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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 »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 to create a new communication form
There’s an interesting set of articles at Edge, about why some of the greatest minds of this planet are optimistic. Jaron Lanier thinks that “Interpersonal Communication Will Become More Profound” thanks to VR : I’ve been fascinated by…
Read More »Virtools VR Library 2.0.5
An update of the VR Library (formerly known as the VRPack) is now downloadable.
Read More »Atrium Experience in a HMD
The guys that made Atrium, Alex Bouchet and Lionel Dominjon, are very cool guys, they gave us the sources of the first VR only FPS! Geoffrey modified it to use the VRNR, Virtools VR abstraction, so that the…
Read More »Mercedes and VR
Here are some articles about the use of VR at Mercedes / Daimler-Chrysler. The first at CarAndDriver.com : Ride/handling simulators and virtual reality coves also advanced the design [of the 2008 Mercedes Class-C] to a very mature level…
Read More »Use of virtual reality spreading in business world
Here’s a well written introductory article to what VR is today and how business is using it increasingly. There’s a small technological glitch in it, will you find it? 😉
Read More »Virtools VRPack in action
Here are two videos demonstrating interesting (read “fun”) uses of VR. Lightsaber and 3d modelling! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GBf9r7aINY[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYDv-kGscM[/youtube] Related article : VR FPS : Atrium Experience
Read More »Is NeuroNet, a potential Internet for VR, a scam?
This article from Yahoo Biz talks about the creation of a global network dedicated to virtual worlds. Today, virtual worlds such as Second Life, The Sims, Everquest, and World of Warcraft continue to attract legions of followers while…
Read More »VR for learning
As you may know I have been involved in the creation of two VR training simulators for the french railways. I think that learning is the most useful usage of VR. It’s not about money, it’s not about…
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