From: Steve Satterfield (steve++at++nist.gov)
Date: 10/11/2005 13:36:54
Birds of a Feather at VIS 2005 -
DIVERSE - Flexible Open Source Software for Immersive Visualization
Thursday, October 27, 6:15-7:45PM
Hilton Minneapolis, Directors Row 4
DIVERSE is a cross-platform, open source, API for developing Virtual
Environment (VE) applications that can run almost anywhere from laptops to
multi-screen immersive environments. It has a highly flexible design which
emphasizes reuse and reconfiguration of tools over recoding.
DIVERSE provides:
* a common user interface to interactive graphics and/or VE programs.
Using DIVERSE the same program can be run on a CAVE(TM),
ImmersaDesk(TM), HMD, desktop and laptop without modification.
* a common API to VE oriented hardware such as trackers, wands,
joysticks, and motion bases.
* a "remote shared memory" facility that allows data from hardware or
computation to be asynchronously shared between both local and
remote processes
DIVERSE is being used for scientific visualization, architectural and
interior design walk-throughs, medical education and user interface design
studies and other applications in both immersive and desktop environments.
For information about DIVERSE see the web page- http://diverse.sourceforge.net
For information about the VIS 2005 BOF contact:
Steve Satterfield: steve++at++nist.gov
John Kelso: kelso++at++nist.gov
-Steve
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