The MIRAGE (Mixed Reality
Adaptive Generalizable
Environment) is a room that supports integration of physical
physical and virtual objects via high precision tracking within a 40'x 40' area.
While the MIRAGE can be used for a variety of research projects, it currently
holds the Veldt, a synthetic environment training arena
currently under development at Iowa State University for the U.S. Army.
The university along with numerous government and industry collaborators are
working together to create a new research lab that will focus on enhancing the
effectiveness of LVC (Live, Virtual, and Constructive) training for the Army
through the use of high-end virtual and augmented reality, physiological signals,
and mobile devices.
The goal is to create a realistic and immersive environment
that will enable ISU to research the best ways to engage both live and
virtual combatants within the arena to give them the skills to be
better warfighters.
The MIRAGE includes a mix of fixed and reconfigurable components,
including:
- 33' x 11' fixed screen display with six active-stereo WUXGA projectors.
- 50" active-stereo video cubes that can be tiled and reconfigured as the
simulation requires.
- Motion Analysis optical tracking system providing sub-millimeter tracking
accuracy.
- Reconfigurable walls and props for creating multiple simulation scenarios.
- Dedicated PC Cluster utilizing the latest nVidia Quadro graphics card
technology.
- Spatial surround sound audio system.
Videos of Mixed-Reality Training
Project Team
Stephen B. Gilbert, PhD
Associate Director, VRAC
Principal Investigator
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Jim Oliver, PhD
Director, VRAC
Co-Principal Investigator
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Eliot Winer, PhD
Associate Director, VRAC
Co-Principal Investigator
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Jon Watkins
Founder, Dignitas Technologies
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Collaborators
