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September 27 2006
Collaborative effort results in a new display system for high
resolution scientific visualization
The
Center for Earth Observations and Applications (CEOA)
in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Visualization
Center developed a new display system for high resolution scientific
visualization.
The system, named Mobile INteractive Imaging Multidisplay
Environment (MiniMe), consists of 15 24" panels arranged in a 5 wide
and 3 tall grid. A Mac Mini is mounted behind each panel to provide
a 1920x1200 video signal to each panel. The cumulative resolution of
the display wall is nearly 30 million pixels. The system is designed to
collapse and fit inside a shipping case. This allows Scripps researchers
to carry the MiniMe system to meetings and conferences. For example, at
the California & World Oceans conference in Long Beach (Sep 17-20 2006),
researchers working on the SCCOOS and
CENCOOS projects presented their
research on the MiniMe at the exhibition.
Figure 1. SIO Visualization Center intern Dane Samilo
explaining how the MiniMe operates.
Figure 2. The MiniMe generated lots of interest.
Figure 3. The display can show one tiled image, or a desktop on each tile.
Figure 4. The back of the display. Each Mac Mini drives two displays.
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