Iowa State To Have The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room in the World

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Jared Knutzon an Iowa State University graduate student in human computer interaction demonstrates how Iowa Stateacutes C6 virtual reality room can control the militaryacutes unmanned aerial vehicles. Credit: Iowa State Universityacutes Virtual Reali ...
Jared Knutzon, an Iowa State University graduate student in human computer interaction, demonstrates how Iowa State's C6 virtual reality room can control the military's unmanned aerial vehicles. Credit: Iowa State University's Virtual Reality Applications Center

More than $4 million in equipment upgrades will shine 100 million pixels on Iowa State University’s six-sided virtual reality room. That’s twice the number of pixels lighting up any virtual reality room in the world and 16 times the pixels now projected on Iowa State’s C6, a 10-foot by 10-foot virtual reality room that surrounds users with computer-generated 3-D images. That means the C6 will produce virtual reality at the world’s highest resolution.


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