INDUSTRY WATCH often simple enough for anyone on-site to do the recalibration on their own .”
Scalable ’ s software automatically warps and blends multiple projectors into one seamless display . It allows the University of Bern to create a reliable and interactive solution . “ Scalable ’ s software has enabled us to streamline the calibration process and allows us to more closely interact with the video technology in the Sensorimotor Lab ,” said Dr Kredel . “ Our CAVE is unique because we encourage people to physically interact with it . We want them , for example , to play soccer and shoot real soccer balls against the display walls . The Virtual Reality system enables us to control and systematically modify the properties of the virtual environment and the behavior of the virtual players , which can never be achieved in such a controlled manner when doing studies on the real pitch . In a
THE UNIVERSITY OF BERN ’ S CAVE WAS DRIVEN BY IN-HOUSE-DEVELOPED SOFTWARE FOR PROJECTION BLENDING AND WARPING AND DISPLAYING CONTENT . virtual tennis service situation , as another example , we can vary the impact position of the ball and its speed while modifying the positional noise when trying to receive and return it with a virtual racket , which is controlled by the participant ’ s hand movement . We can systematically manipulate many aspects relevant to human motor control and learning that cannot be controlled in a real environment but help to shed light on underlying mechanisms of skillful motor behavior .”
The integration with Scalable was successful at all levels . The Sensorimotor Lab supports many new possibilities for research and the University of Bern ’ s graduate students . “ It enables our doctorate and master ’ s students to create interactive content by themselves and modify its properties at runtime ,” said Dr Kredel . “ It takes complex sports or daily activities and makes them more easily accessible to research . It opens the door to a completely new area of research for sport science .”
Since 2004 , Scalable has provided industry-leading applications , using machine vision algorithms to create a simple-to-use , cost-effective solution for warping and blending high-resolution displays on screens with unlimited geometry and size capabilities . Scalable produces groundbreaking software that automatically calibrates images ’ colour , intensity and geometry from multiple projectors , resulting in a single , seamless digital display . With Scalable , there are no limits to the size or the resolution of the displays , and images can be created using software tools . p
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