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Visualization and Virtual Reality Group
School of Computing, University of Leeds
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| Leeds Powerwall |
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| We have constructed a 53 million pixel powerwall from an
array of 7x4 monitors, driven by 7 linux PCs.
The powerwall is being used for both 2D and 3D applications,
including work shown here on heart modelling carried out
as part of the Integrated Biology project.
Click on the image for a larger picture of the powerwall.
GIANT: International Workshop on Gigapixel displays and Visual Analytics
will be held in Leeds 2-3 April 2008; see here
for more information.
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| VVR gallery |
| click on any picture to find out more about the work related to it.
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Who we are |
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| Staff |
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Professor Ken Brodlie (Head of Group): |
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Collaborative and Grid-based visualization systems;
volume visualization;
multivariate visualization;
reliability and robustness in visualization;
applications of visualization to e-Science, astronomy, biology and medicine |
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Dr Rita Borgo: |
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Large-scale volume visualization; computational geometry; hierarchical meshes
and progressive algorithms |
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Dr Nadia Boukhelifa: |
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Information visualization, visualization systems and
models, multiple views, coordination.
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Dr David Duke: |
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Functional programming;
minimal graphics;
information visualization and large graphs;
semantics: ontologies, cognition, and schematic knowledge |
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Dr Chris Goodyer: |
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Scientific visualization,
Problem Solving Environments,
Multivariate visualization,
Numerical Simulation
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Dr Roy Ruddle: |
| Virtual reality;
navigation;
collaborative interaction;
human-computer interaction |
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Dr Jungwook Seo: |
| Web services; grid computing
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Dr Jason Wood: |
| Visualization systems; grid-based visualization and
collaborative environments |
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| Research Students |
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Rodolfo Allendes: Uncertainty Visualization |
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Trevor Dodds: Collaborative interaction |
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Charles Flynn: Functional combinators and illustrative visualization |
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Michael Measures: Virtual reality interfaces for nano-engineering |
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Chris Rooney: Interaction with High Resolution Displays |
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Research projects |
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ADVISE: Advanced Visualization Environment |
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Integrative Biology |
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A Lazy Polytypic Grid |
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VISTA: Visualizing Integrated Information on Buried Assets |
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gViz: Visualization Middleware for e-Science |
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e-Viz: An Advanced Environment for Enabling Visual Supercomputing |
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Understanding disorientation in cluttered virtual environments |
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VOTech |
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Selected Publications |
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A. Lopes and K. Brodlie, Improving the Robustness and Accuracy of the
Marching Cubes Algorithm for Isosurfacing, IEEE Transactions on
Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 9, Number 1, pp 16-29. 2003
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K. Brodlie, D. Duce, J. Gallop, M. Sagar, J. Walton, and
J. Wood, Visualization in Grid Computing Environments, Proceedings
of IEEE Visualization 2004, edited by Holly Rushmeier, Greg Turk and
Jarke J. van Wijk, pp 155-162. 2004
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D.J. Duke, M. Wallace, R. Borgo, and C. Runciman,
Fine-grained visualization pipelines and lazy functional languages, Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,
12(5), IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 973-980, 2006
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D. Duke, K. Brodlie, D. Duce and I. Herman,
Do You See What I Mean?, Computer Graphics and Applications,
25(3), pp 6-9, IEEE Computer Society Press. 2005
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R.A. Ruddle and S. Lessels,
For efficient navigational search humans require
full physical movement but not a rich visual scene
, Psychological Science, 17, pp 460-465,
2006
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SoC publications page containing further publications of the VVR group.
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Activities |
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GIANT Workshop |
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VVR Research Group Events |
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IRIS Explorer Centre of Excellence (IECOE) |
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VTK Graph Library |
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Facilities |
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53 mega-pixel powerwall display (7x4 monitors) |
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Dual plane TAN Holobench, with wireless Intersense IS900-VWT
tracking system |
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WorldViz PPT optical tracking system |
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Intersense InertiaCube orientation tracker |
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Virtual Research V8 stereo head-mounted display,
integrated with WorldViz
PPT and Intersense InertiaCube tracking systems |
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Ascension Flock of Birds tracking systems |
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| 3 DOF and 6 DOF Phantom force feedback devices,
integrated with ReachIn display system |
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Twin Immersion Corp. Cybergloves |
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SR Research EyeLink II Tracker (binocular, video-based, 500MHz) |
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Alumni |
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Dr. Rafiq Asim: |
| Visualization of Data Subject to Positivity Constraint |
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Dr. Marcelo Cohen: |
| Focus and Context Techniques in Volume Visualization |
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Dr. Richard Holbrey: |
| Virtual Suturing for Training in Vascular Surgery |
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Dr. Nuha El-Khalili: |
| Surgical Training on the World Wide Web |
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Dr. Simon Lessels: |
| The Effects of Fidelity on Navigation in Virtual Environments |
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Dr. Ying Li: |
| Web-based VR Training in Surgery |
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Dr. Adriano Lopes: |
| Accuracy in Scientific Visualization |
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Dr. Stuart Lovegrove: |
| Distributed Co-operative Visualization |
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Dr. Royce Neagle: |
| Emotion by Motion: Expression Simulation in Virtual Ballet |
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Dr. Selan dos Santos: |
| A framework for the Visualization of Multidimensional and Multivariate Data |
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Haoxiang Wang: Collaborative visualization in grid environments |
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