Author: sebk
IEEE VR 2009 – Awards
Two famous people, one paper and two sketches were given an award: The IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Career Award 2009 went to Jaron Lanier (which explains his presence at the conference). Here’s an excerpt from the award page…
Read More »3DUI, Searis, PIVE 2009
Two days before the real IEEE VR conference are other international events, mostly running in parallel. So choosing between one or another is really heartbreaking. The organizers managed to have only a single track for the VR conference…
Read More »IEEE VR 2009 – Keynote Speech – VR at Ford
I’m still processing my notes to make a summary of the conference, so in the meantime, here’s a nice video. The keynote was given by Elizabeth Baron, from Ford Motor Company. It is a very interesting and thourough…
Read More »Diva – Exploring your database in 3D
I’m back from Louisiana after having spent a few days visiting the state and especially New Orleans which is a really nice city ! I’ll put some pictures here soon and I hope to have some time to…
Read More »IEEE VR 2009 – GlobeFish
The GlobeFish is a new device showed at IEEE VR 2009 by the team of Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich. In a nutshell it’s an improved spacemouse which is easier to use when using rotations. From their webpage :…
Read More »Jaron Lanier’s message to VR Geeks
I’m still in Lafayette, Louisiana, attending the IEEE VR 2009 conference. We’re eating lots of hamburgers but the conference is just fabulous, I’ll try to talk to you about that soon. In the meantime, I’ve had the chance…
Read More »See you at IEEE VR!
I’m leaving for IEEE VR in Lafayette, Louisiana, see you there 😉
Read More »Video – World Builder
Here’s a nice video (by Bruce Branit) of what creating worlds in VR could look like : World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
Read More »Visiting the Max Planck Institute
I’ve had the great honnor to be invited by Betty Mohler, who is currently working at the Max Planck Institute in Tuebingen, Germany, to come and visit their research projects that use VR. Part of what they do…
Read More »Improved Circulafloor
The CirculaFloor is back ! From this article at BotJunkie : A 5 meter square of area is sufficient for continuous movement in any direction. The tiles also incorporate lifts sufficient to replicate the feeling of climbing stairs……
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