Project Number
- 182
Title
- Garnet Vision
Description
- Immersive display technology for limited-space environments.
Contact
- Hiroo Iwata
Affiliation
- University of Tsukuba
Address
- Institute of Engineering Mechanics
- Tsukuba, 305 Japan
- iwata@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "Visual immersion plays an important role in virtual environments. In Garnet Vision, the emphasis is on how to build a full solid-angle display in a limited space."
- Head-mounted displays limit their users field of view. Dome or screen display require large theater-like spaces.
- Using criteria of pixel efficiency (density across facets) and space efficiency (ratio of display surfaces to overall dead volume of space required for rear-projection), the researchers selected a rhombic dodecahedron screen in which a viewer can stand surrounded by 12 projectors in the space the size of a small room. Each projector also has a speaker for amplified sound.
Sight
- graphics workstation, projectors
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 1 - Technology (innovation, machine)
Primary
- 102 - display (immer,aug,ster)
Secondary
- 105 - emerging technology
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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