Author: sebk
Camera System Creates Sophisticated 3-D Effects
Through KurzweilAI, an article from the NY Times (free reg required) : ‘The Contour system requires actors to cover their faces and clothes with makeup containing phosphorescent powder that is not visible under normal lighting. In a light-sealed…
Read More »Designing VR Exposure Therapy Simulations for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Here’s an article on Serious Game Source by Ari Hollander from Imprint talking about how VR can help therapists : “Virtual reality (VR) provides a tool that can allow therapists to gradually intensify a simulation of the traumatic…
Read More »Virtual Therapy to quit smoking
This article (and video) at TechEBlog talks about a virtual therapy where patients are immersed in a virtual world filled with ‘smoking triggers’ to help them fight the will to light a cigarette. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-4067577751307892734[/googlevideo]
Read More »VR Mario Bros
Mouahaha, check out the VR Mario Bros (through VRoot ) [Update: Video has been removed 🙁 ]
Read More »PSA Peugeot Citroen VR Center – Video
I already talked about PSA Peugeot Citroen VR Center, but now here’s a pretty cool video ( Go to “L’ADN en Images” then “Version Haut Débit” and “Le Centre de Réalité Virtuelle” ).
Read More »Stereovision techniques
If you haven’t yet, you should definitely read the StereoGraphics Developers Handbook, aka the stereovision bible. All you ever dreamed of knowing without daring to ask, or more probably never answered because nobody knew 😉 You can also…
Read More »Networked Virtual Theater
Virtual theater is an idea i’ve been wanting to investigate for a long time, and now the university of Buffalo has experienced with it. It is called Human Trials, and features an immersive environment for a “player”, but…
Read More »VR Shoes
This article from Gizmag talks about VR Shoe that will be presented at Siggraph : “the Powered Shoes effectively cancel the horizontal displacement of the user as they are driven from electrical motors in a backpack worn by…
Read More »BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype
Here’s a cool video of a 3d desktop that uses piles of document as the base of organisation. Looks intuitive, but I don’t like piles on my real desktop :p
Read More »QTVR is not VR
Sorry for the lack of update, we’re working hard to get the VRPack 2.0 out 😉 More on that later. In the meantime I just want to express my anger at QuicktimeVR and everything related (hello VRMag, VRWay…
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