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See you at Laval Virtual !
I’m leaving today for Laval Virtual, the biggest VR tradeshow in Europe. See you there 😉 I hope the Kobitos will be there too!
Read More »VR Medical training should be mandatory
Here’s an interesting article from Nature about the advantages on using VR for surgery training, but also for procedures standardisation : Virtual surgery could soon be a realityVirtual reality (VR) simulators should be used to teach doctors new…
Read More »The Pyramid and the biggest VR screen
On Friday March 30th 2007, the biggest VR screen was inaugurated with a great event; A big show at La Géode (IMAX theater in Paris) to unveil the theory of Jean-Pierre Houdin about his theory on the construction…
Read More »Light efficiency in stereoscopic projection
[Update : Barco has updated their page with a single PDF. This broke the images below] Â – Two LCD projectors – Barco has a really interesting page about how much luminosity you can get from your stereoscopic…
Read More »The come-back (again) of the third dimension in movies
After the early tests (1838),a golden era (1952-1955), a revival (1960-1979), and the beginnings of IMAX 3-D (1980-1984), it seems stereoscopic movies are in for a new-new-new revival! James Cameron is the leader of this movement that never…
Read More »Virtual Reality for Virtual Eternity
A grant has been attributed to the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Central Florida in Orlando to create realistic avatars of historical figures that could hold a conversation. From Newswise : (…) UIC will…
Read More »VR Nostalgia, look at the future!
Back in the 90s there was a lot of hype about Virtual Reality, but the technology didn’t live up to the expectations. I found this video of one of the most famous movie about VR, Johnny Mnemonic (1995)…
Read More »Sony Patent for a VR Glove
From MaxConsole : A patent filed by Sony on November 7 2002 went live on January 9 of this year. The patent describes some sort of VR GLOVE which fits in the palm of the hand. Control sensors…
Read More »Laval Virtual – Conferences
From the official page : At Laval Virtual 2007, 4 major themes will be highlighted: Envision the risk to save (Wednesday April 18th – contact : VRIC07-risk@laval-virtual.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript…
Read More »The story behind the Trimersion HMD
[Update Oct 2008: The company seems to be dead now…] [Update Oct 2009: Worse, they are now being sued by their investors !! See comments] When I learned that eMagin increased their prices, I went back to look…
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