News and informations about Virtual reality
Visual Computing Industry Leaders Line Up to Sponsor NVISION 08
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 22, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NVDA -- NVIDIA today announced the key sponsors for NVISION(R) 08, the premier event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts. Leading the list of sponsors and key contributors for the conference are Christie Digital Systems, EVGA, HP, Microsoft, and PNY Technologies. NVISION 08 will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, and will serve as a gathering point to share, learn, and create for this important industry which is redefining all aspects of computing.
Source : vresources.org | 22-juil.-2008 17:38
Worth Watching - July 19: Matthew McConaughey's Surfer Dude Trailer
Finally, "shirtless" Matthew McConaughey in a role that he was born to play! Surfer Dude is a laid back comedy about a surfer named Steve Addington who returns to his home in Malibu to find that virtual reality surfing is the new "in" thing when there are no waves. Don't think too much about that story, because I think the best way to enjoy this movie would be laid back and stoned out of your mind (note: we don't necessarily condone smoking of any type). Both Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson also have roles in this as well. To be honest, I think this looks mildly entertaining, which is all I would really be looking for in a movie about a surfer anyway. Give it a shot and check it out for yourself.
Watch the trailer for Surfer Dude:
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You can find more info on this comedy at the ...
Source : www.firstshowing.net | 19-juil.-2008 10:56
Super-sensitive controller opens Wii to music
This NewScientistTech article reports Nintendo has unveiled a new motion sensor for its Wii controller and a number of new games to show off the capabilities of the device. From the article: "The controller more accurately tracks the position and orientation of a player's arm and should allow games to be more sensitive to player movement.
At the E3 video game industry trade show in Los Angeles yesterday, Nintendo said the motion controller will come boxed with a new title called Wii Sports Resort, which includes Frisbee throwing and sword-fighting games that show off the controller's abilities.
Source : vroot.org | 17-juil.-2008 15:00
ICIDO Summit for application-oriented Virtual Reality
This Verivox press release talks about the ICIDO Summit which will be held from 25 to 26 September in the Millennium Hotel in Stuttgart. From the press release: "The ICIDO Summit ranks amongst the leading events devoted to application-oriented virtual reality in Europe. This year, the conference, which is being held from 25 to 26 September in the Millennium Hotel in Stuttgart, focuses mainly on virtual cooperation. With the slogan ?Get together. Eye and decide.? an international programme with illustrious speakers from all over Europe and USA, including Joe Barkai of IDC as keynote speaker, awaits conference attendees.
Source : vroot.org | 17-juil.-2008 14:49
OpenSimulator
Source : vresources.org | 16-juil.-2008 20:00
Using the Wii Balance Board(TM) as a Low-Cost VR Interaction Device
This research project's objective is to explore the use of the Wii Balance BoardTM as a low-cost input device in virtual reality (VR). A video is also available. From the project abstract: "In this work we explore the use of the Wii Balance BoardTM as a low-cost input device in virtual reality (VR). We combined and extended existing communication libraries such that the balance board's four separate pressure sensors can be used as input to a VR application. We provide a brief technical overview of obtaining and working with the sensor input. By processing the sudden and gradual changes in the sensor input values caused by pressing on the board, we are able to use the balance board for both discrete and continuous input.
Source : vroot.org | 16-juil.-2008 13:34
Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
This ScienceDaily article takes a look at a PhD thesis presented at the University of the Basque Country which puts forward the use of avatars or virtual Internet personages as an efficient form of non-verbal communication, principally focusing on emotional aspects. From the article: "Scientists have been working for decades so that the interaction between people and computers be more natural and intuitive. In fact, a great part of the success or failure of a computer application depends on the user interface. The way in which we communicate with the operating system, for example, has progressed a lot from the time when it was required to write complicated lines of commands on a black and white screen to those with much more intuitive windows.
Source : vroot.org | 16-juil.-2008 13:20
Google ventures into alternate reality
by Michael Liedtke - Jul. 12, 2008 12:00 AM
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Source : vresources.org | 12-juil.-2008 18:06
The Effect of Google?s Lively On Virtual Dating Applications
Google has finally gotten into the virtual reality market with Lively. As an early member of the Boston Computer Society’s Virtual Reality Group circa 1993, I have a longstanding interest in virtual worlds and keep up to date with SecondLife and to some extent MMORPG’s like WorldOfWarCraft as well as avatar-based chat.
Google thinks Lively will [...]
Source : onlinedatingpost.com | 11-juil.-2008 19:38
Virtual Reality and Google 'Lively': Fantasy World Online
Lively is a Web browser plug-in for web browsers Firefox and Internet Explorer users can download now and the basic premise is that the new feature will provide an opportunity to use a 3-D simulation ...
Source : www.topix.net | 11-juil.-2008 18:46
World's Highest-Resolution Scientific Display System
11.07.2008
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As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments.
To that end, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) has unveiled the highest-resolution display system for scientific visualization in the world at the University of California, San Diego.
Source : vresources.org | 11-juil.-2008 17:46
Nintendo Wii improves skills, trains surgeons
7/11/2008
By Ivanhoe Broadcast News
The Nintendo Wii has become the tool to train new surgeons.
Mark Smith, M.D., a gynecological surgeon at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, explains how the Nintendo Wii is helping train new surgeons.
Q: Part of your job is to train residents learning to be surgeons?
Smith: Yes. I have been in teaching for over 20 years and one of my responsibilities is training residents in surgery.
Q: When you started your job did you ever think you would be using video games to train?
Source : vresources.org | 11-juil.-2008 17:44
An history of bilateral teleoperation
This ZDNet Emerging Tech article takes a look at a technical paper (pdf) which covers more than 50 years of history of bilateral teleoperation. From the article: "In case you?re not familiar with the concept of bilateral teleoperation, this is just a way to remotely control robots. Two researchers have written a technical paper which covers more than 50 years of history of bilateral teleoperation. This paper has just received the ?Automatica Best Paper? in the survey/tutorial category. The award will be given at the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Triennial World Congress held in Seoul, South Korea (July 6-11, 2008). But read more?
Source : vroot.org | 11-juil.-2008 13:46
Brain implant helps stroke victim speak again
This NewScientistTech article reports Erik Ramsey who is almost totally paralysed is learning to talk again with the help of an electrode implanted in his speech-motor cortex. You may also check the video on YouTube. From the article: "Nine years ago, a brain-stem stroke left Erik Ramsey almost totally paralysed, but with his mental faculties otherwise intact. Today he is learning to talk again ? although so far he can only manage basic vowel sounds.
In 2004, Ramsey had an electrode implanted in his speech-motor cortex by Philip Kennedy's team at Neural Signals, a company based in Duluth, Georgia, US, who hoped the signal from Ramsey's cortex could be used to restore his speech.
Source : vroot.org | 11-juil.-2008 13:02
Google Ventures into Virtual Reality with 'Lively'
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
The Mountain View-based company unveiled a free service Tuesday in which three-dimensional software enables people to congregate in electronic rooms and other computer-manufactured versions of real life. The service, called "Lively," represents Google's answer to a 5-year-old site, Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos known as avatars to navigate through virtual reality.
Google thinks Lively will encourage even more people to dive into alternate realities because it isn't tethered to one Web site like Second Life, and it doesn't cost anything to use. After installing a small packet of software, a user can enter Lively from other Web sites, like social networking sites and blogs.
The Lively application already works on Facebook, one of the Web's hottest hangouts, and Google is working on a version suitable for an even larger online social network, News Corp.'s MySpace.
"We know people already spend a lot of time online socializing, so we just want to try to make it more enjoyable," said Niniane Wang, a Google engineering manager who oversaw Lively's creation over the past year.
Although Google is best known for the search engine that generates most of its profits, the company has introduced other services that are widely used without making much, if any, money. Google's peripheral products include its 3-D "Earth" software, Picasa for sharing photos and programs for word processing, calendars and spreadsheets.
Google has no plans to sell advertising in Lively, Wang said.
But the service could still indirectly help the company if it encourages people to remain online longer. Google's management reasons that more frequent Web surfing ultimately will lead to more moneymaking clicks on the ads it shows alongside its search results and millions of...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 09-juil.-2008 19:17
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
A screen shot from 'Second Life.' Google is introducing its own virtual-reality social networking service, 'Lively.' The Mountain View -based company unveiled a free service Tuesday in which three-dimensional ...
Source : www.topix.net | 09-juil.-2008 17:08
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Source : www.ctv.ca | 09-juil.-2008 16:31
Google Gives Virtual Reality a Second Life
It's no Second Life yet, but Google's Lively aims to be your 3-D experience on the Web....
Source : www.eweek.com | 09-juil.-2008 15:55
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
(AP)
AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 09-juil.-2008 13:45
Google Ventures into Virtual Reality with 'Lively'
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Source : www.washingtonpost.com | 09-juil.-2008 13:45
Google releases "Lively" virtual reality world
Google unveiled a free online service called "Lively" that allows people to embody a cartoonish avatar and have text-based conversations with other Internet users in virtual chat rooms.
The new service, announced in a post on the com ...
Source : english.people.com.cn | 09-juil.-2008 08:53
Google releases "Lively" virtual reality world
Google unveiled a free online service called "Lively" that allows people to embody a cartoonish avatar and have text-based conversations with other Internet users in virtual chat rooms.
Source : rss.xinhuanet.com | 09-juil.-2008 08:06
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
(AP) -- In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more virtual socializing on the Web.
Source : www.physorg.com | 09-juil.-2008 01:38
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
(AP)
AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 09-juil.-2008 01:02
Controversy Brewing Over Army Combat Simulator
This Northlands Newscenter article reports a controversy is brewing over the army combat simulator which will be showcased at the Duluth Air Show. From the article: "The Duluth Air Show doesn't start until next Saturday, but controversy surrounding the event has already taken flight.
It involves a realistic combat simulator used by military recruiters that will be showcased at the Airshow. As Joel Runck explains, the U-S Army is taking the world of virtual reality to a whole new level.
"It's not the same as plopping a couple quarters into a game," said David Boe, Duluth Air and Aviation Expo, public relations director.
It's called the Virtual Army Experience. According to the U-S Army, the technology creates a life-sized combat zone.
Source : vroot.org | 08-juil.-2008 13:11
This HaiVision Systems press release (pdf) reports their MAKO-HD video encoder/decoder technology has been used to transmit live surgical stereoscopic 3D high definition 1080i video from Intuitive Surgical?s daVinci S robotic surgical system. From the press release: "Orchestrated by Capital Health's Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery and BEAM Regional Telehealth, attendees at the CUA meeting at the Shaw Conference Center are witnessing a comparison between robotic and traditional approaches to a urology procedure (radical prostatectomy).
Source : vroot.org | 04-juil.-2008 13:29
4th International Symposium on Visual Computing
The 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing will be held on December 1-3, 2008 at Las Vegas. Paper submissions are due before July 21. From the symposium website: "The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing.
ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the broad field of visual computing. In particular, ISVC is structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas.
Source : vroot.org | 04-juil.-2008 13:18
Visualization and Simulation on Immersive Display Devices (ISVC08 special track)
Visualization and Simulation on Immersive Display Devices
A Special Track of the 4th International Symposium on
Visual Computing (ISVC08) www.isvc.net
December 1 - 3, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Call for Papers: DEADLINE July 21, 2008
Scope:
Source : vresources.org | 03-juil.-2008 17:15
ISVC08 - 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing
ISVC08
4th International Symposium on Visual Computing
December 1-3, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing.
Source : vresources.org | 03-juil.-2008 17:12
A Display That Tracks Your Movements
This Technology Review article takes a look at the WAVEscape system developed by Reactrix. From the article: "There could be a revolution brewing in billboard advertising. Instead of simply presenting a static image, why not let people interact with the advertisement? This is the vision of electronics giant Samsung and interactive advertising company Reactrix Systems. The two companies have partnered to bring 57-inch interactive displays to Hilton hotel lobbies by the end of the year. These displays can "see" people standing up to 15 feet away from the screen as they wave their hands to play games, navigate menus, and use maps.
Source : vroot.org | 03-juil.-2008 13:36
A group of tourists are seen braving opening day on the bow of the Maid of the Mist at the base of the Horseshoe Falls, from Niagara Falls, N.Y. A newly opened virtual reality show delivers a time-lapse lesson about the 10,000-year formation of the natural wonder complete with glacial snow, pelting rain and rumbling erosion, all building to 360-degree helicopter views unavailable from shore.
David Duprey / AP file
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 17:52
The missing 'links': Looking towards an augmented reality
Looking to the future: A visor that gives you reality, but with added extras and info, and an 'augmented reality.'
By Steve Mollman
For CNN
(CNN) -- You probably arrived here via a hyperlink. We hardly think about it now, but the hyperlink is a neat trick. It turns a word in a browser into an object that leads to more information.
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 17:46
Motion Analysis Data Correlation And Video Assessment Of Real Laparoscopic Surgery Results
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The development of realistic simulators for various minimally invasive surgery techniques may potentially provide comprehensive training, a method to maintain surgical skills, and evaluation and certification of surgical competence.
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 17:36
Facing demons in virtual Iraq is part of therapy for veterans
By DAVID KOHN THE BALTIMORE SUN
Published Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON ? To a soldier who has been in Iraq, the sights, sounds and smells are familiar: the pop of an AK-47, the flash of a bomb, the stench of cordite.
The actual location, however, is not.
Here, in a small, windowless room at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, researchers are using the latest video game technology -- plus a smell machine and a vibration platform -- to help patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 17:33
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 17:18
MetaVR Visuals Used for Display in British Columbia Pavilion in Beijing
MetaVR visual systems and 3D virtual terrain are in use at the BC Explorer exhibit on display at the British Columbia, Canada, diplomatic pavilion in Beijing, China, the host of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Source : vresources.org | 02-juil.-2008 05:34
Remo 3D
Source : vresources.org | 01-juil.-2008 22:15
We are pleased to let you know that Remo 3D v1.4.5 is now available for downloading and purchasing from our website (http://www.remograph.com). Remo 3D v1.4.5 contains a number of improvements, mainly bug-fixes and performance improvements, but also a couple of new features. The full list of new features and improvements can be found in the release notes on our website.
Source : vresources.org | 01-juil.-2008 21:21
Pressure Profile Systems, Inc. (PPS) announces their wireless FingerTPS(TM)
FingerTPS(TM) Put Comfortable Tactile Sensors at Your Fingertips, Literally
Source : vresources.org | 01-juil.-2008 19:00
Tokyo Virtual Reality Expo 2008: $80,000 high-end VR helmet presented
This CrunchGear article talks about the Virtual-Eye High End Wearable Display Device (HEWDD-768) presented at the 16th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo. From the article: "Yesterday I attended the 16th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo to find some cool tech to cover for CrunchGear. However, a lot of what I saw was just boring stuff. Advanced maybe, but boring: motion capturing systems, VR games, 3D projectors etc.
One exception was the so-called ?High End Wearable Display Device? HEWDD-768. The VR helmet has been around for a while now, but I was able to scrutinize the newest version of the product and shoot a video. The display was presented by Crescent [JP], a Tokyo-based technology company.
Source : vroot.org | 28-juin-2008 17:56
Jaguar Land Rover Virtual Reality Centre Opened
This Autocar article reports Jaguar Land Rover has finally opened its Virtual Reality Centre (we discussed about it previously in this post). From the article: "Jaguar Land Rover has opened its new ?Virtual Reality Centre? at the Design and Engineering Centre in Gaydon. The company has invested £2 million in the new technology to speed up product development.
The design facility will use advanced virtual reality software and the world?s highest-resolution projectors to allow engineers and designers wearing 3-D glasses to interact with life-size models of vehicles and components.
JLR hopes that the system will reduce the need for expensive physical prototypes as they claim it is capable of simulating vehicle exteriors and interiors at an almost photo-realistic resolution.
Source : vroot.org | 28-juin-2008 17:48
This Medical News Today article reports the correlation of videotape scores (VS) of actual surgical procedures, as assessed by the Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification (ESSQ) System to motion analysis data on the LapMentor system, a virtual reality laparoscopic surgical simulator. From the article: "The development of realistic simulators for various minimally invasive surgery techniques may potentially provide comprehensive training, a method to maintain surgical skills, and evaluation and certification of surgical competence.
Source : vroot.org | 28-juin-2008 17:37
About SIGGRAPH 2008
Now in its 35th year, the SIGGRAPH conference is the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2008 is expected to draw an estimated 30,000 professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California.
Source : vresources.org | 28-juin-2008 17:11
Light Vehicle Simulator launched to improve site safety
25 June 2008
Perth, Australia
Immersive Technologies' breakthrough technology continues to lead the way in training simulation technology with the launch of the mining industry's first four wheel drive (4WD) Light Vehicle Conversion Kit® to address the industry's training and safety needs.
Used in conjunction with the company's Advanced Equipment (AE) Simulator, the Light Vehicle Conversion Kit® is a realistic training tool which replicates the driving characteristics and handling of "Off-highway" road conditions found within mine site environments.
Source : vresources.org | 25-juin-2008 16:01
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DiSTI on Winning Team for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer Development
DiSTI?s Next Generation Virtual Maintenance Training Technology will be used on the Next Generation Strike Fighter
Source : vresources.org | 23-juin-2008 19:48
Fomer Quantum3D Employee Sentenced for stealing source code
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Source : vresources.org | 23-juin-2008 19:41
Real-time virtual racing against live professionals coming soon
Gaming systems like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 have advanced graphics capabilities that make racing games look almost like you're doing the real thing. While today's games are everything we've ever hoped for, iOpener Media appears ready to take the next step by letting gamers actually participate in race day. The Netherlands-based company has created a way of utilizing GPS signals of professional drivers from a live event to let gamers go head to head with the world's best on their TVs. Sweet! This technology could very soon give you the ability to participate virtually in a real race, provided that iOpener Media has set up track-side servers to communicate car positioning over the Internet and into your gaming console. The system is so accurate, it can determine the location of every vehicle in the race to within 30 cm. iOpener Media doesn't intend to build the actual games, but it will offer its technology to game developers. It will also provide virtual reality software that blends real and virtual worlds by creating on-the-fly, real-looking crashes and take-over maneuvers that simulate the interaction between real and fake cars.
While such a game would give you a much better experience of racing in a real event, it isn't perfect. For example, Lewis Hamilton will never see you, so he won't react to your every move. Also, any real drivers that run into your virtual open wheel will go on untouched while you fly into a cement barrier. But it's still a new take on driving games, and if it provides enough real-life experience, hard-core gamers will love it. And the best part is that the technology has already been tested with an F1 car, and it could very well be a reality in time for the next Christmas shopping season. Thanks for the tip, Patrick!
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Source : www.autoblog.com | 18-juin-2008 20:28
TerraSim Releases TerraTools Version 3.5
Pittsburgh, PA - TerraSim has released Version 3.5 of TerraTools® Core, its 3D geospatial database construction product supporting correlated visual and constructive simulation systems. TerraTools supports up to eight parallel processing threads on a single multi-core Windows workstation, making it the most cost effective COTS database construction toolkit. TerraTools Core contains over 50 major feature enhancements and represents a significant increase in speed, usability, and functionality.
Source : vresources.org | 18-juin-2008 18:27
BOF at SIGGRAPH on 3D Spatial Interfaces in Video Games
Hello everyone.
As you may recall Doug Bowman ran a Siggraph BOF a few years ago on 3D user interfaces that was very successful (I believe we had about 50 people
attend).
This year, I am going to run a similar BOF at SIGGRAPH on 3D Spatial Interfaces in Video Games. As I am sure you are all aware, 3D UIs are becoming more and more prominent in video games (Wii, EyeToy, etc...). This represents a great opportunity for 3DUI and AR/VR
Source : vresources.org | 18-juin-2008 17:36
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet Spoofs Tron, Star Wars
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet , a 15-minute comedy series that's riddled with sci-fi spoofing and internet meme busting. After landing in Fat Guy 's not-quite-virtual reality, Gemberling begins a journe...
Source : story.venezuelastar.com | 15-juin-2008 12:23
Virtual Reality Tracking System can expand up to 32 cameras
This ThomasNet press release reports WorldViz releases the PPT-H high-end tracking system based on intelligent cameras and the new PPT Studio 2008 software which is the first immersive Virtual Reality tracking system that expands up to 32 cameras. From the press release: "The PPT-H high-end tracking system based on intelligent cameras and new PPT Studio 2008 software is the first immersive Virtual Reality tracking system that expands up to 32 cameras.
Source : vroot.org | 14-juin-2008 21:20
Dassault Systemes Launches International Contest for Virtual Reality Experience and 3D Entertainment
This centredaily.com article reports Dassault Systemes announced its international Virtual Reality Experience and 3D Entertainment contest which challenges competitors to invent a multiplatform 3D real time application geared toward the general public using 3DVIA Virtools technology. From the article: ""The world of general public entertainment is reaching a new paradigm, lead by VR technologies for immersive, interactive, emotionally-charged experiences in 3D," says Mehdi Tayoubi, director of interactive media at Dassault Systemes. "Dassault Systemes is committed to innovation and with this contest is helping to create a next generation of VR creatives."
Source : vroot.org | 14-juin-2008 21:00
'Skin-tenna' wireless signals creep over human skin
This NewScientistTech article reports a wireless antenna that channels signals along human skin, developed at Queen's University Belfast, could broadcast signals over your body to connect up medical implants or portable gadgets. From the article: "The new power-efficient approach could make more of established medical devices like pacemakers or help future implants distributed around the body work together.
Just one of the small hockey-puck-like antennas developed at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, would be able to connect to gadgets anywhere else on the body, says William Scanlon who made the design with colleague Gareth Conway.
Source : vroot.org | 14-juin-2008 20:08
Tongue 'display' helps you keep your balance
This NewScientistTech article reports a device that relays a person's body movements to an array of electrodes on their tongue, developed at TIMC lab, could help people with balance problems recover their poise, or wheelchair users avoid pressure sores. From the article: "The wireless "tongue display" being used by French researchers is worn in the mouth like an orthodontic retainer. A matrix of 36 electrodes on the underside transmits electrical impulses to the tongue.
"The sensation is a kind of 'ticklish' feeling," says Yohan Payan, a researcher at the TIMC lab near Grenoble, France.
Source : vroot.org | 14-juin-2008 20:00
WorldViz Releases PPT-H Immersive Virtual Reality Tracking System
World's largest area immersive Virtual Reality tracking system with 32 camera capability.
The PPT-H high-end tracking system based on intelligent cameras and new PPT Studio 2008 software is the first immersive Virtual Reality tracking system that expands up to 32 cameras.
Source : vresources.org | 13-juin-2008 23:23
Presagis Makes Common Database (CDB) Specification Publicly Available
Migration of synthetic environment database format to open, commercial specification enables developers to greatly reduce time spent creating, deploying and managing simulation resources
Source : vresources.org | 13-juin-2008 20:05
Panorama Stitching software - Easypano Panoweaver
Source : vresources.org | 13-juin-2008 11:16
Flash Virtual Tour Creating Software - Easypano Tourweaver
Source : vresources.org | 13-juin-2008 11:11
TORONTO, June 11 /CNW/ - Atlantis Systems Corp. (TSX: AIQ: 8.93, +0.25, +2.88%), a globally recognized training integrator in the military, commercial aviation and energy markets, and the PWU Training Incorporated (PWUTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Power Workers' Union, have come together to create a new company called Powertrain Inc., which is focused on becoming a "Centre of Excellence" in training for the global energy sector. Powertrain will be headquartered in Toronto and maintain an advanced nuclear training facility in Tiverton, Ontario.
Source : vresources.org | 12-juin-2008 16:56
ICAT 2008: 18th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence
ICAT 2008: 18th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence
December 1-3, 2008
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
http://icat2008.hvrl.ics.keio.ac.jp
[Co-located with ACM ACE2008 (Advanced Computer Entertainment)]
CALL FOR PAPERS
ICAT is the oldest international conference on Virtual Reality and Telexistence.
The organizing committee cordially invites you to submit your technical work and
experimental results in Virtual Reality science and technology to this conference.
Main themes
- Artificial Reality / Virtual Reality
Source : vresources.org | 11-juin-2008 01:21
Sensics teams with Northrop Grumman on high-tech binoculars for soldiers
Sensics Inc. is taking part in a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. that is working on a $6.7 million contract to develop electronic binoculars that monitor brain activity to help foot soldiers find possible threats.
Source : vresources.org | 10-juin-2008 01:44
Virtual-reality golf is a winner in South Korea
In South Korea, virtual-reality golf has become a fast-growing pastime, almost as commonplace as pool tables and dart boards in bars.
Source : www.iht.com | 09-juin-2008 18:52
Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display
Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University in Korea and the University of Nevada have developed a flexible tactile display that can wrap around the fingertip, palm, or arm.
(Ig Mo Koo, et al.)
The key material in the display is an electroactive polymer that can stimulate the skin. It consists of eight layers of dielectric elastomer actuator films sprayed with electrodes in a specific pattern.
The soft display might provide a means of communication for the visually impaired, as a tactile display cloth, virtual reality keyboard, tele-surgical glove, and for other uses. (Source: http://physorg.com/news131968663.html)
Source : www.kurzweilai.net | 09-juin-2008 09:13
i-Fashion Chooses Animetrics® GotFACE? 2Dto3D Face Creation For Innovative Virtual Shopping
Animetrics 2Dto3D face creation technology will enhance shopping experience in the virtual reality fashion stores.
Seoul, South Korea (PRWEB) June 4, 2008 -- Animetrics today announced that i-Fashion Technology Center has chosen Animetrics GotFACE 2Dto3D technology for iFashion's virtual shopping service. The new product will be commercially available in both internet online and offline in-store applications. iFashion displays in 3D a virtual image of shoppers' body and face to see how clothing fits and looks on their virtual avatar.
Source : vresources.org | 04-juin-2008 15:29
Toyota turn to virtual reality
By JIM MUNRO
THE key to victory in this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix is likely to be how well the winning car has adapted to riding the kerbs.
But as the F1 teams don't have the luxury of being able to fly to every circuit weeks in advance to test their cars, a touch of virtual reality can form an invaluable part of the preparation process.
Panasonic Toyota Racing has spent time in the build up to the Canadian GP simulating their TF108?s behaviour on a seven-post rig, which is able to replicate the demands of the Montreal track.
Source : vresources.org | 04-juin-2008 15:19
VMware Faces Virtual Reality
VMware CEO Dianne Greene discusses the challenges the company is up against as the virtualization market grows more crowded....
Source : www.eweek.com | 02-juin-2008 17:35
Two Paths to the Singularity
Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, sees a future in which physical reality in infused with embedded, distributed, self-organizing computation everywhere, while Ray Kurzweil sees a future with increasingly realistic, full-immersion virtual-reality computers.
But Gersenfeld and Kurzweil agree that these worlds will converge in the future. (Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6313)
Source : www.kurzweilai.net | 02-juin-2008 09:02
Virtual Reality Latest Tool for Doctors
Strap on the virtual reality goggles and fear not, doctors say.
Source : abcnews.go.com | 30-mai-2008 22:21
Virtusphere review by A VR Geek Blog
Sébastien Kuntz, from a VR Geek Blob, got the opportunity to try the Virtusphere. From his blog post: "A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to test the Virtusphere for two days and could since watch several beginners try this device.
The Virtusphere is a 2.6m polycarbonate sphere of 120kg lying on wheels, with an incredibly sophisticated movement detection device below (a mouse!), used as a virtual reality locomotion device.
You enter the sphere by a small hatch, and are instructed to take small steps first. So a small step you make, and the sphere starts to roll, and you make another step to keep balance, and .. you?re walking! During the first session you might even be able to run, and a lot of people did! Especially girls who generally perform better than guys.
Source : vroot.org | 24-mai-2008 16:10
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to test the Virtusphere for two days and could since watch several beginners try this device.
The Virtusphere is a 2.6m sphere of 120kg made of ABS plastic, lying on wheels, with an incredibly sophisticated movement detection device below (a mouse!), used as a virtual reality locomotion device.
Source : vresources.org | 23-mai-2008 10:07
Real Safety through Virtual Reality
This innovations-report article takes a look at the "Virtual and Extended Reality for highest safety and reliability of Embedded Systems? (VIERforES) project by the Fraunhofer institutes for Experimental Software Engineering IESE and for Factory Operation and Automation IFF together with the University of Kaiserslautern and Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg.
Source : vroot.org | 20-mai-2008 14:31
Researchers Teach Second Life Avatar To Think
Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in Second Life. A steel-gray robot with lanky limbs and linebacker shoulders, he looks like a typical avatar in the popular virtual world.
But Edd is different.
His actions are animated not by a person at a keyboard but by a computer. Edd is a creation of artificial intelligence, or AI, by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who endowed him with a limited ability to converse and reason. It turns out Second Life is more than a place where pixelated avatars chat, interact and fly about. It's also a frontier in AI research because it's a controllable environment where testing intelligent creations is easier.
"It's a very inexpensive way to test out our technologies right now," said Selmer Bringsjord, director of the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory.
Bringsjord sees Edd as a forerunner to more sophisticated creations that could interact with people inside three-dimensional projections of settings like subway stops or city streets. He said the holographic illusions could be used to train emergency workers or solve mysteries.
But first, a virtual reality check.
Edd is not running rampant through the cyber streets of Second Life. He goes only where Bringsjord and his graduate students place him for tests. He can answer questions like "Where are you from?" but understands only English that has previously been translated into mathematical logic.
Second Life is attractive to researchers in part because virtual reality is less messy than plain-old reality. Researchers don't have to worry about wind, rain or coffee spills.
And virtual worlds can push along AI research without forcing scientists to solve the most difficult problems -- like, say, creating a virtual human -- right away, said Michael Mateas, a computer science professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Researching in virtual realities has become increasingly popular the past couple...
Source : www.cio-today.com | 20-mai-2008 14:11
Volkswagen Virtual Reality Centre in Brazil
This oneighturbo.com article reports the German Chancellor and the Volkswagen Chairman opened the Volkswagen Virtual Reality Centre in Brazil. From the article: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel was given a warm welcome in the Brazilian city of São Bernardo do Campo by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, during her tour of South America. In the presence of other representatives from industry and politics, the two dignatories officially opened the Virtual Reality Centre, an innovation in vehicle development and the first of its kind in South America, at the VW site near São Paulo.
Source : vroot.org | 16-mai-2008 14:50
From OpenSceneGraph website: "PERTHSHIRE, Scotland - 25th April 2008 - OpenSceneGraph Professional Services announces the release of OpenSceneGraph 2.4, the industry's leading open-source scene graph technology, designed to accelerate application development and improve 3D graphics performance. OpenSceneGraph 2.4 written entirely in Standard C++ and built upon OpenGL, offers developers working in the visual simulation, game development, virtual reality, scientific visualization and modeling markets - a real-time visualization tool which eclipses commercial scene graph toolkits in functionality, stability and performance. OpenSceneGraph 2.4 runs on all Microsoft Windows platforms, Apple OS/X, GNU/Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and FreeBSD operating systems.
Source : vroot.org | 12-mai-2008 16:02
Virtual Iraq
The Department of Defense is testing Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality program for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
(Source: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/19/080519fa_fact_halpern?currentPage=all)
Source : www.kurzweilai.net | 12-mai-2008 08:44
TV Lookout: highlights for the week ahead, May 11-17
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AP - What could you learn about reality while immersing yourself for months in virtual reality?
Source : us.rd.yahoo.com | 10-mai-2008 06:01
This Media Newswire article reports a NIMH-sponsored double-blind study of 24 war veterans shows a marked reduction in acoustic startle ? the reflex response to sudden loud sounds ? in those treated with virtual reality exposure therapy combined with either d-cycloserine, an antibiotic that has been shown to facilitate the extinction of fear memories; pill placebo; or the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam ( Xanax ). From the article: ""These preliminary data suggest that this type of virtual reality exposure therapy is effective in reducing the elevated startle response that was evident before treatment," says Barbara Rothbaum, PhD,*a professor in psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Source : vroot.org | 09-mai-2008 14:02
Portable 3D virtual reality projection system recognized for its superior innovation, ease of use
EON ICATCHER Mini Named 2008 Discreet Hardware Product of Year by AeA
IRVINE, Calif., May 5, 2008 ? EON Reality, Inc., the world's leading interactive 3D software provider, announced that its EON ICATCHER Mini 3D virtual-reality portable projection system was named Discreet Hardware Product of the Year by the AeA Orange County/Inland Empire during the 15th Annual AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards on April 29.
"We are pleased and honored to be recognized for our innovations that truly allow users to experience more,? said Mats Johansson, president and chief executive officer, EON Reality. ?Whether in the classroom or in the boardroom, EON ICATCHER Mini users are immersed in a digital environment where they become participants rather than mere observers.?
Source : vroot.org | 07-mai-2008 21:08
Virtual reality for flies puts humans in control
This NewScientistTech article reports Swiss and US researchers have developed an interactive virtual-reality system for flies. From the article: "They have built a wind tunnel for flies with changing scenes or images projected onto its walls. A camera tracks the fly in 3D, making the images move in response to it flying around inside.
The VR system offers a new way to gain insight into how flies' visual environment affects how they move and behave. The researchers say that they hope to build VR setups for other animals too.
Source : vroot.org | 07-mai-2008 13:59
Visualization Library alpha 1 released!
Visualization Library is an open source C++ middleware for 2D/3D graphics applications based on the industry standard OpenGL 2.1, designed to develop professional applications for the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux/X11 operating systems. Visualization Library alpha 1 supports advanced features like OpenGL Shading Language, Frame Buffer Objects, Multiple Render Targets, Vertex and Pixel Buffer Objects, KdTree/AABB frustum culling, multilingual Unicode-based text engine, advanced texturing, DDS cubemaps, mipmaps, compressed textures and much more.
Visualization Library can be especially useful in 3D/2D scientific visualization, virtual reality, augmented reality, visual simulation, data visualization, presentations, multimedia applications, special effects, 3d/2d games.
Source : vroot.org | 07-mai-2008 10:13
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