ADVISER

Feature Wishlist

The following is a list of desired features of ADVISER as specified by Jay Dickson.

• Incorporation of layering of multiple data sets within one CAVE session
• Activation of tools (beacon drops, profile extraction, "slicing" a cross-section of a surface... some of these tools are still available in the desktop version of ADVISER)
• Ability to record movies within the CAVE
• Exporting of coordinate information from beacons defined by user
• Ability to incorporate time-series data in the CAVE; run animations from time-dependent data sets
• Re-incorporation of geospatial model results; ability to change starting conditions on the fly

The following is a list of desired features of ADVISER as specified by James Head.

• Beacon dropping and profile generation on the fly
• Layering of multiple datasets (the ability to turn on/off high resolution data, color data, etc.)
• Dynamic contrast stretching of image data
• Real-time modification of vertical exaggeration
• Display of lat/lon coordinate values synced with the pointer
• Screenshot exports that can be opened on a desktop workstation

Implementation Plans

The following is a list of implementation plans and specifics.

• Implement data layering
• Implement image stretching

The following is a list of implementation tasks that have been completed.

• Port ADVISER base to VRG3D

Papers

The following is a list of papers that that were produced from the efforts in developing the ADVISER immersive virtual reality toolkit. Jim Head and his colleagues involved in planetary geology research are very interested in pressing on with visualization collaborators to resurrect ADVISER.

• Forsberg, A., Prabhat, G. Haley, A. Bragdon, J. Levy, C. I. Fassett, D. E. Shean, J. W. Head, S. M. Milkovich, and M. A. Duchaineau (2006), ADVISER: Immersive field work for planetary geoscientists, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 26, 46-54, doi: 10.1109/MCG.2006.73.

• Head, J. W., A. van Dam, S. Fulcomer, A. Forsberg, Prabhat, G. Rosser, and S. M. Milkovich (2005), ADVISER: Immersive Scientific Visualization Applied to Mars Research and Exploration, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 71, 1219–1225.

• Huffman, J., A. Forsberg, A. C. Loomis, J. W. Head III, J. L. Dickson, and C. I. Fassett (2011), Integrating advanced visualization technology into the planetary geoscience workflow, Planet. Space Sci., 59, 1273-1279, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.015.