Exploring the Black Box: Spatially Immersive Virtual Environments for Computational Engineering Research and Application

CAVE的采购将允许ERC的计算基础设施推进对该中心处理的大量模拟和数据集的输出的理解。这将使中心能够更好地促进虚拟环境中的知识和技术基础。重点项目来自与正在进行的ERC研究相关的应用领域。应用领域是关于人造物体（推进器、螺旋桨和移动车辆）的流，即CFD应用、气象和海洋学（METOC）可视化环境以及遥感数据的可视化。这些应用背后的研究问题集中在分布式、多分辨率表示和可视化、压缩、人机界面（HCI）和人为因素问题上。前两个领域的研究将主要由ERC科学可视化推力的成员解决。最后一个研究领域将与认知工程与系统实验室（CESL）和信号与信息处理研究所（ISSP）的教师合作解决。洞穴还将被用作一种教育工具。ERC将在现有课程中使用它，并将设立专门针对虚拟环境的新课程。

Abstract EEC-9873196 Trotter The procurement of a CAVE will allow the ERC 's computational infrastructure to advance the understanding of the output of the numerous simulations and data sets processed by the Center. It will allow the Center to better contribute to advancing the knowledge and technology base in virtual environments. The focus projects are drawn from application areas related to ongoing ERC research. The application areas are flow about manufactured objects (propulsors, propellers, and moving vehicles), i.e., CFD applications, meteorology and oceanography (METOC) visualization environments, and visualization of remotely sensed data. The research issues underlying these applications concentrate on distributed, multiresolutional representations and visualization, compression, and human-computer interfaces (HCI) and human-factor issues. The first two areas of research will be addressed predominantly by the members of the Scientific Visualization Thrust of the ERC. The last research area will be addressed in collaboration with faculty from the Cognitive Engineering and Systems Laboratory (CESL) and the Institute for Signal and Information Processing (ISSP). The CAVE will also be used as an educational tool. The ERC will include its use in existing courses and will institute new course devoted to virtual environments.