TECHNOLOGIES

The VARLab occupies 4,600 square feet of dedicated workspace that houses an array of specialized testing environments, including a multi-user CAVE visualization system and stereoscopic technologies. Fully integrated within UCF’s computing infrastructure, these powerful visualization facilities are distributed and interoperable.

“In engineering, CAVEs are used to better analyze and understand ways to plan things such as factory floors, complex 3D constructions, flow visualization, and simulation analysis.”

Carolina Cruz-Neira

VARLab Director

Each individual workspace is instrumented with a high-end graphics workstation, direct connection to the fiber backbone, and direct access to the large-scale UCF computing and storage servers and clouds.

This entire infrastructure provides VARLab people, collaborators, and partners with a rich and diverse environment covering the entire technology spectrum for modeling, simulation and visualization, ranging from one-of-a-kind large-scale systems to commodity field-deployable devices.

VDen

Our advanced, transportable CAVE system enables individuals and groups to experience immersive simulation environments without wearing headsets — and allows multiple operators to simultaneously interact with virtual objects and processes. We continually investigate new ways to advance immersive simulation beyond today’s cumbersome consumer headsets. VDen truly represents the next generation of the CAVE.

VTable

This interactive, immersive collaboration technology enables multiple operators to interact with a stereoscopic simulation appearing on an accessible tabletop display, ideal for monitoring, modeling, and educational applications.

VPortal

This novel projection system combines computer vision, object recognition, and spatial computing to create compelling, dynamic experiences. High-resolution visuals appear on an interactive screen that responds to real-world objects, allowing for precise interactions between physical components and digital overlays.