Virtual Environments links to software, description of hardware the lab possesses, and example data sets that we can visualize using any of our VR display hardware resources.
Software
Hardware
- 6-Sided CAVE – 9.5’x9.5’x9.5′ rear projection display immersive VR system
- Development Lab – 9.5’x9.5′ power wall + Vive, Oculi, Windows Mixed Reality
- Schloss Lab – 2 VR HMD Testing Booths with Oculus Rift CV1
- DSCVR – 20 panel 3D TV Based Display System
- LiDAR Scanner – Faro Focus S120
- Hololens, Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality head sets.
Example Data Sets and Compatible File Formats for Visualization with Lab Resources:
| Name | Desciption |
|---|---|
| Visible Human Project | Complete 3D representations of the male and female human bodies from the U.S. National Library of Medicine |
| Taliesin Estate | Currently 3D Scans and Quad Copter Videos, to be turned into a 3D Point Cloud, of the estate of architect Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Underwater Ship-Wreck | Video footage courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to study underwater point cloud reconstruction |
| Two Galaxies Colliding | Time-varying cloud point data set of 2500 time-steps over 2-3 minutes from the University of Wisconsin- Madison Astronomy Department. |
| Sequential Textual Information | Various data sets of textual information over time that can be visualized using the WordCAKE tool |
| DC Smith Greenhouse | 3D Scan of DC Smith Greenhouse located on UW–Madison campus. Resulted from first Model This! contest winners. |
| Little Norway Stave Church | 3D Scan of famous church from 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Once located in Mt. Horeb, WI, now being shipped back to Norway. |
FILE FORMATS
| Name | Examples |
|---|---|
| Point Cloud | pcd, e57, PTX, PTZ, XYZ |
| Molecular File | Protein Data Bank Format and various other molecule coordinate/structure files |
| Volumetric Image | DICOM, TIFF stacks, RAW, interfile, vevo and others |
| Graphics / Game Engines | Unity 3D, Ogre 3D, and OpenSceneGraph |
| ParaView supported formats | VTK, H5part HDF5 Particle files, and more |
| Autodesk Formats | FBX, Revit, 3D Studio Max, Maya, etc. |
| 360 degree | video-mp4 |