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==Weekly Group Meetings==
 
==Weekly Group Meetings==
  
===April 20, 2007===
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Our weekly meetings are on Fridays from 11am-12:30pm in Atkinson Hall room 2004.
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Every week one group member demonstrates their latest results.
  
Reports:
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==News and Updates==
* alex/andrew: demoed xvid app w/1 camera
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* andrew: porting to sage is next
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* karen: osg shader example won't work on lab machines
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* alex/karen: glsl sample code won't work on lab 620s, but on windows
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* leo: getting 500mbit/s w/UDT; contact venkat at evl because he got 9 gbit out of 10gbit network: installed svn server
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* philip: helped daniel w/calit2 loader plugin; worked w/sendhil on pdbseq display
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* daniel: got calit2 plugin working; will set default to real size
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* vinh: has put superbrowser URLs in config file; using gtkhtml
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* michael: working on socket communication
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Action items:
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==Demo Schedule==
* need more chairs -- done
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* send wiki instructions and request project summaries -- done
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* osg and covise updated, stereo not working yet: fix -- done
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Demos next week: alex, philip
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{| border="1"
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|- ! Date ! Presenter
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|-
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| 4/17/09 || Andrew
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|-
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| 4/24/09 || Jordan
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|-
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| 5/1/09  || Han
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|-
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| 5/8/09  || Mabel
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|-
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| 5/15/09 || Sasha
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|-
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| 5/29/09 || Philip
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|-
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| 6/5/09  || Jurgen
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|-
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| 6/19/09 || Lelin
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|-
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| 6/26/09 || Leo
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|-
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| 7/10/09 || Andrew
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|-
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| 7/17/09 || Han
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|-
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| 7/24/09 || Torsten
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|-
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| 7/31/09 || Talha
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|-
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| 9/25/09 || Lelin
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|-
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| 10/02/09 || Seth
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|-
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| 10/16/09 || no demo
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|-
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| 10/23/09 || no demo
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|-
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| 10/30/09 || cancelled
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|-
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| 11/06/09 || Philip
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|-
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| 11/20/09 || no demo
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|-
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| 12/04/09 || Philip
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|-
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| 12/11/09 || Jurgen
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|-
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| 12/18/09 || Leo
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|-
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| 01/08/10 || Ken
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|-
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| 01/15/10 || Andrew
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|-
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| 01/22/10 || Han
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|-
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| 01/29/10 || Lelin
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|}
  
===April 27, 2007===
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==Notes 5/15/09==
  
Reports:
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* Fire demos on Thursday:
* karen: stereo query in osg doesn't work
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** StarCAVE: HMI, LOOK, Blackbox, Panoview, Spatialized Sound
* philip/chih: posters for siggraph due today
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** Varrier: HPWREN wildfire
* leo: prism gets max 2gbit/s to jpeg server: work with qian to fix
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* Daniel Acevedo/KAUST joined Calit2 until July 1st
* alex: demoed 2 video windows in sage; next is bayer conversion shader, then support for 3-4 streams
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* andrew: working on changing bitrate for multiple cameras
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* vinh: next week image map will be ready
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Demos next week: daniel (complete 1st floor), michael: socket communication
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* plugin policy:  
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** no loading of any geometry in init()
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** no touching the object space in init()
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** no loading delay in init()
  
Action items:
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* google sketchup pro has been ordered
* buy 1-2 more pcs for the lab w/linux from Rincon funds -- not going to happen, no funds remaining
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* put 4th camera in lab -- done
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===May 3, 2007===
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* andrew: saitek integrated, optitrack completed; optitrack cameras moved; alioscopy depth compression improved; thumb works again
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* mabel: removed geometry in fans; started blue-gene project
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* daniel tenedorio: covise installed
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* han: force all cave nodes to load all geometry: setCullingActive(false), then in the next frame reset to true
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* jordan: implemented lookup table
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* lelin: openvrui icons are in covise/icons/UI
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* sasha: problem with contexts: need to load textures once per OpenGL context; cut SunGod images in half
  
Action item:
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TODO:
* Send back siliconimaging, couldn't get video to show up - silicon imaging's demo software reported bad frames for every frame, were able to connect to it using SDK, but weren't able to pull frames from it -- no funds left, investigate warranty situation
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* get tripods for optitrack cameras, or mount some on ceiling
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* schedule covise vtc
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* jurgen: ask steve for blue-gene data
  
Demos next week: daniel and michael
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==Notes 5/8/09==
  
===May 11, 2007===
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* larry reviewing demos on Monday 1pm – email has been sent
 
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* run cave in 10gig
Reports:
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* move optitrack to jvc once alioscopy tested
* philip: simage not accessible in coin3d; added marker for pdbsequencedisplay
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* jordan: problems multiplying values from two textures
* leo: first work with bplayer
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* han: padding
* vinh: fixed bug by rewriting rendering routine
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* jurgen: get google sketchup pro
* karen: creating two shaders for depth person looks at, and process other images; fixed problem with texture getting used in opencover
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* trish: contingency plan for cave failures
* alex: fixed bug in tile library: now rendering both hd images
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* john Ratcliffe: move cell phone repeater?
 
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* covise vtc: does covise support multiple buttons? can view all be done more centrally by head node to avoid sync issues?
Demos next week: vinh, andrew
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* harris fire: put on wiki
 
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* daniel: add more buttons to covise
Action items:
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* mabel: reu
* check for gfx card in both boxes, one needs nvidia -- done
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* daniel needs occlusion culling code -- done
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* wiki pages missing for: philip -- done
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===May 18, 2007===
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* power outage saturday 7-10am, all systems get powered down by 7pm friday
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Reports:
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* Karen: one shader working; goal for next week: change focal depth by turning dial
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* Philip: met w/Sendhil about PDBSequenceDisplay; needs to meet w/Sendhil again to move on; helped TungJu get Wanda ball to work; image plugin: add xray/visible light data set 2.5D
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* Daniel: split building in layers: outside w/o bear, cleanroom area, new media arts wing; todo: coin/simage fix w/philip
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* Vinh: fixed segfaults, problem: unsynchronized pages when clicking on links
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* Alex: fixed tile rendering, showed demo w/andrew on tiled wall
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* Leo: got UDT to stream into bplayer, hopes to have demo ready by wednesday night
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Demos next week: karen, leo
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Action items:
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* move vista pc to camera table -- done
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* install kvm on camera table -- done
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* move two new dells to open spots on tables -- done
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* wiki pages missing for: leo, vinh -- done
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===May 25, 2007===
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Projects:
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* Vinh: webbrowser: testing on tiled display wall, working on multi-window browsing
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* Michael: working on integrating time and date into protocol, writing test receiver
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* Daniel: will work on culling, working on loading layers separately
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* Andrew/Alex: added benchmarking to camera encoding: xvid encoding is bottleneck; next: documentation, meeting w/javier and raj
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* Philip: meets w/sendhil about seq display fri noon; implementing zoom w/screwdriver function; generalize joystick implementation in covise
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Action items:
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* meet w/javier and alex/andrew to discuss Javier's camera access solution - done
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Demos next week: jurgen (Geofusion)
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===June 1, 2007 (Quarter Week 9) ===
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Projects:
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* Leo: file corruption problem on jpeg2kserver has persisted w/Reiser FS; deadlock w/UDT in bplayer app
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* Daniel: working on culling, simage has not been fixed yet
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* Karen: has setNodeMask problem: can't make node invisible and intersectable
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* Alex/Andrew: tried COM object method for Silicon Imaging cameras but need older driver; will install on one pc
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* Philip: working on image plugin's new interaction
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* Vinh: completed webbrowser plugin modifications for varrier, test successful
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Action items:
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* get simage to work in Coin3D
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* talk to rincon/silicon imaging about warranty for broken HD camera
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* order 3ds max and polytrans for the lab
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* summer jobs for Michael and Daniel
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* build rig for Rincon cameras
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Demos next week: Philip (new image interaction)
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===June 8, 2007 (Quarter Week 10, last week of classes) ===
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Projects:
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* Leo: fixed deadlock problem with bplayer streaming, can now playback bplayer
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* Michael: had busy week w/meetings with Swartz center, will try to have log file recording done by next friday
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* Philip: PDBSequencedisplay works now with PDBPlugin, starting implementing UI changes
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* Tung-Ju: started working on web browser based on activex
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* Karen: moved temporary shader code into drawimplementation, works but needs to fix some bugs
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* Alex, Andrew, Vinh: no update, were busy with final class projects
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Action items:
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* get simage to work in Coin3D
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* talk to rincon/silicon imaging about warranty for broken HD camera
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* order 3ds max and polytrans for the lab
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* summer jobs for Michael and Daniel
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* build rig for Rincon cameras
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Demos next week: Vinh, Karen
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===June 15, 2007 (Quarter Week 11, finals week) ===
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Not attending: Philip
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News:
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* project changes: Leo at Google, Andrew Calit2 scholar, Alex research intelligence project
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Projects:
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* Daniel: worked on culling, meet w/jurgen on monday at noon to look at culling problem
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* Andrew, Alex: worked on documentation, meet w/jurgen on thu at 10:30am to wrap up Rincon project
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* Vinh: got wget working, problem w/imagemaps, next week is last week, meet end of week
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* Leo: wrote documentation, did some testing
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* Karen:
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Action items:
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* get simage to work in Coin3D
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* talk to rincon/silicon imaging about warranty for broken HD camera
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* order 3ds max and polytrans for the lab
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* summer jobs for Michael and Daniel
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* build rig for Rincon cameras
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===June 22, 2007===
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Projects:
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* Vinh: fixed imagemaps, links work now on varrier
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* Alex: met to wrap up Rincon project; started on research information project; found open source library for treemaps
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* Andrew: met to wrap up Rincon project; starts next week as Calit2 scholar
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* Daniel: still working on culling; needs covise 3ds max exporter for version 9
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Action items:
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* create login for vinh on vellum -- done
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* order 3ds max -- done
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===June 29, 2007===
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Projects:
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* Karen: clicking on image responds in real time now, almost done
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* Andrew: started on new scholarship project
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* Iman: got 10k particles to render at 45fps on entire vellum, no scaling issues
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* Philip: was out, remodeling kitchen
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* Praveen: started on maurizio's
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* Michael: worked on communication software for neuroscience project
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Action items:
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* 3ds Max: done - has arrived
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Demos next week: none until cwall is back up
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===July 6, 2007===
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Projects:
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* Praveen: worked on tracking, problem w/rotational offsets, configured auditorium tracker
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Action items:
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* Jurgen: get add'l desk for Philip
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* Jurgen: set up meeting w/Maurizio and Praveen
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* Jurgen: talk to Michael about continuation of project
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* get simage to work in Coin3D
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* talk to rincon/silicon imaging about warranty for broken HD camera
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* build rig for Rincon cameras
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* Jurgen: order polytrans for the lab
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Demos next week: none until cwall is back up
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 4 December 2009

Contents

Weekly Group Meetings

Our weekly meetings are on Fridays from 11am-12:30pm in Atkinson Hall room 2004. Every week one group member demonstrates their latest results.

News and Updates

Demo Schedule

4/17/09 Andrew
4/24/09 Jordan
5/1/09 Han
5/8/09 Mabel
5/15/09 Sasha
5/29/09 Philip
6/5/09 Jurgen
6/19/09 Lelin
6/26/09 Leo
7/10/09 Andrew
7/17/09 Han
7/24/09 Torsten
7/31/09 Talha
9/25/09 Lelin
10/02/09 Seth
10/16/09 no demo
10/23/09 no demo
10/30/09 cancelled
11/06/09 Philip
11/20/09 no demo
12/04/09 Philip
12/11/09 Jurgen
12/18/09 Leo
01/08/10 Ken
01/15/10 Andrew
01/22/10 Han
01/29/10 Lelin

Notes 5/15/09

  • Fire demos on Thursday:
    • StarCAVE: HMI, LOOK, Blackbox, Panoview, Spatialized Sound
    • Varrier: HPWREN wildfire
  • Daniel Acevedo/KAUST joined Calit2 until July 1st
  • plugin policy:
    • no loading of any geometry in init()
    • no touching the object space in init()
    • no loading delay in init()
  • google sketchup pro has been ordered
  • andrew: saitek integrated, optitrack completed; optitrack cameras moved; alioscopy depth compression improved; thumb works again
  • mabel: removed geometry in fans; started blue-gene project
  • daniel tenedorio: covise installed
  • han: force all cave nodes to load all geometry: setCullingActive(false), then in the next frame reset to true
  • jordan: implemented lookup table
  • lelin: openvrui icons are in covise/icons/UI
  • sasha: problem with contexts: need to load textures once per OpenGL context; cut SunGod images in half

TODO:

  • get tripods for optitrack cameras, or mount some on ceiling
  • schedule covise vtc
  • jurgen: ask steve for blue-gene data

Notes 5/8/09

  • larry reviewing demos on Monday 1pm – email has been sent
  • run cave in 10gig
  • move optitrack to jvc once alioscopy tested
  • jordan: problems multiplying values from two textures
  • han: padding
  • jurgen: get google sketchup pro
  • trish: contingency plan for cave failures
  • john Ratcliffe: move cell phone repeater?
  • covise vtc: does covise support multiple buttons? can view all be done more centrally by head node to avoid sync issues?
  • harris fire: put on wiki
  • daniel: add more buttons to covise
  • mabel: reu