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  • KAUST has an obscenely large display system

    KAUST has an obscenely large display system

    You thought Eyefinity was pretty cool, huh? What could be cooler? How about a gigantic 10x4 setup of seamless monitors, for super-high resolution visualization. That's what you'll find at KAUST! I'll let this video speak for itself. Note the resolution values being shown in the bottom corner

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  • KAUST: Visualization beyond the CAVE

    KAUST: Visualization beyond the CAVE

    Yesterday I introduced CORNEA, the CAVE system at KAUST. CAVEs are great, but they require a huge investment: you need to build a facility around it, or renovate a space to accommodate it. Then you need to spend enormous amounts of money to buy and install the gear. Wouldn't it be great if you could have an immersive 3D environment without all that effort? Researchers at KAUST, in conjunction with folks from U.C. San Diego, are doing just that with NexCAVE, a scalable, modular immersion system. In addition to NexCAVE, there's several other great visualization projects underway at KAUST. Video and more inside.

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  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    kaust invitation I'm in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the inauguration ceremony of KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. This is a 30-square kilometer state-of-the-art research institution with faculty and students from all over the world. For the next couple of days I'll be getting some behind-the-scenes access to technology in use here, both for education and research, as well as the tools used to bring this place together. Read on for my initial impressions of some of the tech here.

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