{"143181":{"#nid":"143181","#data":{"type":"event","title":"zSpace 3D Technology \u2013 Architecture and Use Cases","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ECome hear and experience this exciting 3D technology. \u003Cstrong\u003EzSpace \u003C\/strong\u003Eis an innovative and collaborative virtual medium that includes high-resolution, stereoscopic 3D, eye tracking, and direct interaction with a highly precise stylus. Software enabled for zSpace, can provide realistic renderings of volumes, surfaces, connections, illumination sources, etc. in free space that can be directly interacted with in real-time. This level of virtual realism enables users to interact with objects as if they were in real life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDoug Twilleager will provide a detailed overview of the technology which will include a system overview, hardware components (stereo, tracking), software architecture, coordinate spaces (camera space and tracker space), and engines (Ogre\/Rhino and Unity).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDoug Twilleager\u003C\/strong\u003E is Chief Technology Officer of Software at Infinite Z.\u0026nbsp;Doug has been building graphics software for 23 years. \u0026nbsp;The majority of that time was spent\u0026nbsp;at Sun Microsystems where he worked on graphics hardware simulators, graphics microcode, OpenGL\u0026nbsp;drivers, as well as higher level software. \u0026nbsp;He was a co-inventor of Java 3D and created the\u0026nbsp;rendering and processing engine for Project Wonderland. \u0026nbsp;He holds a number of graphics hardware\u0026nbsp;and software patents. \u0026nbsp;During his time at Sun, he also managed a game technologies\u0026nbsp;group, an advanced graphics and imaging group, as well as a mobile applications group.\u0026nbsp;His research interests include advanced real-time rendering techniques and programmable shading.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27659","created_gmt":"2012-07-30 10:58:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:20","author":"Christopher Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-08-15T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-08-15T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-08-15T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-08-15 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-08-15 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-08-15 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/zspace.com\/","title":"See the demo on zspace.com"}],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}