Immersive Visualization / IQ-Station Wiki

This site hosts information on virtual reality systems that are geared toward scientific visualization, and as such often toward VR on Linux-based systems. Thus, pages here cover various software (and sometimes hardware) technologies that enable virtual reality operation on Linux.

The original IQ-station effort was to create low-cost (for the time) VR systems making use of 3DTV displays to produce CAVE/Fishtank-style VR displays. That effort pre-dated the rise of the consumer HMD VR systems, however, the realm of midrange-cost large-fishtank systems is still important, and has transitioned from 3DTV-based systems to short-throw projectors.

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<BIG>'''Welcome to the IQ-Station Wiki for commodity-based low-cost VR'''</BIG[>
<BIG>'''Welcome to the IQ-Station Wiki for commodity-based low-cost VR'''</BIG>




This site will be the mechanism whereby the community of users of lower-cost
This site is a place where the community of users of lower-cost
virtual reality displays can congregate and share information.
virtual reality displays can congregate and share information.
Presently these will be systems that are primarily constructed from
Presently these are systems primarily constructed from
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components for a quality VR experience
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components for a quality VR experience
around the $15,000 to $30,000 price range.
around the $10,000 to $15,000 price range.


== Hardware ==
== Hardware ==
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** [[Virtual_Machines | Virtual Machines]]
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We also maintain a [[PartsList | Detailed Parts List]] as part of the community shared resource.
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== Community ==
== Community ==


Part of our community building efforts includes a pair of bootcamps
Part of our community building efforts include bootcamps on Immersive Visualization.
on Immersive Visualization. We are currently in between the two
Thus far, we have hosted three successful events:
events:
* [[Bootcamp_IUPUI | Bootcamp in Indianapolis]] held March 25-27, 2013
* [[Bootcamp_IUPUI | Bootcamp in Indianapolis]] held March 25-27, 2013
* [http://iq-station.org/bootcamp.html Bootcamp in Laramie Wyoming] to be held June 12-14, 2013 &mdash; '''registrations are open'''
* [[Bootcamp_UWyo | Bootcamp in Laramie]] held June 12-14, 2013
* [[Bootcamp_UALR | Bootcamp in Little Rock]] held October 22-24, 2014
* [[Bootcamp_INL | Bootcamp in Idaho Falls]] held October 20-21, 2016
Additional bootcamps for 2017 are under consideration.


== Integration Software ==
== Integration Software ==

Revision as of 22:36, 26 October 2016

NOTICE: Welcome back to the IQ-Station wiki! After changes by our site host, the wiki hasn't been functioning very well, so we have updated to MediaWiki 1.27, and things seem to be back on track. Now we just need to update the content! [2016/08/04]

Welcome to the IQ-Station Wiki for commodity-based low-cost VR


This site is a place where the community of users of lower-cost virtual reality displays can congregate and share information. Presently these are systems primarily constructed from Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components for a quality VR experience around the $10,000 to $15,000 price range.

Hardware

The basic components of an IQ-station are:

Community

Part of our community building efforts include bootcamps on Immersive Visualization. Thus far, we have hosted three successful events:

Additional bootcamps for 2017 are under consideration.

Integration Software

Most IQ-station systems presently in operation run VR applications built on one of two VR integration libraries:

VR Applications

Other Applications

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