MRI: Development of a Co-Located Multi-User Immersive Display Instrument

MRI：开发同位多用户沉浸式显示仪器

• 批准号: 2051643
• 负责人: Dirk Reiners
• 金额: $ 60.19万
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051643&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Co; Located; Multi

The goal of this project is the development of a new kind of display system that allows multiple people to experience a virtual world together. The world will be perceived in a spatially consistent manner, combining a shared real space in which people can work, communicate and collaborate, while each maintaining their own personal 3D view. Such virtual reality environment will enable researchers to discuss and solve problems collaboratively without compromising their individual spatial understanding of the problem. This instrument will be used as a test and development platform to better understand effective means to collaboratively use Virtual Reality from a fundamental as well as application-oriented point of view. It will provide new ways to collaborate for applications in areas as diverse as material development, chemistry, molecular biology, archaeology, network analytics and others. The project will engage researchers and students in development of a new visualization instrument.The system will combine existing 3D stereo display components with a new optical design to provide multiple users with their individual 3D view. It takes advantage of high-resolution displays and a custom microlens design that will be developed as part of the project. This includes developing an appropriate simulation system to define and specify the optimal lens sheet design as well as accounting for limitations in manufacturability of microlenses. The goal is to provide a group of 4 or more users with individually separate 3D views of the shared space inside a room-size environment that surrounds them with 3D screens. In addition to the optical design the project will develop the software infrastructure to drive the multi-user display. This includes calculating the correct images so that each user sees the correct views for their current position and orientation as well as fundamental interaction methodologies and methods to enable users from different disciplines to quickly and easily use the system productively to attack their problems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目的目标是开发一种新的显示系统，允许多人一起体验虚拟世界。世界将以空间一致的方式感知，结合共享的真实的空间，人们可以在其中工作，交流和协作，同时每个人都保持自己的个人3D视图。这样的虚拟现实环境将使研究人员能够在不损害他们对问题的个人空间理解的情况下，共同讨论和解决问题。该仪器将被用作测试和开发平台，以更好地了解从基础和面向应用的角度协作使用虚拟现实的有效手段。它将为材料开发、化学、分子生物学、考古学、网络分析等领域的应用提供新的协作方式。该项目将吸引研究人员和学生开发一种新的可视化仪器。该系统将联合收割机现有的3D立体显示组件与新的光学设计相结合，为多个用户提供个性化的3D视图。它利用高分辨率显示器和定制的微透镜设计，将作为项目的一部分开发。这包括开发适当的模拟系统以定义和指定最佳透镜片设计以及考虑微透镜的可制造性的限制。其目标是为一组4个或更多的用户提供一个房间大小的环境内的共享空间的单独的3D视图，该环境围绕着他们的3D屏幕。除了光学设计，该项目还将开发软件基础设施，以驱动多用户显示器。这包括计算正确的图像，使每个用户都能看到他们当前位置和方向的正确视图，以及基本的交互方法和方法，使来自不同学科的用户能够快速轻松地使用系统有效地解决他们的问题。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过利用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。