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 Active/ Shutter Anaglyph 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 3 Main Components – Display : Tiled Array Control System : Dual Quad GPU Space : classroom setting. • 2x Nvidia Quadro Plex • 16+ MP – Thin Bezel – Stereoscopic Passive 3D – 1 CPU : Windows 7 – HP Z800 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 . Electrical Engineering . Chemical Engineering . Biomedical Engineering • Virtual Reality • Robotics • Gesture / Motion Tracking • Visualization • Simulations • 3D Modeling for Prototypes • Molecular Modeling and Animation 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 .