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Title: The Wall www'geowall'org


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The Wallwww.geowall.org
  • Paul Morin
  • Institute for New Media Studies
  • Department of Geology and Geophysics
  • University of Minnesota

2
The Wall
  • Virtual Reality in the office, lab and classroom
  • Off-the-shelf computer hardware
  • Software has been used at the high-end for over
    10 years
  • Passive stereo
  • 20 people at a time
  • Under 15,000

3
GeoWall Hardware
  • 2 Infocus 530 DLP projectors 6000
  • Windows/Mac/Linux 1000-3000
  • GeForce 4 Video Card 300
  • Front Projection Screen 300
  • Rear Projection Screen 1500
  • Miscellaneous 1000
  • Projector Stacker 400

Total lt 15,000
4
GeoWall Applications
  • Stereo computer graphics
  • Stereo photography
  • Stereo video

5
The Focus is on Viewers
  • Time dependant 3D geometry viewer
  • Stereo image viewer
  • Stereo video player
  • No large scale integrated applications
  • Visualizations exported from other commercial
    software
  • Bryce
  • 3D Studio Max
  • Other

6
Institutions with GeoWalls
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
  • Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
  • US Geological Survey EROS Data Center
  • Arizona State
  • University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Indiana University
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Northern Arizona University

7
GeoWall Infection Rate
8
How is this used in the classroom?
  • First few minutes in a lab
  • Pre- and post-fieldtrip
  • Students drive the visualizations
  • As a bridge to traditional material

9
Hickey Mountain
10
Stereo Photography
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