Developments in CAVE Research
The biggest issues that researchers are faced with when it comes to the CAVE are size and cost. Researchers have come up with a derivative of the CAVE system called ImmersaDesk. With the ImmersaDesk, the user looks at one projection screen instead of being completely separated from the outside world, as is the case with the original CAVE. The idea behind the ImmersaDesk is that it is a single screen placed at a 45-degree angle so that the person using the machine has the opportunity to look forward and downward. The screen is 4’ × 5’, so it is wide enough to give the user the width that they need to obtain the proper 3D experience. The 3D images are produced by using the same glasses used in the CAVE. This system uses sonic hand and head tracking, so the system still uses a computer to process the users’ movements.
This system is much more affordable and practical than the original CAVE system for some obvious reasons. First, one does not need to create a "room inside a room". That is to say, one does not need to place the ImmersaDesk inside a pitch-black room large enough to accommodate it. One projector is needed instead of four, and only one projection screen. A computer as expensive or with the same capabilities necessary for the original CAVE is not needed. Another thing that makes the ImmersaDesk attractive is that since it was derived from the original CAVE, it is compatible with all of the CAVE’s software packages, libraries and interfaces.
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