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Architectural Design of a UCSD Engineering Building
Developers: Steve Cady, Thomas A. DeFanti, The Graphics, Visualization and Virtual Reality Laboratory (GRAVITY) and California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), University of California San Diego January 1, 2013 - Ongoing Participants walk through an architectural model of University of California, San Diego’s recently dedicated Structural and Materials… Read more |
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Rebar Cage
Developers: Thomas A. DeFanti, Andre Barbosa, Jurgen Schulze (University of California San Diego); American Bridge Company / Fluor Enterprises Inc. May 1, 2011 - Ongoing Participants walk through a 3D model of an 80x60x20-foot section of the rebar cage of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Note that this model… Read more |
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CineGrid™ Initiative
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Lauren Herr, Natalie Van Osdol (Pacific Interface), Larry Smarr (UCSD / Calit2), Richard Weinberg, Elizabeth Daley (USC / CNTV), Tomonori Aoyama, Naohisa Ohta (Keio / DMC) September 1, 2005 - Ongoing CineGrid is an initiative to provide media professionals access to global cyberinfrastructure capable of carrying ultra-high performance digital… Read more |
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OptIPuter and Global Lambda Visualization Facility (GLVF)
Developers: Alan Verlo, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti September 1, 2005 - Ongoing The Global Lambda Visualization Facility (GLVF), established in September 2005, addresses the need to integrate visualization and collaboration… Read more |
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ImmersaDesk4™
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Cristian J. Luciano, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti April 15, 2005 - May 1, 2007 A Passive Stereo Virtual Reality System Using Circularly Polarized High Resolution LCD Panels The ImmersaDesk4™ (IDesk4™) is built from 2… Read more |
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TransLight / StarLight℠
Developers: Jade Almaguer, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Alan Verlo, Laura Wolf, Steve Sander, Patrick Hallihan, Lance Long, Linda Winkler, Rick Summerhill, Roberto Sabatino, Erik-Jan Bos, Kees Neggers, Joe Mambretti February 1, 2005 - January 31, 2010 TransLight / StarLight℠ and TransLight / Pacific Wave℠ are complementary efforts funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to… Read more |
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Haptics-Based Virtual Reality Periodontal Training Simulator
Developers: Cristian J. Luciano, Thomas A. DeFanti August 16, 2004 - October 17, 2006 The haptics-based virtual reality periodontal training simulator project focuses upon the research and development of a prototype dental simulator… Read more |
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The OptIPuter
Developers: Alan Verlo, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Moher, Larry Smarr (CalIT2), Bob Grossman (NCDM / UIC) October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2007 related url: www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/optiputer The OptIPuter is a five-year, $13.9 million National Science Foundation funded project to interconnect… Read more |
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The OptIPlanet Collaboratory
Developers: Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2008 VIEW OptIPortal WORLD LOCATIONS From 2002-2008, EVL has been part of the NSF-funded OptIPuter project, the goal of which is to develop advanced… Read more |
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C-Wall (Configurable Wall)
Developers: Alan Verlo, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2005 The C-Wall is a high-quality, tracked, circularly polarized passive stereo wall, which could also be adapted to active stereo using Mirage DLP… Read more |
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GeoWall 2
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Shalini Venkataraman, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 2002 - September 30, 2007 The first generation of the GeoWall was targeted at providing affordable 3D stereoscopic visualization of small- to modest-sized Geoscience datasets… Read more |
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Application of Intelligent Signaling and Control of Dynamically Switched Optical Networks
Developers: Alan Verlo, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Ruoyun Yang, Thomas A. DeFanti, Bill Nickless, Mort Rahimi, Tim Ward, Mitch Theys, Joe Mambretti, Andrew Schmidt, Linda Winkler September 1, 2001 - August 31, 2004 The proposed software development efforts will leverage the significant potential of a newly installed metro optical testbed for application-level… Read more |
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Remote Data Mining, Visualization and Collaboration on Tera-Nodes
Developers: Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, Robert Grossman August 1, 2001 - September 1, 2005 The goal of this project is to develop advanced data mining, visualization and collaboration technologies that maximize the use of high-speed Gigabit… Read more |
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Personal Varrier™ Autostereo Display
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Javier Girado, Jinghua Ge, Robert Kooima, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Peterka August 1, 2001 - August 31, 2005 The Personal Varrier™ display consists of a 30” LCD widescreen display with 2560x1600 native resolution. A photographic film barrier… Read more |
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GeoWall
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Jinghua Ge, Jonas Talandis, Luc Renambot, Shalini Venkataraman, Thomas A. DeFanti March 1, 2001 - August 1, 2005 The GeoWall, based on AGAVE technology, is low-cost, non-tracked, passive-stereo system that allows distributed audiences to view and interact with… Read more |
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STARLIGHT℠: The Optical STAR TAP
Developers: Jade Almaguer, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) at Northwestern University, Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argnonne National Laboratory, CANARIE, SURFnet October 1, 2000 - September 1, 2006 StarLight℠; the optical STAR TAP™, is an advanced optical infrastructure and proving ground for network services optimized for… Read more |
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AGAVE (Access Grid Autostereo Virtual Environment)
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Jinghua Ge, Jonas Talandis, Shalini Venkataraman, Thomas A. DeFanti, Todd Margolis September 1, 2000 - August 31, 2005 AGAVE (pronounced agavay) is a panel-based, head-tracked, barrier-strip auto-stereographic display, where the viewer does not wear stereo glasses… Read more |
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ASCI Advanced Projector Consortium
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Argonne National Laboratory: R. Stevens, M. Hereld, San Diego Supercomputer Center: B. Pailthorpe, N. Bordes January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2002 Organized for the US Department of Energy VIEWS (Visualization and Interactive Environments for Weapons Simulation) program. The Advanced Projector… Read more |
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Emerge: ESnet / MREN Regional Grid Experimental NGI Testbed
Developers: Thomas A. DeFanti, C. Catlett, J. Mambretti, M. Rahimi, T. Pinkerton, P. Brunelli;. Jackson August 1, 1999 - August 1, 2001 This EMERGEeffort means to achieve and demonstrate Differentiated Services (DiffServ) over an IP / ATM GigaPoP regional network as a representative… Read more |
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Euro-Link: US High-Performance Link to Europe
Developers: Alan Verlo, Thomas A. DeFanti, S. Goldstein, NSF, Argonne National Laboratory, Indiana University, Ameritech Advanced Data Services, European National Research Network Members April 1, 1999 - September 30, 2005 Euro-Link is a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that facilitates the connection of European and Israeli National Research Networks… Read more |
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CAVERN - The CAVE™ Research Network
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tom Moher, U. Buy, R. Grossman October 1, 1998 - September 30, 2004 CAVERN, the CAVE™ Research Network, is an alliance of industrial and research institutions equipped with CAVE™-based virtual reality… Read more |
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The Virtual Mail System
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, Tomoko Imai September 1, 1998 - May 15, 2001 Traditionally E-mail has been the most effective asynchronous collaboration tool available to us. The goal of V-mail is to provide an equally, if not… Read more |
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PARIS™ : Personal Augmented Reality Immersive System
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Dana M. Plepys, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Maggie Rawlings, Michael Bogucki, Samroeng Thongrong, Thomas A. DeFanti, Xun Luo, Zhongwei Qui September 1, 1998 - October 31, 2002 Twenty years ago, Ken Knowlton created a see-through display for Bell Labs using a half-silvered mirror mounted at an angle in front of a telephone… Read more |
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CAVERNsoft
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti September 1, 1998 - September 30, 2004 CAVERNsoft is a C++ toolkit for building collaborative networked applications or logistical networking applications. It has low and mid level… Read more |
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ImmersaDesk3™
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Gary Lindahl, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Michael Bogucki, Thomas A. DeFanti May 1, 1998 - July 1, 1998 The ImmersaDesk3™ is an experiment in desktop VR using a flat panel display. Our goal was to make a prototype with tracking and stereo for… Read more |
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The Ganymede Accessbot: An Enabling Technology for Teleconferencing
Developers: Alan Cruz, Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Jason Leigh, Javier Girado, Jonas Talandis, Maggie Rawlings, Paul Rossman, Thomas A. DeFanti May 1, 1998 - May 15, 2001 The problem of providing accessibility for the handicapped goes far beyond merely providing ramps and elevators in buildings, cars, airplanes, and… Read more |
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CAVE™ Line-Of-Sight Calibration Procedure
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Adamczyk, Eric He, Greg Dawe, Marek Czernuszenko, Morteza Ghazisaedy, Robert V. Kenyon, Thomas A. DeFanti March 1, 1998 - January 1, 2000 This is a continuation of the research begun by Marek Czernuszenko with some refinements to the procedure as described in the associated documents. Read more |
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Instrumentation Development for Human-Centered Tele-Immersion
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Thomas A. DeFanti January 9, 1998 - October 31, 2002 The UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) has six years of experience building first and second-generation virtual reality devices (the CAVE… Read more |
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Alliance Expeditions
Developers: Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Argnonne National Laboratory, Network for Earthquake Simulation, Earthscope, GriPhyN, TeraGrid communities October 1, 1997 - September 30, 2004 For the past 17 years, EVL’s partnership with NCSA and the Alliance has enabled the rapid deployment and acceptance of EVL’s advanced… Read more |
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TeraGrid DTFnet
Developers: Jason Leigh, Maxine Brown, Thomas A. DeFanti, Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University October 1, 1997 - September 1, 2004 The TeraGrid DTFnet is an anchor tenant at StarLight, where EVL works with networking engineers from Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern… Read more |
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NCSA: National Computational Science Alliance
Developers: Thomas A. DeFanti, L. Smarr, R. Abdulla, C. Bender, D. Ceperley, J. Connolly, R. GileJ. Hennessy, K. Kennedy;. McRae, J. Ostriker, D. Reed, R. Stevens, M. Vernon, P. Woodward October 1, 1997 - September 30, 2005 After 10 years, the NSF Supercomputer Centers Program was replaced with the NSF Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI)… Read more |
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STAR TAP℠ : Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point
Developers: Jade Almaguer, Thomas A. DeFanti, A. Kassem, R.Butler May 1, 1997 - April 30, 2004 STAR TAP℠ - Science, Technology, And Research Transit Access Point - is a persistent infrastructure, funded by the National Science Foundation… Read more |
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ImmersaDesk2™
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1996 - May 1, 1997 The development of the ImmersaDesk2™ system in 1996 focused upon a number of design issues not addressed by the initial ImmersaDesk™… Read more |
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Tracker Calibration - Line of Sight Method
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Adamczyk, Greg Dawe, Marek Czernuszenko, Morteza Ghazisaedy, Robert V. Kenyon, Thomas A. DeFanti March 1, 1995 - February 1, 1998 Widely used in VR electro-magnetic trackers are sensitive to electrically or magneticly conductive objects in the environment. Static errors as high… Read more |
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Phase and Amplitude Maps of the Electric Organ Discharge of the Weakly Electric Fish
Developers: Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, C. Assad, B. Rasnow, J. Bower July 1, 1994 - July 15, 1994 This demonstration models the Apteronotus Leptorhynchus (commonly known as the Brown Ghost). It displays simulated data of the electric fields… Read more |
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CALVIN: Collaborative Architectural Layout Via Immersive Navigation
Developers: Andrew Johnson, Christina Vasilakis, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, Michael Kelley, Bruce Gibeson, Steve Grinavic January 1, 1994 - January 1, 1996 One of the current long term goals at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) is to create a persistent virtual environment enabling multiple… Read more |
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ImmersaDesk™
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Greg Dawe, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1994 - December 1, 1994 The ImmersaDesk™ was developed in 1994 at EVL. It is a drafting table format VR display. It features a 67x50-inch rear-projected screen at a… Read more |
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CAVE™ Simulator
Developers: Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Joshua Eliason, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1993 - May 15, 2003 The CAVE™ simulator, a part of the CAVE library, is a development tool for CAVE™ applications. The simulator is used to create the… Read more |
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The CAVE™ Virtual Reality Theater
Developers: Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Pape, Greg Dawe, Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1992 - January 1, 2002 CAVE™ The CAVE™ is a multi-person, room-sized, high-resolution 3D video and audio environment invented at EVL in 1991. Graphics are… Read more |
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CAVE™ Library
Developers: Carolina Cruz-Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Dave Adamczyk, Dave Pape, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Marek Czernuszenko, Morteza Ghazisaedy, Thomas A. DeFanti, Bill Nickless, Bill Sherman September 1, 1991 - September 30, 2001 The CAVE™ Library is an Application Programmers Interface (API) that provides the software environment / toolkit for developing virtual reality… Read more |
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LCD Shutter Glasses for Stereo Imagery in VR
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti September 1, 1991 - Unknown The CAVE, ImmersaDesks, I-Wall and PARIS virtual reality (VR) systems developed at EVL display active stereo images by use of StereoGraphics Liquid… Read more |
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Datamax UV-1
Developers: Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1981 The Datamax UV-1 was a pioneering computer designed by a working group of computer graphics artists at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The… Read more |
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Sayre Glove (first wired data glove)
Developers: Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti, Richard Sayre January 1, 1977 In 1977 Daniel J. Sandin and Thomas DeFanti created the first wired data glove based on an idea by Richard Sayre as a project for the National… Read more |
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GRASS (GRAphics Symbiosis System)
Developers: Thomas A. DeFanti January 1, 1973 - January 1, 1974 GRASS (GRAphics Symbiosis System) was a programming language created to script vector graphics visual animations in 2D. The programing language was… Read more |
