Scientists in Wonderland: A Report on Visualization Applications in the CAVE™ Virtual Reality Environment

Created on October 01, 1993

1993   ·   paper   ·   papers

Scientists in Wonderland: A Report on Visualization Applications in the CAVE™ Virtual Reality Environment

Cruz-Neira, C., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Cohen, S., Das, S., Engelmann, R., Hudson, R., Papka, M., Siegel, L., Vasilakis, C., DeFanti, T., Sandin, D.

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  • Caption: Image from Scientists in Wonderland
  • Credit: R. Hudson, EVL

Traditional computer graphics has typically required that scientists look through a restricted window (the computer screen), to view images that depict their research data. Virtual Reality (VR) on the otherhand, offers scientists the means to leap through that window and physically engage their experimental environment.