[4eyes] [faculty] CAVE structure

[Alan Liu]

Just a side message from an affiliated MAT faculty member in the humanities:

This would be a huge bonus for those of us approaching new media from the
humanities angle.  There has been important work in "electronic literature"
new media at such CAVES as the one at Brown U.  (Noah Wardrip-Fruin created
some works for that.)  It would be great to have the capability here.

I am cc'ing my colleague Rita Raley.

--Best, Alan

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:35 AM, marcos <marcosnovak at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Tobias,
>
> These could be very useful if/when we decide to have an off-campus
> exhibition. There has been discussion of this over the years, and it also
> comes up in association with presenting the End of the Year Show in Los
> Angeles or other places.
>
> If we wanted to use them in the hallway, we would probably want to do so
> in a flexible/mobile way, because an 8-foot cube will surely constrain the
> space significantly. Rear projection makes this even more constraining. We
> might want to make a movable platform to hold them together, so that they
> can be relocated as necessary. For normal 2D projection, we could also get
> some ultra-short-throw projectors, which can be mounted just a foot away
> from the screen and yet fill the entire surface. The mounts for the
> projectors could be built into the frame for the screens (and would work
> for front projection, too), so that the whole system can be set up wherever
> necessary.
>
> For the full stereo effect, we would need stereo projectors. I don't know
> if there are ultra-short-throw projectors for stereo.
>
> Best,
>
> Marcos
>
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 9:13 AM, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin wrote:
>
> Thanks Tobias, As we discussed, this may work in the hallways of CNSI
> second floor if Bob will allow it., especially if we can do front
> projection with projectors mounted where they currently are.
>
> Matt, I wonder if it could work in 2809 in place of the screens we have in
> there although we would have to do front projection with the Christies.
> Also not sure how big the door is.
> --
> Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
> Director,  Allosphere Research Laboratory
> California Nanosystems Institute
> Professor,  Media Arts and Technology and Music
> Director, Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/allosphere
> http://www.mat.ucsb.edu
> http://www.create.ucsb.edu
>
>
>
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Tobias Hollerer wrote:
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> We (the 4EYES lab) have some large-ish equipment (3 8x8 foot screens and
> mounting enclosures)
> that could potentially be a great resource for immersive visualization
> projects or interactive
> installations, but we are losing the space that has temporarily stored
> that material and so we are
> facing the situation that we may have to scrap the equipment.
>
> Before that happens (the space needs to be cleared by the end of the
> year!!), I would like to inquire
> with you if you see any good uses for (parts of) the equipment and/or know
> of any suitable storage
> spaces.
>
> The equipment represents the display surfaces of a 3-sided CAVE (immersive
> projection environment)
> (see attached CABANA paper and photos of the partially assembled materials
> I took yesterday). The
> screen material is heavy-gauge Fresnel-Lenticular Lexan(tm) and if nothing
> else it may be worthwhile
> to salvage this screen material, which is ideal for back-projection.
>
> As you can see from the photos, the size of the structure (8x8' screen
> segments) make it a bit unwieldy
> and requires large storage spaces. I think we could barely get it to the
> 2nd floor of CNSI, but not into
> any of the labs, as the doors are too small.
>
> Thanks for any ideas for usage and/or storage. If we can't find a
> solution, the material will be dumped.
> Cheers,
>
>    Tobias
>
> --
> Tobias Hollerer
> Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
> University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110
>
> holl at cs.ucsb.edu, Office: (805)284-9395, Fax: (805)893-8553
>
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