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

本项目将获得3D数字音频信号处理系统、3D跟踪系统、可定位的无线网络技术适配器(无线电、红外)、6台记事本计算机、1个工作站以及将外围设备连接到所请求的工作站和现有计算机的总线扩展盒。该设备将专门用于支持哥伦比亚大学计算机科学系的计算机图形和用户界面实验室和移动计算实验室的研究。该设备将用于几个研究项目，特别包括：开发融合2D和3D显示和交互设备的“混合用户界面”；设计“增强现实”，其中周围的物理世界用基于知识的3D图形注释；开发用于多变量数据可视化的虚拟世界；发明了通过将不同的无线网络信道组合成单个高速信道而实现的“带宽聚合”的方法；以及开发了应用程序可以通过其感知它们的位置并根据它们的物理环境进行“本地化”的手段。

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.