The Wall www'geowall'org

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The Wallwww.geowall.org

• Paul Morin
• Institute for New Media Studies
• Department of Geology and Geophysics
• University of Minnesota

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The Wall

• Virtual Reality in the office, lab and classroom
• Off-the-shelf computer hardware
• Software has been used at the high-end for over
  10 years
• Passive stereo
• 20 people at a time
• Under 15,000

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GeoWall Hardware

• 2 Infocus 530 DLP projectors 6000
• Windows/Mac/Linux 1000-3000
• GeForce 4 Video Card 300
• Front Projection Screen 300
• Rear Projection Screen 1500
• Miscellaneous 1000
• Projector Stacker 400

Total lt 15,000
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GeoWall Applications

• Stereo computer graphics
• Stereo photography
• Stereo video

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The Focus is on Viewers

• Time dependant 3D geometry viewer
• Stereo image viewer
• Stereo video player
• No large scale integrated applications
• Visualizations exported from other commercial
  software
• Bryce
• 3D Studio Max
• Other

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Institutions with GeoWalls

• University of Michigan
• University of Minnesota
• University of Illinois, Chicago
• Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
• US Geological Survey EROS Data Center
• Arizona State
• University of Minnesota Duluth
• Indiana University
• University of Wisconsin
• Northern Arizona University

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GeoWall Infection Rate
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How is this used in the classroom?

• First few minutes in a lab
• Pre- and post-fieldtrip
• Students drive the visualizations
• As a bridge to traditional material

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Hickey Mountain
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Stereo Photography