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Spotlight
Project Spotlight: iQuarium
A hands-on, student-made museum exhibit teaches visitors about fluid flow as they move like scuba divers through a virtual underwater environment and interact with realistic-looking animated fish.
This fun look at the science behind how fish swim is called iQuarium--a virtual aquarium that uses the same sophisticated 3-D animation software that makes Xbox computer games so realistic. Instead of hunting down commandos with AK-47s, iQuarium users chase bluefin tuna around an idyllic underwater environment, watching water particles spin off the colorful ribbons of vortices created by the flicks of their tails.
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(Source: Deborah Halber, News Office February 4, 2004)
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Photo / Donna Coveney
The creators of iQuarium, a virtual
underwater environment that shows how
fish swim, try out the interactive
exhibit in the Hart Nautical Gallery.
Left to right: Aaron Sokoloski, a junior
in mechanical engineering; Audrey Roy, a
senior in electrical engineering and
computer science; and Katie Wasserman, a
senior in ocean engineering.
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Photo / Donna Coveney
iQuarium shows water particles spin off
in colorful ribbons of vortices created
by the movement of a tuna's tail.
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