The ITL Immersive Visualization Laboratory is a RAVE (Reconfigurable Automatic
Virtual Environment) from Fakespace Systems [15]. The two-wall RAVE
is configured as an immersive corner with two 8 ft. x 8 ft. (2.44m x 2.44m)
screens flush to the floor and oriented 90 degrees to form a corner. The large corner
configuration provides a very wide field of peripheral vision, with stereoscopic
display and head tracking for realistic perspective based on the direction the user
is viewing. The RAVE is driven by an SGI Onyx 3400 parallel processor graphics
super computer.