The paper in this directory explains the work we are doing at NCSA
to integrate our virtual reality hardware with dataflow packages
such as IRIS Explorer and AVS.  Prototype modules have been developed
under an alpha version of IRIS Explorer 2.0.  As these modules are
tested under the final release of IRIS Explorer 2.0, they will be
made available via anonymous ftp.  In particular, ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu,
as well as the traditional Explorer module locations.  As related
modules, papers, utilities and other files (possibly including video
clip demonstrations) are created, they will also be accessible at the
NCSA ftp site.

A goal of the NCSA VR facility is to provide a means to use immersive
technology as an aid for visualization experimentation.  While better
interactive results are achieved with customized application code, we
hope this will help us broaden user access.  Perhaps these modules
will excite a researcher to develop a custom application to further
examine his/her data.  On the flip side of the coin, perhaps a scientist
will decide that immersion has nothing to offer them.

This paper was presented at the Fourth Eurographics Workshop on
"Visualization in Scientific Computing," in Abingdon, UK, April
22, 1993.  It appears (prior to some slight modifications) in
the workshop papers from that conference.  The formatting of the
paper was done using SGI's Showcase product.

	Bill Sherman
	VR Coordinator
	National Center for Supercomputing Applications
	605 E. Springfield, Ave.
	Champaign, IL  61820
	wsherman@ncsa.uiuc.edu

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