CAVE^TM Usage

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Iowa State's HIV Molecule Representation

A Few General Examples... Educational Research Corporate/Industrial Research View a CNN Documentary View "Detour", a VR Movie

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Some General Applications

• Engineering/Design and R & D

Vehicle interior/exterior design and analysis	Visibility and operation design, simulation and analysis
Rapid product prototyping	Fluid flow dynamics
Aerodynamic evaluation	Pollution emission studies
Remote collaborative design and testing	Motion studies
Finite element studies

• Manufacturing:

Manufacturing and assembly design and simulation	Robotics
Subassembly analysis	Teleoperations and telepresence

• Medicine:

Volumetric human anatomy visualization	Surgical simulation, research and training
Molecular and structural biology	Neuroscience
Psychological testing and therapy

• Architecture:

Site plan analysis	Structural aspect review
Space planning	Site line analysis
Interior design	Urban planning
Shared context environments

• Marketing:

Product planning	Package design
Consumer testing and surveys	Real-time interactive consumer access to operational selections
Management presentations	Product display and information

• Geophysical Exploration:

Oceanography

Seismology

• Other Applications:

Astrophysics	Atmospheric science
Chemistry	Ecological impact
Geometric modeling	Microphysics
Hazardous material handling simulation and training

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Educational Reseach

• University of Illinois, Chicago
• 20 CAVE Demos at EVL in 2D (HTML)
• CAVE Demos at EVL in 3D (VRML)

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• The Crumbs Project, "On the Trail of 3D Images"

• Iowa State University
• Research

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Futures Lab
• Scientific Sonification Project
• Modeling Commercial Combustion Systems
• Mesh Refinement
• Molecular Docking

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Corporate/Industrial Reseach

• Caterpillar Distributed Virtual Reality (CAVE to CAVE Communication)
• Partnerships--Industrial Program at NCSA

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"Future Watch", a CNN Documentary on Applications of a CAVE
An excellent 4.5 minute Quicktime MOVie from a CNN Documentary showing what a CAVE is used for now, and what it will be used for in the future. NCSA, Argonne, General Motors are only a few in the spotlight in this video.

17.9MB, Quicktime Plug-In Video Streaming Enabled

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"Detour", visualizing brain trauma, created by Rita Addison
"Nobody really understands how my whole life was changed since my brain injury. But maybe if I can tell it like a before and after story, in a way people can see what it's like, hear what it's like, and feel what it's like..."

5.2MB, Quicktime Plug-In Video Streaming Enabled

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Last Revision: Thursday, December 19, 1996 12:16:19 AM
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