MRI-R2: Development of an Immersive Giga-pixel Display

MRI-R2：开发沉浸式千兆像素显示器

• 批准号: 0959979
• 负责人: Arie Kaufman
• 金额: $ 140万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0959979&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Development; Immersive; Giga

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." Proposal #: 09-59979PI(s): Kaufman, Arie E., Mueller, Klaus, Qin, Hong, Samaras, Dimitrios, Varshney, AmitabhInstitution: SUNY at Stony BrookTitle: MRI-R2: Development of an Immersive Giga-pixel DisplayProject Proposed: This project, developing a next generation of immersive display instrument (called 'Reality Deck'), aims to explore and visualize data from many fields. To satisfy the need driven by the explosive growth of data size and environments already at the institution, the work builds on the existing experience with immersive environments (e.g., the 'Immersive Cabin' a current generation device using projectors). This unique project generates a one-of-a-kind exploration theater, using 308 high-resolution 30 LCD display monitors, by contributing an environment whose visual resolution is at the limit of the human eye's acuity. Within this environment investigators can interact with the data/information displayed. The instrument services many groups, including visual computing, virtual and augmented reality, human computer interfaces, computer vision and image processing, data mining, physics, scientific computing, chemistry, marine and atmospheric sciences, climate and weather modeling, material science, etc.Collaborating scientist's applications will be ported to the RealityDeck, including applications in nanoelectronics, climate and weather modeling, biotoxin simulations, microtomography, astronomy, atmospheric science, G-pixel camera for intelligence gathering, architectural design and disaster simulations, smart energy grid, and many others.A unique assembly of displays, GPU cluster, sensors, communication/networking, computer vision and human computer interaction technologies, RealityDeck is an engineering feat with user studies to deliver a holistic system with a significant societal and research value. It is a one-of-a-kind pioneering G-pixel display approaching the limits of visual cognition that provides functionalities to a diverse user base. Its resolution at the eye's visual acuity and its field of view will always exceed that of a human user (wherever a human chooses to look), satisfying visual queries into the data in a very intuitive way. This visual interaction is tightly coupled with physical navigation.This surround virtual environment consists of inertial sensors and six cameras mounted around the top corners of the RealityDeck room to allow interaction with the displays. The display system is driven by a cluster of about 80 high-end computer nodes, each equipped with two high end GPUs. A small-scale video-wall has already been constructed as an experimental platform for the RealityDeck consisting of 9 high-resolution 30 LCD panels in a 3×3 configuration. Broader Impacts: The instrument will be used for research, education, and outreach across many departments at the institution, the University of Maryland, and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). It fosters collaborations across disciplines attracting faculty, researchers, and students. RealityDeck significantly enriches the quality of visual thinking and data exploration. It substantially enhances the infrastructure of research and education and has the potential to alter the way computer graphicists, engineers, and scientists work and/or conduct scientific discoveries.

“该裁决是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。” Proposal #: 09-59979PI(s): Kaufman, Arie E., Mueller, Klaus, Qin, Hong, Samaras, Dimitrios, Varshney, AmitabhInstitution: SUNY at Stony BrookTitle: MRI-R2: Development of an Immersive Giga-pixel DisplayProject Proposed: This project, developing a next generation of immersive display instrument (called 'Reality甲板'），旨在探索和可视化许多领域的数据。为了满足其通过机构已经在数据尺寸和环境的爆炸性增长来推动的需求，该作品建立在现有的身临其境环境的体验基础上（例如，使用投影仪的“沉浸式机舱”当前一代设备）。这个独特的项目使用308个高分辨率30 LCD显示监视器生成了一个独一无二的探索剧院，通过贡献一个视觉分辨率处于人眼的敏锐度极限的环境。在这个环境中，研究人员可以与显示的数据/信息进行交互。 The instrument services many groups, including visual computing, virtual and augmented reality, human computer interfaces, computer vision and image processing, data mining, physics, scientific computing, chemistry, marine and atmospheric sciences, climate and weather modeling, material science, etc.Collaborating scientist's applications will be ported to the RealityDeck, including applications in nanoelectronics, climate and weather modeling, biotoxin simulations, microtography,天文学，大气科学，用于智能收集的G-Pixel摄像机，建筑设计和灾难模拟，智能电网等等。展示的独特组装，GPU群集，传感器，通信/网络，计算机视觉和人类计算机交互技术，RealityDeck是一项工程专长，可以提供具有重大社会和研究值的用户研究。它是一种独一无二的开拓性G-Pixel显示屏，可接近可视认知的限制，为潜水员用户群提供功能。它以眼睛的视力和视野的分辨率将始终超过人类用户的分辨率（无论人类选择在哪里），以非常直观的方式满足数据的视觉查询。这种视觉互动与物理导航紧密结合。周围的虚拟环境由惯性传感器和六台摄像机组成，安装在真人秀房间的顶部拐角周围，以允许与显示器相互作用。显示系统由大约80个高端计算机节点的群集驱动，每个节点配备两个高端GPU。一个小规模的视频墙已经被构造为现实情况的实验平台，该平台由9×3配置中的9个高分辨率30 LCD面板组成。更广泛的影响：该工具将用于该机构，马里兰州大学和布鲁克黑文国家实验室（BNL）的许多部门的研究，教育和外展。它促进了跨学科的合作，吸引了教师，研究人员和学生。真人秀大大丰富了视觉思维和数据探索的质量。它大大增强了研究和教育的基础设施，并有可能改变计算机图形师，工程师和科学家的工作和/或进行科学发现的方式。