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D -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN IMMERSADESK SYSTEM SOL 52SBNB5C8605 DUE 022295 POC Barbara Camp (301) 975-6339, Ruth Maris The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), plans to acquire services from the University of Illinois at Chicago, (UIC), Office of Grants and Contracts, 809 S. Marshfield, Chicago, IL 60612, to furnish, design, construct, install, train, implement and delivery of an ImmersaDesk System. The contractor shall produce a prototype desk-sized reality system called the ImmersaDesk. It is a projection-based system that achieves immersion through the use of large screen stereo displays and user tracking. Deliverable 1: a.) Mouse, eyewear and tracking, CE-VRX; b.) Marquee 8000 video projector with p43 green phosphor (Qty 1); c.) Eyewear CE-VRX (Qty 2); d.) Silicon Graphics Indy Workstation; e.) 2 GB Tape Drives; and f.) CD ROM Drive. Deliverable 2: The ImmersaDesk virtual reality system will be designed, built, installed, and made operational at NIST. It will use the Onyx VTX that is already in place at NIST. The first phase of training of NIST personnel will be designed and delivered. This includes a full week of on-site training on the ImmersaDesk software libraries and subsequent customer support via e-mail or telephone for the duration of the project. In addition, NIST and other staff will be able to spend a week at the Contractor's facility to evaluate the CAVE full-scale implementation in the context of software developed on the NIST ImmersaDesk. Deliverable 3: Interfacing the ImmersaDesk to ATR's Gear Factory Simulation and Control System, to achieve roughly half the level of graphics real-time functionality that is currently possible in non-stereo display on the Onyx screen. This will involve selection of an appropriate format for storage of Immersion Displays, and software coding for conversion of the Gear Factory Information to this format. Some software tuning for NIST's VTX graphics subsystem will be necessary since UIC's software assumes Reality Engine-2 capability. Stereo will be achieved with a 120Hz refresh, twice the normal rate of 60HZ for non-stereo, therefore halving the graphics output. Deliverable 4: Royalty-free license of the CAVE/ImmersaDesk Software Libraries. The software required is a copyright of UIC. Delivery of the first deliverable is required 3 months after date of contract award. FOB destination, Gaithersburg, MD. We intend to solicit one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested offerors may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements by submitting a capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information of supplying this type of supply, and qualifications to provide the supply. All of the above must be received for the Government to consider whether to open this requirement for competition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements received within 45 days after date of preparation of this synopsis, will be considered by the Government. See Numbered Note 22. (0006)

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