News and informations about Virtual reality
iOptik contact lenses augment your eyes and allow for futuristic immersive virtual reality
A Washington-based company is looking to further decreasing the line between science fiction and reality with its eye enhancing iOptik virtual reality contact lenses. Source : vresources.org | 20-Jan-2012 00:39
Virtual reality exercise boosts mental fitness Exercise video games that work the mind as well as the body may offer more benefits for older adults than traditional exercise alone, a new study suggests. Virtual reality-enhanced exercise or "exergames" combine physical activity with computer-simulated environments. "The implication is that older adults who choose exergaming with interactive physical and cognitive exercise, over traditional exercise, may garner added cognitive benefit and perhaps prevent decline, all for the same exercise effort," Cay Anderson-Hanley of the Healthy Aging and Neuropsychology Lab at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and her co-authors concluded. Source : vresources.org | 18-Jan-2012 08:00
CRYTEK RELEASES CRYENGINE®3 SDK FREE-OF-CHARGE Frankfurt (Germany) – August 17, 2011
Source : vresources.org | 21-Dec-2011 02:49
Virtual Simulations Inc. Announces a 25% December Discount on Remo 3D FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virtual Simulations Inc. is celebrating the holyday season by giving a 25% discount on all purchases of Remograph’s Remo 3D™ modeling / CAD software for the North, Center and South American regions. QUÉBEC, CANADA; December 1, 2011 -- Virtual Simulations Inc. is pleased to announce that it will be giving a 25% discount on all purchases of Remo 3D from the 1st to the 31st of December. The discount is available to all clients on the American continent. Source : vresources.org | 30-Nov-2011 16:12
Simthetiq announces the launch of Simthetiq eStore MONTREAL, Canada (November, 2011) Source : vresources.org | 28-Nov-2011 16:05
Simthetiq Wins Contract to Develop a Virtual Environment for Toronto?s New Streetcar Simulator Montreal, Canada (August, 2011) Source : vresources.org | 18-Nov-2011 18:01
Eight of the World's Top Ten Miners Utilise Simulation Training from Immersive Technologies
Eight of the world's top ten miners utilise simulation training from Immersive Technologies as a key tool for the recruiting, training and optimisation of their operator workforce.
The finding comes following a review of recent figures released from the business review site, Forbes.com, which listed the world's largest mining companies based on a new, more comprehensive measure -of combining levels of market capitalisation, sales, profits, and assets.
Source : vresources.org | 18-Nov-2011 17:29
3D Characters and Animations from Rocketbox Libraries now Available for Unity Rocketbox now Offers Their Highly Realistic 3D Assets as Unity Packages, Making Usage with the Unity Development Platform Easy and Comfortable
Source : vresources.org | 16-Nov-2011 23:25
Virtual training for real combat By Pete Carey pcarey@mercurynews.com Posted: 09/26/2011 12:00:00 AM PDT
[...] The system -- a kind of flight simulator for soldiers -- offers a vision of what gaming software might be like a few years from now when the technology becomes more affordable. Source : vresources.org | 26-Sep-2011 16:33
SONY introduce its new high definition HMD to the market - Offering a new 3D-viewing style with movie theater-like virtual screen experience - September 07, 2011 @ 05:20PM Toronto – Sony Canada today announced the launch of Head Mounted Display “Personal 3D Viewer” ‘HMZ-T1’, a device that offers a spectacular new style for viewing both 2D and 3D content. Simply slip the device onto your head to experience the movie theater-like virtual screen (equivalent to a 750-inch screen) expand before your eyes. Source : vresources.org | 23-Sep-2011 20:48 LINKÖPING, SWEDEN, September 23, 2011 -- Remograph AB is pleased to announce the establishment of a new business partnership with Global Engineering Technology Group in which Global Engineering Technology Group will become a distributor of Remograph's Remo 3D™ modeling software in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Remo 3D is an effective tool for creating and modifying 3D models intended for realtime visualization. The primary file format is OpenFlight®. Remo 3D is currently available for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP/2000 and Linux. "We are excited to let a capable company like Global Engineering Technology Group distribute Remo 3D to the China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This partnership will dramatically improve Remograph's ability to reach large parts of the Asian market with our product." says Andreas Ekstrand, CEO of Remograph AB. "We are very happy that GET becomes the partner of Remograph in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. After evaluating Remo 3D, we think it is a powerful software for 3D modeling. Remo 3D will give our users more options and value in 3D modeling." says Dr. Tom Fu, President of Global Engineering Technology Group
Source : vresources.org | 23-Sep-2011 10:21
Remograph provides a free collection of Remo 3D? scripts LINKÖPING, SWEDEN, September 14, 2011 -- Remograph, providers of products and services for the computer graphics, visual simulation and 3D modeling markets, today announced the release of a free collection of Remo 3D scripts and macros. Besides demonstrating the advantages of the scripting support, these scripts and macros are definitely useful and will add value to Remo 3D by automating cumbersome and time-wasting manual operations. This is a first version of the free script library which will grow over time.Remograph is also available for custom script and macro development, a cost-effective way of letting professionals solve your time-consuming manual editing problems once and for all. Source : vresources.org | 14-Sep-2011 13:34
Kopin and Its Subsidiary Forth Dimension Displays Introduce Replicating Reality? TAUNTON, Mass. — Forth Dimension Displays (FDD), a leading provider of display components for fighter jet and helicopter simulators, and subsidiary of Kopin® Corporation, will introduce Replicating Reality™. Replicating Reality is a new concept to create the ultimate experience by making the user feel fully immersed in a different world or hyper-reality. Initially aiming at the gaming industry, Replicating Reality will be showcased at the E3 Gaming Conference (www.e3expo.com) to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center (June 7-9, Booth #2962) and at IVR Expo at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center (June 22-24, Booth #24-39). Source : vresources.org | 31-May-2011 16:00
Simthetiq?s Leopard 2A5 To Be Featured In Rheinmetall?s Tank Demonstrator At This Year?s CANSEC Montreal, Canada (May, 2011) Simthetiq is proud to announce the use of their VBS2 fully interactive Leopard 2A5 vehicle model in a demonstration at this year’s CANSEC. The Virtual Battlespace2 (VBS2) configured model will be featured in a new Tank Demonstrator which will be showcased by defence company, Rheinmetall. Source : vresources.org | 31-May-2011 15:23
Komatsu renew exclusive simulator agreement with Immersive Technologies Komatsu Ltd has renewed its technical and licensing agreement with advanced equipment simulator manufacturer Immersive Technologies for a second five year period in an official signing ceremony in Tokyo last week. This agreement provides Immersive Technologies with continued exclusive access to Komatsu's confidential machine technical information and engineering staff, which is considered essential to accurately simulate their real machines to the highest level of fidelity for operator training. Komatsu first signed the alliance agreement with Immersive Technologies in October 2006 following a yearlong review of simulator technology for operator training within the global mining industry. It was decided Immersive Technologies' product and support offering together with its integration capability provided the best choice for a long-term partnership that would drive the maximum value to its customer base. Source : vresources.org | 31-May-2011 15:07
Simthetiq Releases New Functionality Within VBS2 MONTREAL, Canada (May, 2011) Simthetiq announced today a successful integration of a new functionality within the VBS2 platform. The addition—targeted towards battle tank simulators—incorporates a fully working, dynamic clock (peri-UHR), unlocking an added potential to the vehicle’s optics which would normally have remained static. The augmentation was developed during a contract with a German-based armament company for the delivery of a variety of fully capable, cross-platform, OpenFlight and VBS2 military 3D models. While Simthetiq has met the client’s specific training requirements and added the new functionality to their VBS2 model library, the success of this endeavour proves that out-of-the-box limitations can be surpassed with a little ingenuity. Contact Simthetiq today and take advantage of the new optics and ultimately enhance your VBS2 experience.
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Sixteenth in the series, the 2011 International Web3D ACM Conference will address a wide range of topics about 3D on the World Wide Web and on Multimedia Devices. Topics include: tools, object retrieval, rendering, modeling, distributed virtual environments, exposing large-scale databases, Web-wide human-computer interaction, and innovative applications
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Simthetiq Pushes for Interoperability Between Simulation and Games MONTREAL, Canada (April, 2011) Simthetiq continues to push forward with reusable virtual content across the most popular simulation and serious game run-time engines available. Recent development of interoperable military 3D vehicle models for a German-based armament company proves just that. The contract involved the creation of a variety of fully functioning models—including the Fennek and Leopard 2A5—and to meet the client’s specific training requirements, the integration of common 3d visuals in both OpenSceneGraph (OSG) and Bohemia Interactive’s Virtual Battlespace2 (VBS2). The project was completed successfully and to the client’s satisfaction.
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Source : vresources.org | 28-Apr-2011 16:06
Remo 3D? v2.1: Improved Rendering Performance and Windows 7 Support
LINKÖPING, SWEDEN, April 15, 2011 -- Remograph, providers of products and services for the computer graphics, visual simulation and 3D modeling markets, today announced the release of Remo 3D v2.1. Remo 3D is an effective tool for creating and modifying 3D models intended for realtime visualization. The primary file format is OpenFlight®. Remo 3D is currently available for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP/2000 and Linux. This new version of Remo 3D brings substantially improved rendering performance, a more natural mouse control of the model view and official Windows 7 support. A fully functional 30 days evaluation license is available. The full list of new features and improvements can be found in the release notes on our website: http://www.remograph.com
Source : vresources.org | 18-Apr-2011 09:20 1st Call for papers
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Mechdyne Partners with AMD to Demonstrate getReal3D for Unity at Laval Virtual FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Source : vresources.org | 01-Apr-2011 19:24 company name:
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BodyViz is affordable, easy to use, innovative software that's bringing Source : vresources.org | 30-Mar-2011 22:13
Major web site revision - VResources 2011 is online We just completed a major revision of the entire web engine for VResources.org. This upgrade provides the following benefits:
We hope that these enhancements will make your visits more enjoyable while improving the overall information accessibility to more than a decade of archived content. As always, your comments are welcomed. Please see the forums section for this purpose. Regards, The VResources team. Source : vresources.org | 29-Mar-2011 01:50 Mechdyne and Unity Technologies Demonstrate New Software that Brings Game-Based Training and Simulation into Immersive Environments - February 23, 2011 Marshalltown, Iowa -February 23, 2011 - Mechdyne Corporation and Unity Technologies today announced "getReal3D for Unity," a Mechdyne developed addition to the Unity development platform for games and interactive 3D that extends Unity capabilities to 3D immersive environments for more realistic training and simulation scenarios. getReal3D for Unity, a Unity plug-in, supports stereo 3D, multiple video channels, viewer-centric perspective (head tracking), and tracked interaction. These technologies give Unity-based simulations the power of a real life experience. As a result, a wide spectrum of mainstream industries will benefit through applications such as product simulations, architectural walk-throughs and training for military, medical and first responders. With getReal3D for Unity, users will be able to create visually stunning interactive content in a fraction of the time and money currently required. Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 14:00 Start: 11/28/2011 - 08:00 End: 12/01/2011 - 08:00 More info to come Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 05:44 Start: 06/22/2011 - 08:00 End: 06/24/2011 - 08:00 IVR 2011 in Tokyo, Japan, June 22-24 What is 3D & Virtual Reality Expo (IVR)? 3D & Virtual Reality Expo (IVR) is Japan's largest exhibition where you can experience all kinds of cutting-edge 3D technology and super high definition image technogloy. IVR attracts a significant number of users from manufacturing industries, amusement industries, broadcasting stations, image producing companies, content production companies, telecommunication companies, public offices, public offices, universities and research centers, who are looking to buy solutions for their businesses. Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 05:29 Start: 06/19/2011 - 08:00 End: 06/23/2011 - 08:00 CyberTherapy 2011 in Quebec, Canada, June 19-23 (WorldViz Conference Workshops June 19, 22 and 23) Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 05:27 Start: 05/10/2011 - 08:00 End: 05/12/2011 - 08:00 ITEC 2011 in Cologne, Germany, May 10-12 Throughout two decades the ITEC conference has provided a forum for the discussion of issues of key importance to the global training community. The resulting meeting of minds has always been stimulating and productive. * Gather the latest insight from academics and recent industry studies on current and future concerns, and feedback to your unit * Evaluate the most effective training methods being utilised by European militaries * Understand how you can adapt emerging technologies to ensure your business operates in a more efficient and economical manner * Open up channels to consolidated buying programmes across European militaries To download the new conference brochure, including the full 3 day multi-track programme, click here. ITEC 2011 Exhibition Join thousands of military and industry visitors to make contact with over 110 international exhibitors, from systems integrators to SMEs, offering innovative solutions to the training and simulation market. Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 05:22 Start: 04/06/2011 - 08:00 End: 04/10/2011 - 08:00 Laval Virtual 2011 in Laval, France Source : vresources.org | 07-Mar-2011 05:20
Virtual reality can improve design skills in younger generation This ScienceBlog article reports researchers at the University of Missouri are studying ways to integrate technology into design learning bu using 2dn Life. From the article: "Rapidly improving technology is changing everyday life for all generations. This constantly changing environment can be a difficult adjustment for older generations. However, for the current generation known as “Generation Y”, this sense of constant technology adaption isn’t an adjustment; it is a way of life. A University of Missouri researcher says a widening gap is occurring between educators and students due to the difference in how older and younger generations approach evolving technologies. Newton D’Souza, an assistant professor of architectural studies at MU, is looking for ways to move beyond traditional teaching methods and to bridge the technology gap between teachers and students. Source : vroot.org | 05-Mar-2011 16:09
Augmented reality iPhone helps police track suspects
Source : vroot.org | 05-Mar-2011 15:59
Homebrew Xbox Kinect software creates real ?virtual reality? display
Turns out, that’s just around the corner too, thanks to some homebrew developers and Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect camera. This video was published to YouTube on Feb. 26, 2011. " Source : vroot.org | 03-Mar-2011 22:56
New NVIDIA CUDA 4.0 release includes computer vision library
The NVIDIA CUDA 4.0 Toolkit was designed to make parallel programming easier, and enable more developers to port their applications to GPUs. This has resulted in three main features: NVIDIA GPUDirect™ 2.0 Technology -- Offers support for peer-to-peer communication among GPUs within a single server or workstation. This enables easier and faster multi-GPU programming and application performance. Source : vroot.org | 03-Mar-2011 22:28
Troops set to take virtual plunge: MoD launches £500,000 parachute jump simulator
The Ministry of Defence today unveiled its latest piece of equipment, which is designed to bridge the gap between dry training and live jumps. The 'pivotal piece of equipment' will help members of the Armed Forces master the art of parachute jumping by showing them exactly what it is like lining up in the back of the plane, jumping out and landing safely. Source : vroot.org | 03-Mar-2011 22:24 Start: 06/12/2011 - 00:00 End: 06/15/2011 - 00:00 Pervasive 2011 Pervasive 2011, the Ninth International Conference on Pervasive Computing, is coming to San Francisco in June 2011. This annual conference is the premier forum for researchers to present their latest results in all areas related to architecture, design, implementation, application and evaluation of pervasive computing. Pervasive 2011 will include a highly selective single-track program for technical papers, accompanied by late-breaking result posters, videos, demonstrations, workshops, a doctoral colloquium and other events. Source : vresources.org | 01-Mar-2011 15:15
Canadian college invests in simulation training and the mining industry
Widely used in mines around the world Immersive Technologies' equipment simulators accurately recreate the operator cab environment of surface and underground mining machines. Source : vresources.org | 25-Feb-2011 02:21
Microsoft's prototype avatar looks and talks like you Scientists from Microsoft Labs have developed an early prototype of an Xbox gaming avatar that you can quickly customize to look like you, sound like you -- even laugh, sneer or scowl like you. In this exclusive USA TODAY video, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie describes this skunk works technology: Source : vresources.org | 24-Feb-2011 02:39
Microsoft to open up motion-sensing Kinect to developers, academics via SDK release
"Microsoft's investments in natural user interfaces are vital to our long-term vision of creating computers that are intuitive to use and able to do far more for us," said Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, in a company blog post. "The fruits of these research investments are manifesting across many of our products, Kinect for Xbox 360 among them." A commercial version of the Kinect SDK is planned for a later date, Microsoft said. Source : vroot.org | 23-Feb-2011 14:20
Virtual Learning Efficiency with Lifelike Avatars
Ziad came to France for his graduate studies. In September 2010 he defended his Master project at Nancy University. The project completed his Dassault Systèmes internship. Source : vroot.org | 23-Feb-2011 14:17
Strong demand for Immersive Technologies' mining simulators in 2010 PERTH, AUSTRALIA In 2010, sales of Immersive Technologies' Advanced Equipment Simulators were near the record level experienced in 2008, 25% of these being for the new generation PRO3 launched towards the end of 2010.
Source : vresources.org | 23-Feb-2011 01:05 Start: 10/26/2011 - 08:00 End: 10/29/2011 - 08:00 Call for Papers and Participation [pdf version: http://ismar11.org/ismar2011_data/docs/CFP_ISMAR_2011.pdf] The fields of Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) seek to This year we are proud to present the 2011 IEEE International Source : vresources.org | 23-Feb-2011 00:53 |
The College of the North Atlantic's Labrador West Campus has purchased two advanced equipment simulators from leading supplier Immersive Technologies to support their Mine Technical Training program. 
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