A new medical advancement is growing in popularity. The CAVEman project was created by the people at the University of Calgary’s Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics. The CAVEman project allows medical personnel to scan parts of, or the whole human body and project it in 3D in a room called the CAVE. This new technology is made possible by having a projector per projected surface (example: 4 projected surfaces is 3 walls and the floor), depending on the type of system. The projectors display their portion of the whole image and guests can use 3D glasses to have the images come together in a 3D display in the middle of the room. Medical personnel can also use a hand want to interact with the image, while in the room. The CAVEman project was designed to show doctors the affects and developments of diseases and drugs in the human body. The CAVE also comes in a variety of versions: four, five, and six projected surfaces. Its resolution is scaleable up to 100,000,000 pixels and can be made more by adding additional projectors per wall.

[via BioOptics World]

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