RT service highlight: IQ-Walls

IQ-Walls are a next-generation planning tool for IU and its partners. They combine large-format, ultra-high resolution video display systems with applications developed by the UITS Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) that support 3D holographic miniatures and augmented reality.

Hubs for collaborative research, teaching, and creative activities, the AVL has installed more than 18 IQ-Walls across IU. This includes a mobile IQ-Wall that allows users to move each column of displays depending on the environment.

Use case: Repurposing technology across IU campuses

Summer 2019 saw the AVL engaging in a “technology trickle-down” with its IQ-Walls. An interactive 4×2 multitouch wall was relocated from IUPUI’s Informatics and Communications Technology Complex to the Scholars Commons in the Wells Library at IU Bloomington. The Wells Library’s 4×4 stereoscopic 3D IQ-Wall was moved to the Mathers Museum, and part of the museum’s old IQ-Wall was put into service as a mobile display column to welcome visitors.

Use case: Crystal Wall

Debuting in January, the Crystal Wall, located in the Cyberinfrastructure Building’s Wrubel Commons, is the largest curved, mobile CLED display in the world. With a resolution above 4K, this display highlights scientific, data, and artistic visualizations with stunning clarity and brightness. Nearly 28 feet wide and 10 feet tall, with 108 panels, it enables HPC interaction, videoconferencing, and stereoscopic 3D and spatial tracking for virtual reality applications.

“The Crystal Wall is truly breathtaking. It has already received national attention from commercial media studios seeking to duplicate the installation, and will be a strong contender for international engineering awards for visual display systems. The AVL is honored to share this gem with the IU community.”

Scott Birch
Manager, Advanced Visualization Lab, IU Research Technologies