About AVL NEXT Labs at IUB and IUPUI
Operated by the Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL), the NEXT Labs at Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI are core visualization facilities that explore New and Emerging eXperimental Technologies for the entire IU community.
The IUB NEXT Lab is located in room 105 of the Innovation Center in Tech Park East at Tenth and the Bypass. The IUPUI NEXT Lab is located in room 403 of the Informatics and Communications Technology Complex (ICTC) at the corner of West Street and Michigan Street.
Both NEXT Labs are also Reality Labs, where Reality Stations let users experience immersive virtual reality.
Both NEXT Labs feature IQ-Wall ConCAVE systems, advanced IQ-Walls that are reconfigurable, and can show stereoscopic content for immersive VR and advanced media uses.
| System configuration for IQ-Wall ConCAVE | |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Dell Precision workstation |
| Operating system | Windows 10 x64 |
| Memory model | Local |
| Processor cores | 32 |
| CPUs | 2 |
| Nodes | 1 |
| RAM | 128 GB |
| Network | 1 Gbps |
| Local storage | 2.5 TB |
| Storage information | |
| File systems | NTFS local |
| Total disk space | 2.5 TB |
| Total scratch space | 2 TB |
| Availability scope | With help from AVL staff, available to all IU faculty, staff, and students |
| Quotas | None (per visualization project) |
| Backup and purge policies | None; recommend UITS storage services |
| Visualization systems information | |
| Display or acquisition device | Display |
| For display devices: | |
| Type of display device | 32-screen stereoscopic display, commonly in an 8-column, 4-row configuration (8x4), 32:9 aspect ratio |
| Display technology | LCD flat panel displays with ultra-thin bezels |
| Resolution(s) | 15,360 x 4,320 pixels (1/4 resolution mode 7,680 x 2,160 pixels) |
| Interface mechanism | Keyboard, mouse |
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