This section refers to the configurations for use with a CAVE or canonical display. Your installation may vary. For detailed information on each configuration option, see the CAVELib Software Configuration section of this manual.
The CAVELib follows a path of configuration files to determine the hardware configuration. Below is an example of an ir.config file that comes with a CAVELib distribution. This file will actually be renamed to HOST.config, where HOST is the hostname of the machine. This file should be used as a basis for all canonical VR displays.
# Base configuration file for a 2-pipe, 2-channel each system
# driving a 4 wall i3D cubic display - where each pipe
# drives two walls, with one channel per wall
#
# Specify here which cubic walls you want to display to
Walls front left floor right
# Update the display information to reflect which pipe
# and channel's managed area is being displayed to
# which screen
WallDisplay front :0.0 1024x768+0+0
WallDisplay left :0.0 1024x768+1024+0
WallDisplay floor :0.1 1024x768+0+0
WallDisplay right :0.1 1024x768+1024+0
# Display mode - mono | stereo
DisplayMode stereo
StereoBuffer y
# Type of tracking and input (daemon or simulator)
TrackerType daemon
ControllerType daemon
SerialTracking n
# Tracker calibration (y or n)
Calibration n
# Interocular distance (in inches or cm.)
InterocularDistance 2.7500 in
# Origin of coordinates of a CAVE (given in distance to
# the walls) Change these values when using other cubic
# devices. Comment out this line when not using a cubic
# display device distance to left wall distance to floor
# distance to front wall
Origin 5.0 0.0 5.0 feet
# Cave width (& depth)
CAVEWidth 10.0 feet
# Cave height
CAVEHeight 10.0 feet
# Cave units for GL coordinates (Meters or feet)
Units Feet
# Isolate CPUs & lock rendering processes to them
CPULock n
# Whether to hide the cursor when in the CAVE windows
HideCursor y