Overview
The Liquid Galaxy platform utilizes a cluster of computers, controllers, and multiple displays to provide an immersive panoramic experience. Starting as a Google 20% project, the Liquid Galaxy can now be found in over 50 permanent locations globally, as well as numerous conferences and events.
The core parts of the Liquid Galaxy are open source: scripts to sync the view across application instances, as well as scripts to adjust the viewing angle of a 3D rendered environment (such as Google Earth).
This website links to code repositories where you can find specific features, installation guides, and even blueprints to build your own display frame:
- QuickStart guide for using view synchronization
- Liquid Galaxy HOWTO
- Using the 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator with Google Earth in Linux
- Mechanical design for our custom-built frame
Below, you will also find a list of known issues on GitHub and a gallery of installations from around the world.
Get the Code
The Liquid Galaxy combines several apps for viewing content as well as libraries to support those apps in a properly maintained system. The Liquid Galaxy can run on Linux, Mac, and Windows systems. Anecdotal evidence shows Linux to be the most stable.
End Point Corporation has developed an extensive new codebase of ROS (Robot Operating System) nodes to provide Liquid Galaxy functionality. This system is under active development and provides an organized framework for further extending the system.
The Liquid Galaxy combines several apps for viewing content as well as libraries to support those apps in a properly maintained system. The Liquid Galaxy can run on Linux, Apple, and Windows systems (note: anecdotal evidence shows Linux to be the most stable).
End Point Corporation has developed an extensive new codebase of ROS Nodes to provide Liquid Galaxy functionality. This system is under active development and provides an organized framework for further extending the system.
Google Summer of Code Projects
2017
- Ivan Josa - Fly Over Your Big Data
- Javier Calvo García- SAVT (Smart Agro Visualization Tool)
- Guillem Barbosa - Wikimedia Data Liquid Galaxy
2016
- Ivan Josa - Liquid Galaxy POIs Controller
- Moises Lodeiro - Interactive Beacon Rescue Interface
- Marc Gonzalez - Panoramic Interactive Live Tracker
- Ismael Arroyo - Point Cloud Visualization Tool for Liquid Galaxy
- Drone Logistics Platform
- Ivan Josa Llovera - Physical Web LG POI Reader
- Abhishek Potnis - Enabling Cesium for Liquid Galaxy
2015
- Julio Bondia - FAED Display
- Nicholas Verstegen - Panorama Database
- Ying Nie - Baidu Street View
- Marc Solé Farré - View Your Data
- Rafael Duran - Android Point-of-Interest Controller
- Revanth NR - Stellarium
2014
- Zhuming Hao - Chinese Street View for the Peruse-a-Rue application
- Carlos de Dios Felis - video conferencing with multi-parties on Liquid Galaxy
- Marc Gonzalez Capdevila - dynamic activities with Interactive Spaces toolkit
- Adnan Zahid - multi-screen web-browsing experience
- Ismael Arroyo - benchmarking system performance
2013
- Mihai and Randy - multi-screen video conferencing for Liquid Galaxy
- Joan - accessing OpenDAI geospatial data
- Ismael - benchmarking and performance metrics for Liquid Galaxy systems
2012
- Babak - Microsoft Kinect navigation control on Google Earth
- Paul - further development of ClusterGL for immersive OpenGL applications
- Zhumin - Liquid Galaxy synchronization with JavaScript
2011
Documentation
Development on the Liquid Galaxy is an ongoing and current process, with contributors in many different regions globally. Configuration files, deployment guides, usage guides, and blueprints for physical build-out are all available on our wiki.
Liquid Galaxy wiki
