Hi,<br>
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I am an undergraduate taking computer science at Newcastle upon tyne university<br>
in england. I have just finished the first year of study and was looking at doing a project for <br>the university of the Summer.<br><br>The Computer Science has a VR suite that is not used as much as the school believes it should be used, <br>
and so I would like to if possible get blender working with the VR suite. At the moment we have commercial software which could allow an architect to view a building. Also, we have a 3d video software tha only allows 30 secs playback (which is greatly annoying in a demonstration) and other commercial software that for example allows us to see a buckyball in 3d or protein molecules.<br>
<br>I think it would be nice to be able to demonstrate more of the capabilities of the VR suite rather than demonstrating examples which are 5-10 years old.<br><br>Its not normal for a 1st year to have a summer project, so this is mostly unofficial and I would not be paid. I just want it to be used more, and I would like to specialise in graphics in my 3rd year and so if the VR suite is used more, then more funding could be presented to it.. ;)<br>
<br>I have managed to get two researches interested..<br>
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Our aims for the project are:<br>
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<i>- to create a software environment that will allow a user to view a model, environment or annimation<br>
with stereo vision on all three projector screens.<br>
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- for software environment to be easy to use and set up so that other departments will be able to use<br>
without hindrance through bad interfaces with the software.<br>
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- to allow us to stop relying on commercial software for our virtual reality suite and enter the open<br>
source movement.</i><br>
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The hardware that we have is as detailed:<br>
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<b>VR Suite</b><br>
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* Barco MoveLite <br>
o 3x Barco SLM R6 Galaxy Warp (5000 lumen, DLP) Projectors <br>
* 3 SGI 22" Monitors (Up to 2048x1536 at 85Hz) (C220A) <br>
* SGI keyboard and mouse<br>
* Intersense IS-900 Wired Tracking System - with head tracking
(100-90000-AWHT) and wand (100-90000-AWWD), using 9 ultrasound
transmitters<br>
* Marantz Professional DVD Player (PMD930)<br>
* Philips Video Recorder (VR840)<br>
* Crestron 12" LCD Panel (TPS4500) <br>
* 20 Pairs of CrystalEyes StereoGraphics Active Stereo Glasses <br>
* Stereo Emitter for CrystalEyes active stereo glasses <br>
* Handheld Wireless Microphone (ACT-707H) <br>
* Tie-clip Wireless Microphone (ACT-707T) <br>
* 7.1 Tannoy Sound System (7 i6MP, 1 S-SUB 15)<br>
* 4 ARTtrack 2 Cameras <br>
* 2 Extron Digital Video Scalers (DVS204) <br>
* Icron USB Ranger 110/410 <br>
* 1 Pulizzi Z-line Power Controller <br>
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<b>Server Room</b><br>
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* SGI Onyx4 <br>
o 8 700 MHZ IP35 Processors<br>
o 8GB RAM<br>
o 1TB TP900 SCSI Disk <br>
o 8 channel PCI digital audio card<br>
* 1 SGI 22" Monitor (Up to 2048x1536 at 85Hz) (C220A) <br>
* 2 MiPro Wireless Receivers (ACT-707S) <br>
* Crestron Pro 2 Professional Control Processor <br>
* Biamp Systems Audia Solo (8x8) <br>
* Barco Quad Switcher 350 <br>
* ART Tracking and Viewscape PC<br>
* Myryad MDP500 Digital Preamplifier-Processor (With Dolby Digital-Ex Pro Login II) <br>
* Barco Viewscape (2 units - 16xD320) <br>
* Autopatch 1Y-16 (2 units) <br>
* 2 Pulizzi Z-line Power Controllers <br>
* Fostex VC-8 ADAT/Analog Converter <br>
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Blender does allow stereo rendering, but our problem lies in having each of the 3 pc's outputting in sync.<br>
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We have sync cards in the PCs that take a signal from the master, but
the software (blender) needs to support this. It can be done in
software over the network also, but that is less efficient.<br>
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Can anyone give us a better outlook on how to achieve this?<br><br>Tests have shown that the stereo rendering options in the game settings of blender dont work, they dont seem to do anything other than show two images on the screen..<br>
<br>On a completely other topic, I would like to learn how to code for Blender, I have learnt how to code in java this year, and so.. where would be the best place to start?<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>
Mandoragon<br>