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Article: Fish and computer chips
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 3, 1998
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The fish nears the glass front of the tank, eyes the human
visitor suspiciously, and skittishly swims off. Another swims up to
the glass, playing to the growing audience.
But these fish aren't in an aquarium. In fact, they're not even
real. They're computer-generated, part of the Virtual FishTank, an
exhibit set to open June 13 at the Computer Museum in Boston.
Instead of water, the 400-square-foot tank holds 20 computers.
Visitors can watch and interact with 100 synthetic species in four
schools of 3-D fish. A series of 12 rear-projection screens, each
measuring 12 square feet, will display the continuous activities of
the fish along a 40-foot wall in a resolution twice as sharp as a ...