does size matter?

vizwhiz · July 24th, 2008

check out The size of This ... er monitor

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourk...on/UnityiDome/

its BIG and ROUND, must be nice

excerpt below

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Unity and the iDome

Written by Paul Bourke
June 2008

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Example 1

It is relatively easy to argue that there should be a gaming advantage if, like in real life, our peripheral vision is engaged. Not only does this give us a heightened sense of "being there" but it also engages our strong motion cues in a peripheral region. In the same way as we evolved to have a wide peripheral vision to help us detect predators, this peripheral vision can assist in early detection of dangers in a FPS game. The iDome allows one to play with our full peripheral vision engaged, both horizontally and vertically.
In order to demonstrate the use of Unity within the iDome, the standard demo that comes with Unity Pro is modified to support the warped fisheye images required for the iDome. The technique can of course be applied to any Unity based application.

Slinger · July 24th, 2008

That's cool but it does not compare to the (9) across x (5) down 30" widescreen Dell LCD set-up they have at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/vislab/#comp

Ky Lane · July 24th, 2008

Thats way cool..

However, looking through that site... cheeck out this..

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourk...bition/witilt/

I want one! Imagine rotating around max with that in your hand, just spinning it around it mid air!?

Claudio Branch · July 24th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Ky Lane

check out this...

or this...

shaneis · July 24th, 2008

Or this... 256 GFLOPS for $20,000!

http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles.../index_2.shtml

Ky Lane · July 24th, 2008

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Originally Posted by shaneis

Or this... 256 GFLOPS for $20,000!

http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles.../index_2.shtml

How about 504 FlipFlops for $1,000?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Wholesale-Bul...QQcmdZViewItem

Slinger · July 26th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Claudio Branch

or this...

You may want to edit that photo and take out the license key

Slinger · July 26th, 2008

OK, let me break out the e-peen and beat you all:

Sun Constellation Linux Cluster

System Name: Ranger
Operating System: Linux
Number of Nodes: 3,936
Number of Processing Cores: 62,976
Total Memory: 123TB
Peak Performance: 504TFlops
Total Disk: 1.73PB (shared)
31.4TB (local)

I WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vizwhiz · July 26th, 2008

you win!! but at what cost???

shaneis · July 26th, 2008

U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Linux Cluster

System Name: Roadrunner
Operating System: Linux
Number of Nodes: 3,060
Number of Processing Cores: 122,400
Total Memory: 98TB
Peak Performance: 1.026 PFlops

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Slinger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas Age: 31 Posts: 150 Name: Chris Ortiz	Re: does size matter? That's cool but it does not compare to the (9) across x (5) down 30" widescreen Dell LCD set-up they have at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/vislab/#comp Last edited by Slinger; July 24th, 2008 at 11:51 AM.

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Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 31 Posts: 924 Name: Ky Lane	Re: does size matter? Thats way cool.. However, looking through that site... cheeck out this.. http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourk...bition/witilt/ I want one! Imagine rotating around max with that in your hand, just spinning it around it mid air!?

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shaneis Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 696 Name: Shane Neal	Re: does size matter? Or this... 256 GFLOPS for $20,000! http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles.../index_2.shtml

July 26th, 2008	#8 (permalink)
Slinger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas Age: 31 Posts: 150 Name: Chris Ortiz	Re: does size matter? OK, let me break out the e-peen and beat you all: Sun Constellation Linux Cluster System Name: Ranger Operating System: Linux Number of Nodes: 3,936 Number of Processing Cores: 62,976 Total Memory: 123TB Peak Performance: 504TFlops Total Disk: 1.73PB (shared) 31.4TB (local) I WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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vizwhiz Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: arizona usa, earth/universe Age: 56 Posts: 1,009 Name: Randy Sanders	Re: does size matter? you win!! but at what cost???

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shaneis Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 696 Name: Shane Neal	Re: does size matter? U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Linux Cluster System Name: Roadrunner Operating System: Linux Number of Nodes: 3,060 Number of Processing Cores: 122,400 Total Memory: 98TB Peak Performance: 1.026 PFlops

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