Author: sebk
PanoramaScreen – Panoramic Quake3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh_F4iN8pg[/youtube] Introducing the PanoramaScreen : The PanoramaScreen is a cylindrical projection environment for 360°-panoramic projections, which has been developed at the ZKM | Institute for Visual Media in collaboration with the iCinema Research Centre, Sydney since 2005. The…
Read More »Stereoscopic 3D Film and Animation – Getting It Right
Ken Wittlief, a senior engineer at Vuzix (formerly Icuiti Corp), “makers of VideoEyewear and other micro display systems”, has written an excellent article about do’s and don’ts when creating a stereoscopic entertainment. Here are some highlights of the…
Read More »Stereoscopic phone
Nec is introducing the N704iµ, reportedly having a stereoscopic screen. I can’t find any more information than this picture, so if you come across something interesting, please leave a comment =)
Read More »The state of Virtual Reality .. in 1993 !
The guys at EVL are posting a lot of videos !! Those two show a state of VR in 1993, with an impressive list of videos and applications. It would be really nice to have one such video…
Read More »The state of Virtual Reality – Part 1
Happy new year ! Let it be full of happiness and success, virtual and real =) Lately I’ve been reading articles by some so-called journalists saying VR was one of the biggest technology flops in the last 20…
Read More »The Wii is hacked
Until now nobody could run an application on the Wii without it being approved by Nintendo. This means that the application had to be signed with Nintendo’s encryption key. At the Chaos Computer Club Congress, some hackers explain…
Read More »iVibe Tactile Feedback System
iVibe.com is selling tactile feedback sits for $239.95 : The TFSU itself is a thick and durable seat cushion made of the highest quality fabric laminated polyurethane foam. It will fit in the chair you already use right…
Read More »Wiirtual Reality
Johnny Lee is definitely a genius.. After the Finger Tracking and the Wiimote whiteboard, here’s how with two Wiimotes he’s creating VR games at home !! (not that we didn’t think about it, but hey.. he actually *did*…
Read More »Future Crew – Second Reality
Just a small post to show you a video of one of the most famous, old-school demos : Second Reality, by Future Crew (1993). Back then you had to tweak your autoexec.bat and config.sys to get enough memory…
Read More »Cyberwalk project
The Max Planck Institute, along with other german and italian institutions, is running a program called Cyberwalk which was first demonstrated in April 2007. Their flyer explains it all : The Goal Un-constrained, quasi-natural omni-directional walking in virtual…
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