Research
Work at EVL over the years has included:
- 1977: The Sayre Glove, the first dataglove.
- 1981: The Z Box hardware and ZGRASS software (based on DeFanti's prior GRASS programming language), an early graphics system for the Bally home computer. This system featured NTSC video output and was used by a number of computer graphics artists of the time.
- 1988: Computer generated PHSColograms, an autostereoscopic 3D technique, with (art)n.
- 1992: The CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment, a projection-based virtual reality system.
- 1995: The I-WAY event at Supercomputing '95, a prototype of grid computing.
- 1997: The STAR TAP project, a linking up of several international high-performance networks. Followed by the StarLight optical networking facility.
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