CISE Research Instrumentation: Software Technology for Small, Mobile Computers with Advanced User Interfaces

本项目需要三维数字音频信号处理系统、三维跟踪系统、能够定位（无线电、红外）的无线网络技术适配器、六台记事本电脑、一台工作站、连接外设到所需工作站和现有计算机的总线扩展盒。这些设备将专门用于支持哥伦比亚大学计算机科学系内的计算机图形和用户界面实验室以及移动计算实验室的研究。该设备将用于几个研究项目，特别是：开发“混合用户界面”，将2D和3D显示和交互设备融合在一起；“增强现实”设计，用基于知识的3D图形对周围的物理世界进行注释；面向多变量数据可视化的虚拟世界开发发明通过将不同的无线网络信道组合成单个高速信道来实现“带宽聚合”的方法；开发应用程序可以感知其位置并“本地化”的方法，根据其物理环境定制自己。

A 3D digital audio signal processing system, a 3D tracking system, adapters for wireless network technologies capable of position location (radio, infrared), six notepad computers, one workstation, and bus expansion boxes to connect peripherals to the requested workstation and existing computers shall be obtained in this project. This equipment will be dedicated to support research in the Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Laboratory and the Mobile Computing Laboratory, both within the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University. The equipment will be used for several research projects, including in particular: development of "hybrid user interfaces'' that merge 2D and 3D displays and interaction devices; design of "augmented realities'' in which the surrounding physical world is annotated with knowledge-based 3D graphics; development of virtual worlds for multivariate data visualization; invention of methods for ``bandwidth aggregation'' achieved by combining distinct wireless network channels into a single high-speed channel; and development of means by which application programs can sense their location and ``localize,'' customizing themselves to their physical surroundings.