Background
The visualisation group within the ACMC
was set up through a mix of university and APAC
(Australian partnership for advanced computing) funding. There
are approximately 10 staff members working in areas such as modelling,
graphics, programming, system administration and general administration.
The visualisation facilities in ViSAC
were purchased using funding provided by QPSF
(Queensland Parallel Supercomputing Foundation) and from the Queensland
state government. $2M was provided to set up the virtual reality
centre VisAC (Visualisation and Advanced Computing) and is part of
$10M available for advanced computing infrastructure.
Our role is to form partnerships with
other groups that need sophisticated visualisation tools, and to provide
training and develop educational material. We undertake a variety
of projects from pure research to collaborative
commercial and non-commercial applications.
VisAC Facilities
150 degrees x 45 degrees 2.5 m radius
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