Installation - PITT
The School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, in
cooperation with the VISIC
Lab, set aside a room and bought the equipment for a CaveUT-based
immersive environment. It is intended for general use in the school
for student and faculty research projects. For example:
Duncan, M., Kelley, M., Jacobson, J. (2006) High School Graduate Refines Gyromouse Interface for Virtual Reality; Preteens Play Crucial Role. Computer Graphics Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2, ACM SIGGRAPH (publisher), August 2006. http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/volume-40-number-2/
The Virtual Theater has four projectors, two projecting onto the back
wall of the room and two more projecting onto the sides. Essentially
it is two two-walled caves stuck together. The image above, shows Lyle
Seethaller standing in front of his Virtual Audubon Exhibit, which he
built using the authoring tools that come with Unreal Tournament.
With Dr. Michael Lewis's support, Jeffrey Jacobson constructed the
first portable two-walled V-Cave, described in the CaveUT
documentation. Jeffrey Jacobson showed it at several conferences in
2002-2004. This arrangement uses tripod-mounted projectors to
illuminate screens stretched from a collapsible frame made from PVC
pipe. The entire assembly collapses into standard (although large)
airline luggage. The VISIC staff constructed thier own V-Cave, which
they used for demonstrations throughout Pennsylvania.