High Performance Visualization and Virtual Reality Centre
Leading the Way in Virtual Reality
MVC offers a premier centre for High Performance Visualization and Virtual Reality to all members of the University under a system of internal review.
The centre provides a graphics hardware upgrade Escher to a previously existing HPC facility managed by Manchester Computing, and a curved screen Immersive Projection Theatre called the VIP Laboratory (Visualization Immersive Projection Laboratory). The system features a 6 channels surround sound audio system, Integrator 3 control and is compatible with active matrix stereographic glasses and emitters. The fully integrated stereoscopic display system was installed by Virtalis in 2000.
A number of research areas in both earth, life and physical sciences can now take significant steps forward through the use of visual supercomputing.
The centre combines high-performance graphics, computing and data management technology to solve complex research problems that were unapproachable only a few years ago.
Click here to see a VRML model of the VIP Laboratory (3 MB).
Click here to run a QuickTime VR file showing the VIP Laboratory (403 KB).
Click here to download and run a QuickTime animation of the VIP Laboratory (25 MB).
Click here to download and run a MPEG-4 v1 animation of the VIP Laboratory (36 MB).
A How To guides on operating AVS/Express in the VIP Laboratory.
To book the VIP Laboratory please email: rcs@manchester.ac.uk