UC San Diego Unveils Highest Resolution Scientific Display System in the World

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Visitors from the National Geographic Society get a first look at the 70-tile HIPerSpace wall at Calit2 on the UCSD campus.
Visitors from the National Geographic Society get a first look at the 70-tile HIPerSpace wall at Calit2 on the UCSD campus.
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As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments. To that end, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) has unveiled the highest-resolution display system for scientific visualization in the world at the University of California, San Diego.


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