MRI: Development of a Co-Located Multi-User Immersive Display Instrument

MRI：开发同位多用户沉浸式显示仪器

• 批准号: 2051643
• 负责人: Dirk Reiners
• 金额: $ 60.19万
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2051643&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Co; Located; Multi

The goal of this project is the development of a new kind of display system that allows multiple people to experience a virtual world together. The world will be perceived in a spatially consistent manner, combining a shared real space in which people can work, communicate and collaborate, while each maintaining their own personal 3D view. Such virtual reality environment will enable researchers to discuss and solve problems collaboratively without compromising their individual spatial understanding of the problem. This instrument will be used as a test and development platform to better understand effective means to collaboratively use Virtual Reality from a fundamental as well as application-oriented point of view. It will provide new ways to collaborate for applications in areas as diverse as material development, chemistry, molecular biology, archaeology, network analytics and others. The project will engage researchers and students in development of a new visualization instrument.The system will combine existing 3D stereo display components with a new optical design to provide multiple users with their individual 3D view. It takes advantage of high-resolution displays and a custom microlens design that will be developed as part of the project. This includes developing an appropriate simulation system to define and specify the optimal lens sheet design as well as accounting for limitations in manufacturability of microlenses. The goal is to provide a group of 4 or more users with individually separate 3D views of the shared space inside a room-size environment that surrounds them with 3D screens. In addition to the optical design the project will develop the software infrastructure to drive the multi-user display. This includes calculating the correct images so that each user sees the correct views for their current position and orientation as well as fundamental interaction methodologies and methods to enable users from different disciplines to quickly and easily use the system productively to attack their problems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目的目的是开发一种新型的显示系统，该系统使多人可以一起体验虚拟世界。世界将以空间一致的方式被人们感知，结合一个共同的真实空间，在该空间中，人们可以在其中工作，交流和协作，而每个人都保持自己的个人3D观点。这种虚拟现实环境将使研究人员能够协作讨论和解决问题，而不会损害他们对问题的个人空间理解。该仪器将用作测试和开发平台，以更好地理解有效的手段，从基本和面向应用程序的角度使用虚拟现实。它将提供新的方式来为材料开发，化学，分子生物学，考古，网络分析等等多样化领域的应用程序进行协作。该项目将吸引研究人员和学生开发新的可视化工具。该系统将将现有的3D立体声显示组件与新的光学设计相结合，为多个用户提供其单独的3D视图。它利用了高分辨率显示器和将作为项目的一部分开发的自定义微滚动设计。这包括开发一个适当的仿真系统来定义和指定最佳镜头纸设计以及计算微胶质的生产性的限制。目的是为4个或更多用户提供一个单独的3D浏览量的共享空间的3D视图，其中包围它们的3D屏幕。除了光学设计外，该项目还将开发软件基础架构以推动多用户显示。这包括计算正确的图像，以便每个用户可以看到正确的视图，以了解其当前位置和方向以及基本的互动方法和方法，以使来自不同学科的用户可以快速，轻松地使用该系统来攻击他们的问题。这奖反映了NSF的立法任务，并通过对基础的智力进行了评估，并通过评估了基础的智力和广泛的影响力，并具有评估。