Technical Details

Hardware System Specifications

Alienware Console

• Alieware Area-51 7500 computer (dual processor)
• 2 x NVidia Quadro FX 4500 Graphics Cards with SLI (512 MB each)
• 4 GB RAM
• CompactFlash/SD/MMC reader/writer
• DVD-RW
• Gyration wireless GyroMouse Pro
• Sidewinder wireless joystick
• Wireless computing RF-220 Compact Keyboard
• 4 input video capture card

Windows Workstations

• 3 Dell workstations
• Used for screen sharing with the Tablet PCs

Laptop Ports

• external ports for video input for the video switch

Video Switching

• custom Rossman Audio 3x3x1 video switch with remote button panel
• HD-15 pin 12 routed for stereo sync capability
• selects between Windows desktop, Windows workstations, and external laptop port video sources

Projectors

• 6 x Optima 3000 lumen DLP projectors
• controlled by Niles IRP6+ infrared remote extender & switch panel

Passive Stereo

• linear glass polarized filters and glasses
• Achieved through stereo clone mode with 2 Matrox Triplehead2go

Screens

• three frustum panorama
• purchased from VREX
• 6' x 8' each
• 1/4" thick rigid acrylic substrate with polarization preserving rear-projection surface
• custom screen, projector and mirror mounts designed and constructed by Jamie Heilman

Sound System

• 5 channel surround sound system

Wireless Networking

• LinkSys 54G wireless access point
• 802.11b & 802.11g
• used for wireless multimodal tablets & handheld devices

Remote Control Cameras

• 2 Sony Pan/Tilt/Zoom video cameras for Access Grid and Adobe Connect video

Tablet Computers

• 14 x Gateway Tablet PCs
• Wireless connection to screens using Ultra VNC

Software Applications

• Autodesk Revit, Autocad, VIZ
• auto-des-sys formZ RadioZity v4.0g
• Bentley MicroStation
• Graphisoft ArchiCAD and GS Constructor
• Intergraph Smartplant Review
• Navisworks with Timeliner
• Common Point 4D
• NavLoader by Jack Gundrum, Java3D VRML loader (docs)
• BS Contact VRML stereo browser plug-in
• Sudden Depth 2 stereo slide viewer
• Apple Quicktime Video & VR
• Microsoft Office
• NuGraph
• CyberLink PowerDVD
• VMD
• Swiss PDB Viewer
• StereoGraphics Parallax Player
• GLSMpegPlayer
• CalComp InterWrite
• Ultra VNC
• MPlayer
• VTK - Visualization Toolkit and demos
  

Offline Windows XP Workstation (behind the Alienware Console in the lab)

• Dell Precision 650 workstation
• triple-head Matrox Parhelia 256 graphics card
• dual Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz
• 2 GB RAM
• CompactFlash/SD/MMC reader/writer
• DVD-RW