VIRTUE: Virtual Interactive Reality Toolkit for Understanding the EIC

VIRTUE is a standalone particle physics event display application. Take a closer look at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Lab, or create and upload new detector geometries and particle physics data to be animated.

Features:

ePIC Detector Model:

Investigate the ePIC detector model, including simplified and engineering versions, to understand its design.

Simulated Electron-Proton Collisions:

Witness simulated electron-proton collision events, showcasing the science planned for the future EIC.

Education and Outreach:

VIRTUE serves as an educational resource, engaging young students through virtual reality and offering a unique exploration of collider experiments to physics enthusiasts. With its customizable features, VIRTUE offers an excellent opportunity for undergraduate-level projects, allowing students to adapt it to explore and understand new experiments in the field.

Developer: Sean Preins
Supervisor: Prof. Miguel Arratia
Simulations and detector design by the ePIC Collaboration
SketchUp detector model: EIC Project Menagerie
Music: Josh Puddington
Logo: Justyna Babinska ”JustaSuta”
This work was supported by the University of California, Office of the President