New high-performance cave automatic virtual environment that functions with gesture recognition
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech (UPC) presents a new multi-projector CAVE, designed and built in its entirety by the Virtual Modelling, Visualisation, Interaction and Virtual Reality Research Group (MOVING). This immersive virtual reality system is a pioneering design at world level that is adaptable and based on widely available consumer electronics and computer technology. It consists of four 3 m2 walls (including the floor) that function as screens and has 40 commercial, low-cost projectors that are controlled by 12 PCs. Low cost, versatility and high resolution are some of the characteristics of the new CAVE, which works with a range of projector models that can be substituted at any moment for more modern or cheaper ones.