IU Bloomington
Crystal Wall
Overview
The Crystal Display Wall (or Crystal Wall) is a large-format, ultra-high resolution display wall located in the Wrubel Commons of the Cyberinfrastructure Building at Indiana University Bloomington. The UITS Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) and Classroom Technology Services (CTS) brought the Crystal Wall online in January 2020, replacing the original IQ-Wall. The Crystal Wall uses micro-LED technology developed by Sony that produces a bezel-less display. The Crystal Wall is available (with help from AVL staff) to IU students, faculty, and staff for general use, presentations, and events.
The Crystal Wall is composed of 108 cabinets (18 columns, 6 rows). Each cabinet contains 12 modules, totaling 1,296 modules. The LEDs are housed in the modules, which are all seamlessly held together by the cabinets.
Benefits and features
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of a powerful GPU, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, the Crystal Wall can run most Windows desktop and web-based applications in a large format at a high resolution.
- ADS login: Anyone with an IU username and passphrase can log into the Crystal Wall. Access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.
- Collaboration: The Crystal Wall supports video conferencing. Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with IQ-Walls and other users.
- Multiple sources: The Crystal Wall supports displaying content from multiple sources, including the Ultra-resolution PC, the Podium PC, the Podium HDMI input, and Solstice.
- Advanced interface features: The Crystal Wall supports stereoscopic 3D and spatial tracking for virtual reality.
Additional Information
- Location: Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB) - Wrubel Lobby
- Size: 18 x 6
- Year Installed: 2020
Mathers Museum
Overview
The Mathers Museum of World Cultures is currently hosting an Indiana University IQ-Wall, developed by the UITS Advanced Visualization Lab to promote innovative research and education using information-rich, ultra-resolution displays.
Available for use by IU faculty, students, and staff, the IQ-Wall consists of 16 high-resolution monitors with a total of 17 million pixels. The device is managed via a Windows 10 ultra-resolution workstation, and has an ease of operation comparable to most desktops and laptops. From PowerPoint to geospatial mapping, a variety of software programs are available, and additional software may be installed upon request. The IQ-Wall is also networked for web-based work, and USB ports are available for data transfer.
Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to utilize the device for a wide range of activities including research, teaching, and learning. Course instruction, digital exhibitions, complex visualization, and game simulations are just a few of the possible uses for the device. The IQ-Wall is also a crucial resource for the research program of the MMWC. MMWC researchers are deploying the IQ-Wall for innovative research visualizations of the museum's photograph and object collections, as well as a platform for the development of research-based exhibitions and digital humanities projects. In addition, the IQ-Wall serves the museum's educational and public programming, powering unique events to animate the museum's collections and to explore the diversity of world cultural traditions in novel ways.
Benefits and features
- Ultra-high resolution: See much greater detail, see details in context, or view multiple sources side by side.
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of powerful GPUs, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or Web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, IQ-Walls run almost every Windows app or web-based content, but at a larger size and higher resolution.
- ADS login: Those who can authenticate at IU can access any public IQ-Wall. (Log in as you normally would in Windows; access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.)
- Collaboration: All IQ-Walls support video conferencing.Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with other IQ-Walls.
- Advanced interface features: Stereoscopic 3D and spatial tracking for virtual reality
Additional Information
- Location: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
- Size: 4 x 4
- Year Installed: 2019
Wells Library
Overview
The IQ Wall has been developed by the UITS Advanced Visualization Lab to promote innovative research and education using information-rich, ultra-resolution displays. The IQ Wall installation in the Wells Library Scholars' Commons is a collaborative effort of the IU Libraries, UITS, and the Pervasive Technology Institute. The IQ Wall is part of Indiana University's robust computing and networking environment used by members of the campus community to create, discover, and share information electronically.
Benefits and features
- Ultra-high resolution: See much greater detail, see details in context, or view multiple sources side by side.
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of powerful GPUs, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or Web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, IQ-Walls run almost every Windows app or web-based content, but at a larger size and higher resolution.
- ADS login: Those who can authenticate at IU can access any public IQ-Wall. (Log in as you normally would in Windows; access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.)
- Collaboration: All IQ-Walls support video conferencing. Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with other IQ-Walls.
- Advanced interface features: Multi-touch interaction.
Additional Information
- Location: Wells Library - Scholars' Commons - BL-LIBG-SC-157H
- Size: 4 x 2
- Year Installed: 2019
Luddy Hall
Overview
The IQ Wall installation in Luddy Hall is a collaborative effort between UITS and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. It is located on the 4th floor in the Visualization Lab.
Benefits and features
- Ultra-high resolution: See much greater detail, see details in context, or view multiple sources side by side.
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of powerful GPUs, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or Web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, IQ-Walls run almost every Windows app or web-based content, but at a larger size and higher resolution.
- ADS login: Those who can authenticate at IU can access any public IQ-Wall. (Log in as you normally would in Windows; access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.)
- Collaboration: All IQ-Walls support video conferencing. Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with other IQ-Walls.
- Advanced interface features: Stereoscopic 3D and spatial tracking for virtual reality.
Additional Information
- Location: Luddy Hall - 4th Floor Visualization Lab
- Size: 4 x 4
- Year Installed: 2018
Global and International Studies Building
Overview
The IQ Wall installation in the East Lounge of the Global and International Studies Building is a collaborative effort between UITS and the Hamilton Lugar School.
Benefits and features
- Ultra-high resolution: See much greater detail, see details in context, or view multiple sources side by side.
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of powerful GPUs, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or Web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, IQ-Walls run almost every Windows app or web-based content, but at a larger size and higher resolution.
- ADS login: Those who can authenticate at IU can access any public IQ-Wall. (Log in as you normally would in Windows; access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.)
- Collaboration: All IQ-Walls support video conferencing. Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with other IQ-Walls.
Additional Information
- Location: Global and International Studies Building - 1st Floor East Lounge
- Size: 4 x 4
- Year Installed: 2015
Innovation Center
Overview
The IQ wall in the Innovation Center is a 4x4 wall located in IC 105.
Benefits and features
- Ultra-high resolution: See much greater detail, see details in context, or view multiple sources side by side.
- Large format: Facilitate multiple concurrent users, multiple content sources, or physical navigation of the data.
- High-performance interaction: Take advantage of powerful GPUs, multiple CPUs, and large memory for your more challenging visualization or graphics-intensive applications.
- Run any desktop or Web app: Because of underlying high-end Windows PCs, IQ-Walls run almost every Windows app or web-based content, but at a larger size and higher resolution.
- ADS login: Those who can authenticate at IU can access any public IQ-Wall. (Log in as you normally would in Windows; access is subject to room schedule and usage policies.)
- Collaboration: All IQ-Walls support video conferencing. Zoom works at high resolutions, and you can connect with other IQ-Walls.
- Advanced interface features: Stereoscopic 3D and spatial tracking for virtual reality.
Additional Information
- Location: Innovation Center 105 - (AVL NEXT Lab) - BL-UITS-IC-105
- Size: 4 x 4
- Year Installed: 2019