Stewart Dickson, Jan 31-Feb 1, ORNL Seminar

Tactile Mathematics
- Source - Mathematica - 'Prototyping' System
- Output - Mathematica: Graphics/ThreeScript
- Conversion/CAD Manipulation Software
  - FromThreeScript
  - Thicken
  - tostl
- Intermediate storage/manipulation format is Open Inventor
  - IndexedFaceSet -- can preserve Winged-Edge topology (Glassner, "Graphics Gems II")
    - -- with custom additions
  - or Wavefront '.OBJ' (ASCII)
'4-D' Solid Representation -- Time-Based Computer 'Morphs'
- 3-D Zoetropes
  - Torus-Costa Metamorphosis
  - Calabi-Yau Cross-Section
Tactile Captions on 3-D In-the-Round Figures
- Integration of Abstract Information with Physical Form
Color
'3-D' Fractals (Sections of Quaternion Complex 4-Space)
- The Fractal Zoom In Physical 3-D and in Color
  - Fractal Calculator Parallelized
    - Multi-Processor Unix (SGI Power Series)
    - Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)
  - Pre-Visualize using Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) 'Brick-of-Bytes' interactive Volume Data Renderer
  - Build Involves Copious Data
    - Need Direct Pipe from Computing Machine to Build Machine
Real-Life Tactile Math Application
- Bernard Morin/Francis-Sullivan "Tactile Optiverse"
Future Development
- Integrated UI for Applying 3-D Braille Font to Polygon Surfaces in CAD (Open Inventor)
For Film & Video
- CyberWare 3-D Scanner - to - 3-D Digital Video Effects (DVE) Boxes
  - Quantel Mirage
  - Sony System G
- Ultimatte Camera Memory Head - to - Wavefront Advanced Visualizer
- Digital Video - to - 35mm Theatrical Film Transfer Process
  - Abekas Digital Disk Recorder (DDR) -- Raid Streaming Video Device
  - MIMD-Parallel
    - Sun-3
    - Pixar Image Computer
      - SIMD 4-Way Parallel
        
        CCIR 601 YUV-to-RGB Conversion in CHAS
    - PC-486 Camera Exposure Controller
- Rendering in Wavefront for Holograms, Pscholograms
- NURBS Stitcher UI & Pipeline Support (Open Inventor)