CAVE Graphics Notes

Hardware:

Onyx Reality Engine 2 or Infinite Reality
Typical CAVE system has 8 CPUs, 256-1024 MB memory
May use Indigo² Impact for ImmersaDesk

Reality Engine 2

Video: 96 hz, 1024 x 768 stereo mode

Textures: 4 or 16 MB of hardware texture memory

2 or 4 RMs per pipe allows multisampling

Infinite Reality

Video: 96 hz, 1024 x 768 stereo mode; or 120 hz, 1280 x 1024 stereo

Textures: 16 or 64 MB of hardware texture memory

Texture downloads very fast

Can multisample with 1 RM

Can drive multiple video channels from one pipe

Want 16+ frames per second (stereo) for interactivity.
-> Scene should consist of 5,000 - 50,000 triangles.

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Last modified 15 June 1996.