Hiperwall: Building a Product from University Research UCI EECS Colloquium Presentation

I will be presenting “Hiperwall: Building a Product from University Research” at the UCI EECS Graduate Student Colloquium on 5/23. The presentation is linked below.

2012 UCI EECS Colloquium Presentation

Hiperwall 3.0 External Interface Supports Highly Dynamic Content

For several versions, Hiperwall software has offered a web-based External Interface (hereafter called the API) that allows external programs, including web browsers (yes, including Safari on iPad and iPhone) to open content and environments, close content, clear the display wall, etc. The Hiperwall 2.0 software added the ability to assign position and attributes to specific . . . → Read More: Hiperwall 3.0 External Interface Supports Highly Dynamic Content

Hiperwall Holiday Fun

An occasional moment of fun in the Calit2 Visualization Lab as the Hiperwall team checks out video games on the Hiperwall system:

Dr. Sung-Jin Kim brought a Playstation 3 and his guitar to play Rocksmith. The video shows other games, including Battlefield 3 and Tetris. I can be seen briefly playing a co-op game . . . → Read More: Hiperwall Holiday Fun

New Hiperwall version significantly enhances functionality

Hiperwall Inc. today announced the new version 2.0 of the Hiperwall display wall software. The new version significantly enhances functionality of existing components and adds two new ones that are very powerful. See the announcement or the Enhancements list for an overview of what is new, but I’ll mention a few of the new features/capabilities . . . → Read More: New Hiperwall version significantly enhances functionality

Hiperwall Features and Software Development

Now that we have released a maintenance update to our third software release and are closing in on our fourth release (likely this Summer), I’ll comment on how our development has changed and how we focus on what to develop and when.

At the start of 2007, the HIPerWall software primarily consisted of two programs: . . . → Read More: Hiperwall Features and Software Development

On the origins of the Hiperwall name

Hiperwall is the product derived from HIPerWall the research project. NASA and Apple both have Hyperwall systems, which are unrelated to each other and unrelated to Hiperwall. . . . → Read More: On the origins of the Hiperwall name

UCI EECS Colloquium Talk 2010

I will present a talk on “Hiperwall: From Research Project to Product” at the UCI EECS Colloquium at 5PM on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium.

The official announcement is here.

I made minor updates on 10/10, so be sure to get the updated presentation (below).

The presentation is Colloquium Presentation 2010 updated.

. . . → Read More: UCI EECS Colloquium Talk 2010

NEC Display Solutions Partners with Hiperwall

NEC Display Solutions announced today that they are partnering with Hiperwall for our software to power high-resolution display walls (sorry, I can’t stand the more limiting term “video walls”).

For more information, read their press release.

The History of HIPerWall:The Research Software (2005-2006)

The HIPerWall system was a pretty impressive collection of hardware for 2005, with 50 processors (more were added later), 50 GB of RAM, more that 10 TB of storage (we got a gift of 5TB worth of drives for our RAID system from Western Digital), and 50 of the nicest monitors available, but it was . . . → Read More: The History of HIPerWall:The Research Software (2005-2006)

Added Hiperwall Description

I added a description of Hiperwall.