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>
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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 midrange-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
In the past, our focus was on 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.  But that was during the
era of COTS 3D-TVs, and before COTS HMDs.


== Hardware ==
Now however, the era of 3D-TVs has waned, but by replacing them with
not-terribly-expensive short-throw projectors, and by using super-low-cost
tracking from consumer HMD technology, we can still build larger fishtank-style
VR displays (IQ-stations) for something reasonable &mdash; ~$7,000.


The basic components of an IQ-station are:
The software discussed here (VR libraries and applications) is often useful for
* 3DTV (and glasses)
both consumer HMDs, and these midrange-cost IQ-stations, as well as full-sized
* Tracking System
CAVE VR systems, and thus can be useful for VR pracitioners of the full range
* Computer
of system types and costs.  (Though primarily oriented to those interested
We also maintain a [[PartsList | Detailed Parts List]] as part of the community shared resource.
in immersive visualization &mdash; scientific visualization in VR.)


== Integration Software ==
== Integration Software ==
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Most IQ-station systems presently in operation run VR applications built
Most IQ-station systems presently in operation run VR applications built
on one of two VR integration libraries:
on one of two VR integration libraries:
* [http://idav.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/ResDev/Vrui/index.html Vrui]
* [[Vrui]]
* [http://freevr.org FreeVR]
* [[FreeVR]]


== VR Applications ==
== VR Applications ==
* [http://immersivevis.com/2010/toirt-samhlaigh-volume-visualization/ Toirt Samhlaigh]
* [http://immersivevis.com/2010/toirt-samhlaigh-volume-visualization/ Toirt Samhlaigh] &mdash; A 3D volume visualiation tool
* LidarViewer
* [http://idav.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/ResDev/LiDAR LidarViewer] &mdash; A point-cloud visualization tool
* CQ3A
* [[CQ3A]] &mdash; A world exploration application (with game-like worlds)
* [[ImmersiveParaView | Immersive ParaView]]
* [[ImmersiveParaView | Immersive ParaView]] &mdash; The general-purpose ParaView sci-vis tool in VR
* [[VMD]]
** [[ParaView_Tips | ParaView Tips]]
* [[VMD]] &mdash; Visual Molecular Dynamics
* [[ML2VR]] &mdash; Matlab to VR
 
== VR Tools ==
* [[VRPN]] &mdash; Virtual Reality Peripheral Network tool for aggregating data from input devices
* [[ViveLighthouse]] &mdash; Accessing Vive Lighthouse tracking on Linux
** [[LibSurvive]] &mdash; Building the LibSurvive library for Lighthouse tracking on Linux
* [[Monado]] &mdash; Open-source OpenXR runtime for Linux
* [[OpenXR]] &mdash; Building OpenXR on Linux
 
==Visuallization Applications==
* [[BuildingVTK]] (on MS-Windows)
* [[BuildingParaView]] (on MS-Windows)
* [[BuildingANARI]] (on Linux)
 
== Other Applications ==
* [http://bino3d.org/ Bino] &mdash; stereoscopic movie player
* XVS &mdash; John Stone's ''stereoscopic image viewer''
 
== NIST Portable-VR ==
* [[Portable_VR_Setup | Portable-VR Setup]] &mdash; modern IQ-station w/ short-throw projector
 
== Hardware (old) ==
 
The basic components of an IQ-station are:
* [[3D_Displays | 3DTV Displays]] (and [[3D_Glasses | 3D glasses]])
* [[Tracking_Systems | Tracking Systems]]
** [[ART SMARTTRACK]]
* [[Input_Devices | Input Devices]]
* [[Computers]]
** [[Virtual_Machines | Virtual Machines]]
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== Community ==
 
Part of our community building efforts include bootcamps on Immersive Visualization.
Thus far, we have hosted three successful events:
* [[Bootcamp_IUPUI | Bootcamp in Indianapolis]] held March 25-27, 2013
* [[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


== Related Publications ==
== Related Publications ==
* [[Publication_Sherman_2010 | '''[Sherman 2010]''' ''IQ-Station: A Low Cost Portable Immersive Environment'']]
* [[Publication_Sherman_2010 | '''[Sherman 2010]''' ''IQ-Station: A Low Cost Portable Immersive Environment'']]
* [[Publication_Sherman_2013 | '''[Sherman 2013]''' ''Immersive Visualization Bootcamps: sharing expertise, building community'']]


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Latest revision as of 23:40, 29 January 2024

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


This site is a place where the community of users of midrange-cost virtual reality displays can congregate and share information. In the past, our focus was on systems primarily constructed from Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components for a quality VR experience around the $10,000 to $15,000 price range. But that was during the era of COTS 3D-TVs, and before COTS HMDs.

Now however, the era of 3D-TVs has waned, but by replacing them with not-terribly-expensive short-throw projectors, and by using super-low-cost tracking from consumer HMD technology, we can still build larger fishtank-style VR displays (IQ-stations) for something reasonable — ~$7,000.

The software discussed here (VR libraries and applications) is often useful for both consumer HMDs, and these midrange-cost IQ-stations, as well as full-sized CAVE VR systems, and thus can be useful for VR pracitioners of the full range of system types and costs. (Though primarily oriented to those interested in immersive visualization — scientific visualization in VR.)

Integration Software

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

VR Applications

VR Tools

  • VRPN — Virtual Reality Peripheral Network tool for aggregating data from input devices
  • ViveLighthouse — Accessing Vive Lighthouse tracking on Linux
    • LibSurvive — Building the LibSurvive library for Lighthouse tracking on Linux
  • Monado — Open-source OpenXR runtime for Linux
  • OpenXR — Building OpenXR on Linux

Visuallization Applications

Other Applications

  • Bino — stereoscopic movie player
  • XVS — John Stone's stereoscopic image viewer

NIST Portable-VR

Hardware (old)

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:

Related Publications


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