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…

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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…

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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,…

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Virtools commercial

Here’s a funky commercial presenting the range of applications you can create with Virtools.

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Stereoscopic Game Development

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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