Whose Viz System is Really Bigger?
This week NASA unveiled its second-generation “hyperwall-2”, claiming that it’s “the world’s highest resolution scientific visualization and data exploration environment.” Well sorry, that honor goes to the upgraded HIPerSpace wall built at Calit2 on the UCSD campus by prof. Falko Kuester and his team. NASA arrived at its claim because its Hyperwall is bigger than the earlier version of HIPerSpace (220 million pixels of screen resolution). NASA’s 128-screen tiled display boasts 250 million pixels. But the new HIPerSpace wall — which is already operating but won’t be formally announced until next week — can display just over 290 million pixel graphics. The Calit2 system uses fewer but larger and higher-resolution displays: 70 displays with 2,560 x 1,600 pixels of active display area each. Stay tuned for more details… but click on the photo for a hi-res sneak peek. And don’t forget the 200-million-pixel HIPerWall at Calit2 UC Irvine…
