Virtual Reality Theater (VR Theater)
IT 403 is home to a reconfigurable virtual reality theater - the MOVE Lite system from BARCO's Virtual and Augmented Reality Division. This display provides a bright, high-resolution, immersive experience using four 10' x 7.5' screens featuring 1400 x 1050 pixels at 6000 lumens. It is among the highest resolution and brightest 3D projection systems available anywhere. The side screens are motorized to support flat, panoramic, "L"-shape, and cube configurations. The system is driven by an SGI Onyx4 system as well as an Opteron-based Linux cluster, and features wireless, optical tracking of multiple input devices over a 30' x 10' space. The variety of configurations, computing systems, and input devices allows researchers, educators, and artists to precisely customize the VR Theater for their applications and audiences, and supports scenarios ranging from wide screen design reviews for collaborative teams, to panoramic, semi-immersive visualization for classes, to fully immersive artistic environments for small groups.
