visualization technology in academic domains | gtc 2013

S3068

Visualization Technology

in

Academic Domains

Howard Kaplan

Director of the Advanced Visualization Center

University of South Florida, USF

Overview

• Process

• Displays

• Control Configuration

• Utilization

• Trends

Advanced Visualization Center, USF 2013

University of South Florida, USF

Display Types

Display Types:

*Note: Some Manufacturers produce LCD monitors with larger display resolutions (i.e. Dell. LG, Apple, Sony )

Rear Projection

Front Projection

Tiled Array

Stereoscopic / 3D

Anaglyph Active/ Shutter

Passive Autostereoscopic

Display

16x LCD - 46” 4 x 4 Array ~ 17 M Pixels Ultra Thin Bezel Hyundai / Samsung Stereoscopic: Passive – Interleave / Interlace

Control Configuration

Standard Build • Array of CPUs

• 1 PC per Display

• Plus Controller

Graphics Hardware

• AMD FirePro V7900 – Memory: 2 GB

– Resolution per Card:

2560x1600 @ 60hz

– Software: EyeFinity

– Display Outputs :

4x Display Port

AMD/ATI Eyefinity

AMD / ATI Configuration

Graphics Hardware

• Nvidia Quadro Plex 7000 • Memory: 12 GB

• Resolution per Card:

– 2560x1600

• CUDA Cores: 1024 (512 pc)

• SLI (Scalable Link Interface)

• Software: Mosaic

• Display Outputs : 4x

– 2x- DVI per GPU

Mosaic

Unified Desktop Custom Resolution

NVIDIA Configuration

*confuguremosaic set rows=1 cols=2 res=1920,1080,60 nextgrid rows=2 cols=2 res=2732,1536,60 out=1,0 out=2,0 out=3,0 out=4,0

NVIDIA Configuration

DHIC (2x Quadro Plex - PCIe X16 slot)

G-Sync CAT5

Performance

Final Configuration

• 2x Nvidia Quadro Plex

• 16+ MP

– Thin Bezel

– Stereoscopic Passive 3D

– 1 CPU : Windows 7

– HP Z800

3 Main Components – Display : Tiled Array Control System : Dual Quad GPU Space : classroom setting.

Utilization • Courses covering multiple disciplines

– Art

– Engineering

– Biology

– Medical

– History

– Computer Science

– Geography

– Chemistry

Case 1 – Anthropology Technologies For Heritage Preservation Museum Visualization Paleobiology Archeology • GIS • Laser Scan Data • CT & MRI • Point Cloud

Case 2 – Engineering

• Virtual Reality

• Robotics

• Gesture / Motion Tracking

• Visualization

• Simulations

• 3D Modeling for Prototypes

• Molecular Modeling and Animation

Electrical Engineering Chemical Engineering Biomedical Engineering

Case 5 – Arts

• Ultra High Resolution – Video and Photography

• Reflectography

• 3D Scans

• Graphics Coding

• Stereoscopic Visuals

• Interactive Media

• Collaborative Drawing

STUDENT VISUALIATION LAB

WorkStations • Dell OptiPlex 990 • 2x 23” 3D LG Monitors • Instructors Station

- 55” 3D LG

Visualization Software

• Rendering Cluster • GPU Computing

CUDA – C / C++ – PyCuda

• SOFTWARE – Maya – VTK – Processing – SciPy – MayaVi – Tableau – Unity

HPC • 400 node computational cluster

approximately 4000 processors

• Infiniband for high-speed low-latency interconnect for computations

• Infiniband for high-speed low-latency interconnect for computations

• 90TB of conventional replicated storage

Around Campus

• Guest Speakers

• Lecture Series

• Seminars

• Faculty

– Research Assistance

• Students

– Visualization Club

– 3D Film Showings

• Visualization Workshops

– Student & Instructor Training

TRENDS: • Ultra High Resolution Displays

Curved Displays

• Other Configurations

Gesture Control • Kinect SDK

• Leap Motion

• Wii Development

• WebCam Tracking

• Stereoscopic Head Tracking

Display Communication

• Control Devices

– Tablet Control

– Sharing

– Remote Access

Future Trends

• 3D Printer & Scanners

Thank You!

Advanced Visualization Center Team Information Technology

Research Computing