Biomedical Sciences and Visualization
OSC Interface Laboratory
 The Ohio Supercomputer Center has a 400 sq ft. Interface Laboratory. In addition to
providing high performance graphical displays for both interactive and recorded presentations, the Interface
Laboratory offers dexterous devices to precisely localize and track 3D digitization, user movements,
morphometrics, and haptic (force reflecting) interaction with complex data. The Interface Laboratory also
provides equipment for recording and generating various types of audio for both interaction and
presentation.
Interface Laboratory Goals
The visualization and interface laboratory provides interface equipment and expertise to Ohio's researchers. Interface Laboratory goals are:
- To provide tools for investigating novel methods for simulation and analysis of complex multimodal data.
- To provide an environment for research and consultation in visualization and interface development.
- To provide a workspace for demonstration, trials, and information exchange among researchers.
- To provide access to visualization and interface equipment and software that would otherwise be unavailable to many of Ohio's researchers.
- To provide cost-shared access to hardcopy, video, and interactive interface equipment.
Interface Laboratory Equipment and Support
Following is a list of the equipment available in the Interface Laboratory. In addition to what's listed, there are usually additional workstations and interface devices in the Interface Laboratory that are on loan to OSC for evaluation and research.
Tracking and Localization
- Intersense IS-900 Tracking system
- 18’ x 10’ tracked space
- 1 head tracker
- 1 wireless wand tracker
- 2 wireless wrist trackers
- Intersense InertiaCube2
Force Reflecting Devices
- SensAble Technologies PHANToM 6DOF
- SensAble Technologies PHANToM Premium 1.5
- SensAble Technologies PHANToM Desktop
- SensAble Technologies PHANToM Omni
Dexterous Devices
- Immersion Microscribe 3D
- SpaceTec Spaceball
Visualization cluster
- 18 nodes, each contains:
- two AMD 2.6GHz Dual-Core Opteron CPU's
- 8 GBs of RAM
- 750 GB SATA hard disk
- two NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Graphics cards
- Infiniband Dual Port HCA card
- two nodes are attached to the high resolution tiled display and stereo projection system
Data Acquisition
- Biopac MP100 physical data Acquisition system
- Respiratory Effort Transducer
- Galvanic Skin Response Sensor
- Pulse Plethysmograph Sensor
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Display Devices
- Nvis nVisor SX HMD
- 1280 x 1024 pixels per eyes (LCOS)
- 60 degree field-of-view
- High Resolution Tiled Display
- 5120 x 3200 total resolution
- Passive(polarized) Stereo Front Projections system
- 1400 x 1050 pixel resolution
- 12’ x 9’ projection
- Emagin OLED Stereo Display
- Sharp Auto-stereoscopic 3D LCD Display
Instrumented Glove Interfaces
- Immersion wireless CyberGlove II 18 sensors, right handed
- Immersion wireless CyberGlove II 18 sensors, left handed
- Immersion CyberGlove w/CyberTouch System, 18 sensors, right handed
- Immersion CyberGlove w/CyberTouch System, 18 sensors, left handed
Retired Hardware (but still available)
- Virtual Research V8 Head Mounted Display w/stereo sound capabilities
- Virtual Research V8 Binoculars
- Crystal Eyes Stereo Glasses
- Polhemus ISOTRAK II tracking system w/2 receivers
- Polhemus FASTRAK tracking system w/ 4 receivers
- Logitech infrared headtracker
- Immersion Microscribe 3D
- SpaceTec Spaceball
- Immersion Impulse Engine 1000 Needle Insertion Simulator
- Immersion Impulse Engine 2000 Force Reflecting Joystick
- InteractiveIO Force Feedback Steering Wheel
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