Visualization at the Media Union

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Visualization at the Media Union

• Paul Morin, Lars Schumann and Eric Maslowski

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What is Visualization

• Ahhhhhha

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Schedule

• Who are we?
• Who are you and what are your interests?
• The current state of visualization
• Explorer demo
• CAVE demo
• Talk about your needs

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Who are we?

• Lars Schumann
• Eric Maslowski
• Paul Morin

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Current State of Visualization
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Contemporary Visualization
Data (GBs)
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Applications

• IDL
• Iris Explorer, AVS, IBM Data Explorer
• Visualization Toolkit (VTK)

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Contemporary Visualization(well-funded)
Data (TBs)
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CAVE

• Completely immersive
• Maximum cost solution
• Centralized facility

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The Collaboratory and Sharing Expensive Resources

• Distributed equipment
• Distributed users
• Need to share data
• Centralized access
• Distributed assets

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Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaborative
(SPARC)http//sparc.si.umich.edu/

• Virtual laboratory of distributed resources
• Satellites, Radars, Real-time Numerical Models
• Collaboration of space physics researchers around
  the globe
• Viewed with a standard browser
• Test bed for collaborative research efforts
• Uses a Thick/Thin approach to tools and networking

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Example of an Internet-Enabled Remote Facility
Sondrestrom, Greenland
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Future Visualization
Community Member
The Grid/Internet2
Storage
Visualization Engines
Computational Engines
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Collaborative Visualization
Internet2
CAVE
Immersadesk
Workstation/PC
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Collaborative Visualization
Internet2
CAVE
Immersadesk
Workstation/PC
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Visualization and Education
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Educational Computer Materials
Level 1 Materials that could be presented by
traditional education media Level 2
Materials that is are BETTER presented by
using computers Level 3 Materials that can ONLY
be presented by using computers
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Lessons Learned

• One plug-in is almost too much
• CD-Rs are a good complement to the Internet
• Persistence vs. Availability
• Custom versions for special purposes
• Stick to Best example rather than Local
  example
• Minimize software development

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Computers in Education
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Seismicity and Seismic Tomography
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Mantle thermal and chemical evolution
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Changes in Computer Graphics that Effect
Visualization
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Tuesdays Graphics Technology
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GeoWall

• Virtual Reality in the labroom
• Off-the-shelf computer hardware
• Software has been used at the high-end for 10
  years
• Passive stereo
• Up to 20 students at a time
• Collaboration with EVL
• About 15,000

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GeoWall Applications

• Stereo visualization for a group
• Stereo images
• Stereo video
• Microscopes
• Stereo videoconferencing

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How does the GeoWall Change the Landscape?

• The first year of GeoWall could see more
  immersive systems deployed than in all previous
  years combined
• Low budget, high bandwidth facilities will be at
  an advantage
• VR will evolve faster than ever before

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CAVE Demo
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What are your needs?