuter • Things that need to be done • port COVISE • in planning stage • port CAVElib ? • originally worked; easy to do if there is demand • Integrate into SAGE • in planning stage
Varrier™ Auto-Stereoand the OptIPuter • Varrier is ready to be copied by partners • Arrangements have been made for people to buy it
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