One LED 3D tracking with two wiimotes
Using two wiimotes and a simple calibration step, Simon Hay and his team of the Cambridge University are able to track a single LED using stereovision algorithms : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT6aQN-lwmo[/youtube] Ok now please somebody write an opensource software to…
Read More »Kweekies – Mobile augmented reality game by Int13
Yay! The girls and boys from Int 13 (who were already interviewed on this very blog) have just released videos of their upcoming AR game. The game should be available this summer for iPhone, Windows Mobile and Smartphones…
Read More »VR in Marseille
The CRVM , VR research center in sunny Marseille, south of France, had the greatest idea of publishing lots of the videos of their work (in french). (I’m sure you can guess what software they’re using..) Here are…
Read More »How to build a 3D scanner at home (two ways)
Here are two ways of building a 3D scanner with a webcam and a laser ! This article from TechRadar is one, and this article from Instructables is another. Know How to Make a 3-D Scanner
Read More »Navidget
Navidget is a really nice navigation technique developped by Martin Hachet and his team (they also organized the VRST 2008 conference and created the CAT 6DOF input device). Navidget is a new interaction technique for camera positioning in…
Read More »Homebrew VR installation
Here’s a really nice VR setup by Timo Fleisch using two Wiimotes; one for hand tracking, one for head tracking. Simple, clever and efficient ! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLy9AWi67XU[/youtube] And yes you do look ridiculous, so this is real VR 😉…
Read More »The offensive on consumer 3D-stereo
It seems a lot is happening on the battle front for consumer stereoscopy. A coalition between screen/projector manufacturers and nVidia is forming a coherent response to these challenging issues : From Stereoscopy.com : Forming the foundation for a…
Read More »[Call For Demo] Laval Virtual ReVolution 2009
From Akihiko SHIRAI’s blog : Laval Virtual ReVolution 2009 -World Performance of VR Applications- Image Laval Virtual ReVolution is an annual honor to the world’s finest VR project, by Laval Virtual. This is a hall of fame award…
Read More »Redirected Walking – Playing with your perception’s limits
“Redirected walking allows users to walk through large-scale immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) while physically remaining in a reasonable small workspace.” I have already talked a bit about this technique that I discovered back at 3DUI 2008 but which…
Read More »AR on buildings
Pretty cool demo reel of french companies EasyWeb and NeoProj : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD0UMFHhanc[/youtube]
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