UB Media Study - VR System

At the University at Buffalo's Department of Media Study, we have been constructing a low-cost projection-based VR system. It will be used in advanced undergraduate and graduate classes on interactive art, and for independent projects. It has also been used as a small scale AccessGrid node for video-conferencing.

The components of the system are:

• Penguin Computing dual-processor Linux PC
• Matrox G450 dual-head graphics card
• 2 Sharp LCD projectors
• circularly-polarized filters and glasses
• Stewart Filmscreen "Disney black" rear-projection screen
• Ascension Spacepad 6DOF tracker with 3 sensors
• Murray Consulting Wanda
• cast-off Windows PC for tracking
• cheap visor from Target to attach head-tracker to

The total cost of the hardware was roughly $20,000 (in 2001).

Snapshots

Links

• http://www.mediastudy.buffalo.edu/s/vrstudio/ - Virtual Reality Studio pages
• http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/anstey/TEACHING/vt_01/ - Virtual Tales class/project

Last updated 3 March 2005.
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