AlloSphere

The AlloSphere Research Facility
Elings Hall which houses The AlloSphere, August 2013
Established2007; 19 years ago (2007)
Field of research
Technology, multimedia, sciences, art, design
DirectorJoAnn Kuchera-Morin
LocationSanta Barbara, California, United States
CampusUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Websiteallosphere.ucsb.edu Edit this at Wikidata

The AlloSphere Research Facility (branded as AlloSphere) is a research laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Housed in a theater-like pavilion with a spherical structure made of opaque material, it is designed to project computer-generated imagery and sound. The facility is used for a wide range of applications, including geographic information systems (GIS), scientific research, artistic exploration, and other forms of data visualization.[1] The AlloSphere grew out from the university's departments of electrical engineering and computer science and the media arts and technology program.[2]

The AlloSphere is housed at UCSB California NanoSystems Institute[3] building, "CNSI," or Elings Hall, a 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m2) facility that opened in 2007.[4] The AlloSphere is intended to integrate technology and media.[5]

The AlloSphere includes a three-story cube that has been insulated extensively with sound-absorbing material, making it one of the largest echo-less chambers in the world. Within the chamber are two hemispheres of 5 meter radii, made of perforated aluminum. These are opaque and acoustically transparent.[6]

There are 26 video projectors, to create as much of a field of vision as possible.[6]

The loudspeaker real-time sound synthesis cluster (140 individual speaker elements plus sub-woofers) is suspended behind the aluminum screen resulting in 3-D audio. Computation clusters include simulation, sensor-array processing, real-time video processing for motion-capture and visual computing, render-farm/real-time ray-tracing and radiosity cluster, and content and prototyping environments.[6]

The AlloSphere was developed by a team of scientists, led primarily by Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, a professor in the field of Composition, of the Media Arts & Technology Program of UCSB.[6]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "The AlloSphere Offers an Interactive Experience of Nano-sized Worlds | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  2. ^ "JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Stunning Data Visualization in the AlloSphere - Blog". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  3. ^ "California NanoSystems Institute | UC Santa Barbara". www.cnsi.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. ^ Van De Werfhorst, Melissa (August 2007). "UC Santa Barbara Engineering Facts Brochure" (PDF). UCSB College of Engineering. UCSB College of Engineering. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "Marriage of Science and Art". www.ucsbalum.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  6. ^ a b c d "The AlloSphere at the California NanoSystems Institute, UC Santa Barbara". www.allosphere.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

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