Quiz results: (all quiz results are in 3/24/98) *****completed quiz app## - institution - contact vr(designates vr app) demonstration title phone# ---------------------------------- *****02 - Caterpillar - Volodymyr Kindratenko vr Caterpillars Distributed Vitual Reality System 217-265-0209 *****10 - NCSA - Polly Baker vr Multimodal Molecular Docking 217-244-1997 *****13 - NCSA - Alaina Kanfer Prototype Distributed Learning Environment 217-244-0876 *****17 - ODU, NCSA & UofW - Glen H. Wheless vr CAVE5D and Virtual Director 757-683-5556 *****22 - NCSA/UIUC - Thomas Huang vr Speech and Gesture Based Interface to Virtual Environments 217-244-1638 4-1089 *****23 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer Parallel Application Performance Analysis and Optimization 217-333-3807 *****24 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer vr Collaborative Virtual Environments 217-333-3807 *****25 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer I/O Characterization and Optimization 217-333-3807 *****41 - Indiana U. - Rick McMullen vr The Reciprocal Net 812-855-0360 *****42 - Boston U. - Glenn Bresnahan Artworld 617-353-1319 Results: ___________________________________________________________ 02 - Caterpillar - Volodymyr Kindratenko Caterpillars Distributed Vitual Reality System 1a - yes b - yes c - none d - VELT, Houston, Utah, PDC(Sweden) 2a - n/a b - 12-16 c - n/a d - n/a 3a - yes b - indy, hp, CAT simulator 4 - no 5 - no 6a - yes b - 1 7a - yes b - Sense8 WTK 8a - no b - - 9a - yes b - ADD board from Picasso 10a - yes b - no c - yes 11 - yes ___________________________________________________________ 10 - NCSA - Polly Baker Multimodal Molecular Docking 1a - yes b - yes c - WrightPatterson ASC d - - 2a - not too good b - okay c - good d - - 3a - yes b - PC running Windows NT (and with a PHANToM communications card. We'll supply the PC and PHANToM card. 4 - no 5 - no 6 - no 7 - no 8a - yes b - a remote HPC machine, probably at Wright Patterson. All is arranged. 9a - yes b - We'll use the PHANToM, which we'll supply. Connects to a PC which connects to the ImmersaDesk over TCP/IP. We'll also use a speech interface, running on the same PC. We'll need a microphone. 10a - no b - no c - no 11 - yes notes fro earlier correspondense: ImmersaDesk and Onyx PC for speech (95 or NT) PHANToM force-feedback device PC for PHANToM (Windows NT) We'll supply the PHANToM and PC's. We'll need some kind of table of cart that we can use for the PHANToM. ___________________________________________________________ 13 - NCSA - Alaina Kanfer Prototype Distributed Learning Environment 1a - yes b - yes c - - d - - 2a - - b - - c - - d - - 3a - no b - - 4 - - 5 - no 6a - no b - - 7a - no b - - 8a - no b - - 9a - no b - - 10a - no b - yes c - - 11 - no ___________________________________________________________ 17 - ODU, NCSA & UofW - Glen H. Wheless CAVE5D and Virtual Director 1a - yes b - yes c - ODU d - ODU 2a - good b - good c - better d - better 3a - no b - - 4 - n/a 5 - no 6a - yes b - 1 7a - no b - - 8a - no b - - 9a - no b - - 10a - no b - no c - yes 11 - yes ___________________________________________________________ 22 - NCSA/UIUC - Thomas Huang Speech and Gesture in Virtual Environments 1a - yes b - yes c - - d - - 2a - limiting b - okay c - good d - - 3a - yes b - We need 2 O2's with video boards (that we can supply) to do the image-processing. Also a PC running Windows NT and IBM ViaVoice. We can supply this. 4 - no 5 - no 6a - no 7a - no 8a - no 9a - yes b - We'll need 2 video cameras, connected to the desk with 2 coax cables (~15-20ft). And we'll use a speech interface, running on a PC, for which we'll need a microphone. 10a - no b - no c - no d - none 11 - yes ImmersaDesk and Onyx Camera mounted on ImmersaDesk Light mounted on ImmersaDesk (maybe) O2 with video boards PC for speech We'll supply the camera, light, O2 and video board, and PC. ___________________________________________________________ 23 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer Parallel Application Performance Analysis and Optimization 1a - yes b - yes c - - d - - 2a - -(not a vr app)(sufficient) b - - c - - d - - 3a - no b - - 4 - no 5 - yes - If we use our own system we will take care of the disk requirement. 6a - no 7a - yes b - HPF compiler - we can provide 8a - yes b - Origin 9a - no b - - 10a - no b - - c - - d - - 11 - - ___________________________________________________________ 24 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer Collaborative Virtual Environments 1a - no We will need more than one connection - one for the Octane, and one for 3 PCs participating in the collaborative environment. This does use multicast, although we could run with all of these on an isolated net for this demo - they don't have to be on the main net. b - 2 c - - d - - 2a - good (sufficient) b - - c - - d - - 3a - yes b - Need PC for tracker, PC for voice server and also 2 PCs for collaborative environment. We can supply these. 4 - no 5 - yes - If we use our own system we will take care of the disk requirement. 6a - no 7a - yes b - we can provide 8a - no b - - 9a - yes b - PC acting as a voice server and the other systems listed earlier. WE can bring those and the microphone, etc. 10a - - b - - c - - d - We have all the audio things we need on our hardware. 11 - yes ___________________________________________________________ 25 - UIUC - Eric Shaffer I/O Characterization and Optimization 1a - yes b - 1 c - - d - - 2a - -(not a vr app)(sufficient) b - - c - - d - - 3a - no b - - 4 - no 5 - yes - If we use our own system we will take care of the disk requirement. 6a - no 7a - yes b - HDF with Pablo extensions we can provide 8a - yes b - Origin 9a - no 10a - - b - - c - - d - - 11 - yes ___________________________________________________________ 41 - Indiana U. - Rick McMullen The Reciprocal Net 1a - yes b - 2 c - - d - - 2a - - b - - c - - d - Frame rate changes dramatically depending on number of moecules being viewed, as well as complexity of the model. This application usually runs on the IU CAVE with Onyx2, 4 R10 cpus and two IRs, but should work fine on an Idesk with RE, and two R10k cpus. 3a - no b - - 4 - no 5 - no 6a - no 7a - no 8a - yes b - Web server at IU. Backup files will also be loaded locally. 9a - no 10a - no b - no c - no 11 - yes ___________________________________________________________ 42 - Boston U. - Glenn Bresnahan Artworld 1a - yes b - 3 c - BU and NCSA d - - 2a - - b - - c - sufficient 256MB of memory is awfully slim for us. We would certainly prefer 1GB. d - - 3a - no b - - 4 - no 5 - yes - 1GB 6a - yes b - 1 7a - yes b - track_bc We are currently running pfCAVE Libs v2.5.6. 8a - yes b - Modi4, O2000 servers at BU and/or NCSA 9a - no 10a - yes b - yes c - - d - We need some specialized sound equipment which we will supply. This will include 4-8 speakers on stands, MIDI synthesizer, MIDI mixer etc. We will need some time to get this all set-up. We need the audio and MIDI outputs on the Indy to connect to our audio gear. d - - 11 - no, track_bc ----------------------------------------------------------- Tom Coffin tcoffin@ncsa.uiuc.edu National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Virtual Environments Group University of Illinois, Urbana tel: 217-244-3664 M/C 476 - 152 CAB lab: 217-244-4913 605 East Springfield Avenue fax: 217-244-2909 Champaign, IL 61820 http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~tcoffin ___________________________________________________________ CAVERNUS--------------http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/VR/cavernus/