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Quebec Cyberpsychology Cave
Here’s a nice video (in french sorry) about a 6 faces CAVE used for therapy in Quebec. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoy7I1BGM5Y[/youtube]
Read More »Your 3D application on the biggest VR screen
Dassault Systèmes (who owns Virtools who I work for) is running a challenge called “VR Experience” to produce content for La Geode, the biggest VR screen! You could win a BARCO stereoscopic projector worth 75,000 euros and 3DVIA…
Read More »Virtusphere review
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to test the Virtusphere for two days and could since watch several beginners try this device. The Virtusphere is a 2.6m sphere of 120kg made of ABS plastic, lying…
Read More »Some AR fun
Some people at Total Immersion have made a fun application that could change the way we do magic tricks, inspired by Portal : [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=kd0rCu3teb8[/youtube]
Read More »Nintendo Virtual Boy video
Here’s the original TV ad for the Nintendo’s Virtual Boy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKK6FH1vGw[/youtube]
Read More »How to make your own multitouch surface
.. with a sheet of paper, some glass and a webcam! The NuiGroup shares this great video : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpr3W-YmcQ[/youtube] I’ll have to take a look at this Touchlib, based on OpenCV which already has lots of multitouch functions.
Read More »Sivic – VR Crime scene investigation
Here’s a video of the Sivic application made by ESCIN students and presented at Laval Virtual 2008. It was created in collaboration with french police to train officers at crime scene investigation. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC0gHv-Snmw[/youtube]
Read More »Laval Virtual 2008 – How Virtual is VR to your brain ?
Lutz Jancke, from the Neuropsychology lab of Univeristy of Zurich, made an amazing presentation about the reality of VR to our brain. The short answer is for the brain, VR is just another reality; the brain only interprets…
Read More »Laval Virtual 2008 – Tradeshow
This year Laval Virtual was celebrating its 10th anniversary. The tradeshow is getting bigger and there was not enough room for all the exhibitors that wanted a booth! There was not many technical innovations, rather evolutions of existing…
Read More »Virtual Reality for condom use study
Back from Laval! Lots of things to tell and show you, but that will require some time. In the meantime, this article talks about a study which “goal is to see if risky sexual decisions are based on…
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