Powerwall

A powerwall is the generic term for large high-resolution display walls used for projecting large computer generated images. These size of the wall displays can range in size from six to over forty feet (currently in existence) in width and potentially even larger. The massive display walls typically have a height exceeding nine feet. A powerwall implementation differs from that of a typical large projection display due to the composition of the image from several smaller high resolution (at least 1024x768, typically 1600x1200) images creating a display that maintains image fidelity even at very close viewing distances. This leads to a versatile environment of use where use/interpretation of the displayed information can be tailored to different depths within the physical working space. Powerwalls and other types of large high-resolution displays are also known as "gigapixel displays", though as of 2008, the largest displays are less than 0.3 gigapixels. [http://kvmsansv.com/multi-megapixel_displays.html]

External links

Research

* [http://www.sandia.gov/ASC/ Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC)] at Sandia National Laboratories
* [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/omnimedia/ Immersive Media Systems] at Princeton University
* [http://www.csm.ornl.gov/viz/ Visualization Task Group] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
* [http://www.lcse.umn.edu/ Laboratory of Computational Science and Engineering] at University of Minnesota
* [http://infovis.uni-konstanz.de/index.php?region=powerwall Databases, Data Mining, and Visualization] at University of Konstanz

Vendor

* [http://www.holovis.com/ HoloVis International - World's Highest Resolution Stereoscopic Visualisation Wall Solutions]
* [http://www.visbox.com/wallMain.html Visbox, Inc. VisWall]
* [http://www.cyviz.com/clusterwall.htm Cyviz Clusterwall]
* [http://www.fakespace.com/powerwall.htm Fakespace Systems, Inc. PowerWall]
* [http://www.nvidia.com/object/ornl_success.html?_templateId=322 Press Release: NVIDIA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Looking at Scientific Problems and Solutions]
* [http://www.immergetech.com/products/products.htm Immerge Technologies, Inc. Immerge Visualization Systems]
* [http://www.barco.com/VirtualReality/en/products/productclass.asp?class=391 Barco V&AR Projection Walls]
* [http://www.abs-tech.com absolut technologies]