Month: December 2006
Is NeuroNet, a potential Internet for VR, a scam?
This article from Yahoo Biz talks about the creation of a global network dedicated to virtual worlds. Today, virtual worlds such as Second Life, The Sims, Everquest, and World of Warcraft continue to attract legions of followers while…
Read More »VR for learning
As you may know I have been involved in the creation of two VR training simulators for the french railways. I think that learning is the most useful usage of VR. It’s not about money, it’s not about…
Read More »SecondLife economy won’t collapse after all (and why I care)
My interest in SecondLife (SL) is for the moment purely as an observer. I have had an account for nearly one year, but hardly log into it. I have yet to find an interest to participate in it,…
Read More »Virtools commercial
Here’s a funky commercial presenting the range of applications you can create with Virtools. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULC-7irwjc[/youtube]
Read More »Stereoscopic Game Development
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Read More »ART FingerTracking
A neat new optically tracked device by ART, the FingerTracking : The Fingertracking device is now fully integrated in the DTrack system, wireless and able to track two hands with three fingers each. The Fingertracking device is an…
Read More »Le FN in Second Life
This article [Fr] states that the extremist right wing french party Le Front National (FN), is the first european party to have a permanent presence, and the first and only official french organisation in Second Life. I find…
Read More »IBM and the Metaverse
For those of you who don’t know what the Metaverse is, I’ll post an article about that later. Briefly, SecondLife is one Metaverse, a “virtual reality-based Internet“. As you may know, more and more big companies start to…
Read More »Sony to copy Wiimote ?
Sony is thinking about a “motion-sensitive controller”that would work like TrackIR and ART, that is with markers on the device and a camera to analyse their position. The Wii-mote has the camera inside the device and the markers…
Read More »My Wii and the child in all of us
By now you should all have had access to a Wii and been able to test it. I got mine one week ago, and I have to say I’m really impressed. Okay, after seeing games like Doom3 and…
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