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Human Interaction in Virtual Environments Lab
Department of Computer Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Facilities of the HIVE

The HIVE is located in Fuller Labs, Room 314. It serves as both a development space and a testing space.

Computers
[Dell Image] Dell XPS 600 (October, 2005)
  • 3.0GHz Pentium D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology
    800MHz Front-Side Bus
  • 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
  • Dual 19" Ultrasharp 1905FP Digital Flat Panel monitors
  • nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX, 256MB PCI Express x16 (2xDVI-out)
  • Ageia PhysX acceleration card
  • 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
  • 48x CD-RW Drive
  • 16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capable
[Optical Tracking Image] Four older 733MHz Celeron TCS Machines (ca. 2003?) used as front-end image processing units for our low-cost optical tracking system (MQP Project). A fifth one acts as a server. All of these are running SuSE Linux.
Display Devices
[eMagin Image] 4 x eMagin Z800 3D Visor Head-Mounted Display (October, 2005)
  • SVGA (800x600) Resolution
  • OLED Displays
  • ~40 deg. FOV
  • 200:1 Contrast Ratio
  • 3 DOF Orientation Tracker
  • Stereo Earbuds
  • Noise-Cancelling Microphone
[Sony Glasstron Image] 4 x Sony Glasstron Head-Mounted Display (1997?)
  • 0.55" LCDs
  • 800x225 (180,000 pixel) Resolution
  • ~30 deg. horizontal FOV
[TactaVest Image] TactaVest: A wearable garment with 16 independently controlled vibrating motors (there are four more on the front). (August, 2003)
[TactaCage Image] TactaCage: A frame for mounting motion-capture cameras and other devices. (May, 2007)
Input Devices
[Joystick Image] Logitech Freedom 2.4 GHz Cordless Joystick (October, 2005)
[iSight Image] 4 Ceiling-Mounted Apple iSight FireWire Cameras (January, 2006)
[Spaceball Image] SpaceBall (199?)
[SpaceOrb 360 Image] SpaceOrb 360 (199?)
[Magellan 3D Controller Image] Logitech Magellan 3D Controller (2003)
[Hand-Held Trackball Image] Fellowes Micro Trac Hand-Held Trackball (2003)
[AcceleGlove Image] One pair of AcceleGloves (January, 2006)
[Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad n52 Image] 5 x Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad n52 (2005)
Other Facilities
[Tactor Station Image] Tactor creation station. This is where we ruggedize our tactors.

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