Ian McDowall

Ian E. McDowall[1]

Ian McDowall is the CEO of Fakespace Labs, a research and products company in Mountain View, California. He is one of the founders of Fakespace, started in 1991, and developed hardware and software for high end scientific and government virtual reality applications. Working with Mark Bolas and Eric Lorimer, the company created tools including the Boom, Push, Fs2, Pinch Gloves, Immersive Workbenches, the Rave, and a software library called VLIB. In 1998, Fakespace spun into two companies, Fakespace Systems and Fakespace Labs.[2][3]

In 2006, he helped develop a very wide field of view, stereo, head mounted display called the Wide5 to be used in the virtual reality field.[4] The Wide5 weighs less than 1 kg and displays a stereo image over a field of view ~150° horizontally, ~88° vertical with a dynamic resolution that has been hardware resampled from an input signal resolution of 1600x1200 at 60 Hz;[5] the display costs around US$32,500[6] Other projects include development of very fast frame rate projectors; light field displays; fast camera capture systems; and optical projects in the display and camera / image acquisition space. Exhibit at Siggraph 2007 Emerging Technologies Rendering for an Interactive 360° Light Field Display.[7]


References

  1. ↑ McDowall, Ian E.; Dolinsky, Margaret, ed. (January 2009). "The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2009 (Proceedings Volume)". Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 7238. The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2009. San Jose, CA: SPIE. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ "About Fakespace". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Fakespace Labs About". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  4. ↑ Bolas, Mark; Pair, Jarrell; Haynes, Kip; McDowall, Ian (2006-02-04). "Environmental and Immersive Display Research at the University of Southern California" (PDF). IEEE VR 2006 Workshop on Emerging Display Technologies (IEEE): 3–4. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ "VR Peripherals". worldviz.com web site. WorldViz, LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ US Dept. of the Army (2007-09-27). "70--Wide5 Head Mounted Display Solicitation Number: W52H09-07-P-6027". US Federa Business Opportunities. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ Jones, Andrew; Ian McDowall; Hideshi Yamada; Mark Bolas; Paul Debevec (2007). "Rendering for an Interactive 360° Light Field Display". Siggraph 2007 Proceedings. San Diego, California. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
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