StarCAVE is a high tech Virtual Reality (or better Augmented Reality) projection room, designed for displaying scientific sites of interest, like macro molecules, nano engines/building blocks or star clusters (both ends of the size spectrum, nice). While this is probably one of the few things you just cannot do with sufficient quality in SL, it’s a valid example on why new ideas in VR and VW are needed and helpful for science and education. And it reminds me quite a bit to this case, found on sltalk.de, where a scientist visualizes thermal molecular movement in a SL-like environment (using project wonderland, a java based solution).
(via: kurzweilAI.net)
