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70 -- VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM SOL 97-95(N) DUE 051597 POC Mary Sittler, Contract Specialist, (404)842-6769 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a requirement for a virtual reality display system that will be used as a tool for conducting safety research. The virtual reality display system shall have four projection screens, three screens for walls and a one screen for the floor. The screens shall be approximately 10 ft. X 10 ft. for the floor screen and 10 ft. X 9 ft. for the wall screens. The images projected on the screens will appear to be three dimensional by projecting the image in stereo. The user will wear an apparatus which will separate the left eye image from the right eye image. The apparatus which separates the left and right eye images shall not weigh over 10 ounces. Multiple users will be able to use the virtual reality display system, but only one user's perspective will be tracked, and therefore will control the perspective for the other users. A wand or six degree of freedom mouse will be used to interact with the virtual scene. An audio system will be used to inject sound into the virtual environment. Software shall be provided that will allow NIOSH researchers to use their existing virtual environments written with World Tool Kit Release 6 by Sense8 Inc. in the virtual reality display system. The contract performance period shall be approximately nine months. Only written request for solicitation 97-95(N) will be honored. The solicitation will be released O/A May 15, 1997. Numbered Note 1 applies to this acquisition. See Note(s): 1. (0101)

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