You will be using the CAVE to view your model solar systems. The CAVE is a walk Three Dimensional virtual environment that is a part of the Center for Innovative Computer Applications at Indiana Univesity.
The image shows the CAVE and shows what the viewer might see from inside. You control
the movement once inside the CAVE with a control wand, which very similar to a classical
joystick.
Created by scientists at the University of Illinois' Electronic Visualization Lab in 1992, the CAVE is a 10x10x10-foot structure that sits in a 35x25x13-foot darkened room. Consisting of rear-projected screen walls and a front-projected floor, the CAVE is a multi-person, high resolution, 3-D graphics video and audio environment. Using special "stereoscopic" glasses inside a CAVE, the user is fully immersed. Images appear to float in space, with the user free to "walk" around them, yet maintain a proper perspective. The CAVE was the first virtual reality technology in the world to allow multiple users to immerse themselves fully in the same virtual environment at the same time.
Business, industry, government, museums and prestigious learning institutions are successfully using the CAVE for research, exploration, rapid prototyping, engineering, design and marketing. Among the limitless applications for the CAVE are: engineering, research and development, manufacturing, architecture, geophysical exploration, atmospheric science, medicine, marketing, interactive electronic art and more.
With the aid of this cutting-edge VR tool, automotive engineers can design "virtual cars" from the passenger's perspective; artists can display interactive electronic art; seismologists can simulat earthquakes; doctors can practice surgery on virtual patients; and companies can shorten manufacturing processes, increase profitability and ultimately, enhance their global competitiveness.