The University of Texas San Antonio is getting a new visualization lab on campus funded through a 3-year $482,600 grant from the NSF. So far they’ve got a 3D monitor (yay, you can tell the announcement came from the PR department, not the actual Viz lab) and a 14.5ft x 6ft visualization wall built from twenty-four 30-inch monitors. But that’s not all:
The prized possession of the lab, however, is a high-definition haptic device. The device works like a Nintendo Wii for scientists and engineers. It allows researchers to touch and feel digital models they create. It also recreates the feel of a surgical procedure.
“If you were a surgeon in training, it’s a device that you could use, with a visual image on the computer screen, be able to feel what it feels like to perform open-heart surgery,” said Frederick.
Won’t put them on even footing with TACC yet, but looks like a battle is brewing for Viz Dominance in Texas.
Advanced Visualization Lab Comes To UTSA – Education News Story – KSAT San Antonio.
