Using a small handheld display device, viewers in San Diego "see" inside the body of a small panther in a bottle of formaldehyde (or a similar substitute). The handheld device's location, relative to the animal, is tracked, and its coordinates are transferred to Amsterdam, where a volumetric dataset of a small panther, created with a CT scan, is stored. Information is extracted from the database, rendered, and volumetric pictures/frames are sent back to the display, creating a stunning real-time experience.
Additional support provided by SARA Computing and Networking Services (SARA), Virtual Laboratory for eScience (VL-e), Academic Medical Center (AMC), Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), Advanced Realtime Tracking (ART, GmbH) and GigaPort.
URL:
www.science.uva.nl/~robbel/deadcat
Contact:
Robert Belleman, Section Computational Science (SCS), University of Amsterdam (UvA), NL, robbel @ science.uva.nl
Collaborators:
SCS, UvA, NL:
Robert Belleman, Michael Scarpa, Peter Sloot
Advanced Internet Research Group (AIR), UvA, NL:
Cees de Laat
