Current configuration:
HARDWARE:
- Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine2, 256MB, 4 RMs, MCO
- Silicon Graphics Indigo2 Extreme, 128MB
- Stereographics CrystalEyes stereo glasses
- Spacetek Spaceball
- VRex VR-2000 stereo LCD projector
- Virtual Research VR4 HMD
- Polhemus Fastrack
SOFTWARE:
- Virtual Reality: Medialab CLOVIS, SGI IRIS Performer
- Modeling: MultigenII, Wavefront Explore, CosmoWorlds
- CAD: Matra-Datavision EUCLID
- 3D browser: CERN's latest prodigy software, i3D
The VENUS Flight Lab offers a flythrough of the LHC detectors. The navigation is controlled via three different metaphores:
- Spaceball and stereo glasses for an individual "on screen" flight
- HMD + 3D joystick for an individual immersive flight
- Stereo projector on large screen for a team flight up to 20 people
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Last update Feb 1, 1996.