Research & Scholarship

The primary mission of the Indiana University Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL) is to pair IU's world-class researchers and educators with AVL's world-class facilities and staff to enable more innovative and impactful research and scholarship. AVL staff function in a variety of roles including: system administration, maintenance, and training as well as traditional research project consulting.

To reserve any of the AVL facilities or setup an initial project consultation on either campus, please contact us.

Active

Effect An intuitive interface for designing lighting effects with Radiance Realistic Lighting for Virtual Environments Using advanced graphics techniques for simulating realistically lit virtual spaces BCC REMote Station Visualization Module Advanced visaulization of lunar rocks with touch panel input IU Render Portal Condor distributed rendering cluster for Maya and Blender Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Compare and contrast the first maps of our entire planet with the first maps of all of science as we know it Bird Words: Bird Vocal Tract Visualization Visualization and volumetric measurement of bird vocal tracts Virtual Display Case A collaboration with the Customer Interface Lab to study marketing analysis, managerial visualization, and retail theater PathView Information visualization for sociology INGEN Advanced visualization for the INGEN IT Core Fetal Alcohol Symdrome Study Using 3D imaging devices to study craniofacial anthropometry for fetal alcohol syndrome Wavefront OBJ File Viewer Software developed at the AVL for viewing 3D files on multiple platforms 3DIVE A tool for interactively displaying and manipulating volumetric data Virtual Reality Art Interactive, experiential art using advanced display technology Advanced Visualization for Geographic Information Systems Applying advanced displays and methodologies to current GIS technologies

Completed

Virus Visualization Portal Visualization portal for electrostatic interactions of proteins and other biomolecules L-D Viewer A visualization tool for the analysis of the Luria-Delbruck distribution Nuclear Pasta Nuclear matter simulations run on specialized IU computing hardware Airplane CFD visualization Visualization for computational fluid dynamics on an airplane Structural Damage (Corrosion) Visualization Volume visualization of simulated corrosion on surfaces ToothPics A distributed visualization tool for interactive oral & maxillofacial radiographic imaging Emily A visualization tool for large sparse matrices XMView A multi-platform system for visualizing small, crystalline structures VU A configurable scientific visualization program from CERCA, now integrated with the CAVE library Solar Journey Project A collaboration between IU and the University of Chicago to develop VR tools to display astrophysical properties of the Sun's journey through space-time Bloomington Campus Model An environment for studying architectural visualization, large model management, & effective navigation Uxmal A Virtual model of the ancient city of Uxmal Phylogenetic Tree Viewer An interactive viewer for a globally-distributed computation at SC '98 Constrained Navigation Assistive methods for effective exploration of desktop and immersive environments SCAM A Simple CAVE Menu library which provides intuitive 2D widgets and file access Smart Environments Audio-visual, adaptive systems that support manipulation and navigation tasks Digital Library Visualization Researchers in the School of Library and Information Science are exploring techniques to better manage the ever-increasing amount of information offered by digital libraries Astronomy A100 A constructivist approach to teaching undergraduates about our solar system using VRML and the CAVE Future Camp High school students explore art and science using collaborative VR technology Virtual Space Lab A collection of immersive design tools and experiences for Interior Design students Volumetric Collision Detection An interactive algorithm for collision detection between volumetric objects Volumetric Constructive Solid Geometry An interactive algorithm for modeling with both volume and geometric source data iUni Indiana University's Collaborative Information Universe LIMBOgen Collaborative model viewer built upon CAVERNSoft