Equipment

The VIP Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the art computing, capture and visualization hardware and software. This equipment is also shared by other members of the Information Systems and Sciences Group at Boston University.

Currently the following equipment is available to research students and faculty:

Computing:

Two Dell PowerEdge 2500 servers with RAID storage running BU Linux operating system (based on RedHat 9)
Network of Dell Precision 530 workstations (BU Linux)
Three Dell Precision 650/530 dual-monitor 3-D workstations with RAID storage (Windows XP

Image/video capture:

PENTACAM: a 5-camera, still-image, high-resolution acquisition system
Several miniDV digital video camcorders from Canon: XL1S, Elura 2MC Optura 100MC mountable on the PENTACAM rig
high-resolution still-image SLR camera: Kodak DCS-720
video capture equipment: DVRex and DV500

3-D visualization:

liquid-crystal shuttered (LCS) 3-D glasses from Stereographics Corp. for stereoscopic (two views) visualization
20-inch, 1600x1200-pixel automultiscopic (multiview, eyewear-free) 3-D Synthagram display from Stereographics Corp. (SG202)
22-inch, 3840x2400-pixel automultiscopic (multiview, eyewear-free) 3-D Synthagram display from Stereographics Corp. (SG222)




		Various monitors serve visualization needs of the lab


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		Computing facilities at VIP lab



PENTACAM - 5-camera still-image acquisition system in X configuration



	22-inch, 3840x2400-pixel 3-D automultiscopic (multi-view, glasses-free) display capable of 9-view look-around