VR RC Car
Similar to the VR RC Airplane, here’s the same principle with a car : [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETLtKc0_5c[/youtube] Of course, I want one :p
Read More »Tsukuba Walking System
Just when I said nothing interesting was happening it seems lots of things are spawning ! From NewLaunches : University of Tsukuba Japan has developed a dome shaped virtual reality walking system for patients patients suffering from a…
Read More »DIY 3D Controller
Kyle McDonald shows at Instructables.com how to make your own cheap 3d desktop tracker. Here’s a small video (non embeddable in my wordpress..) You need : One Arduino board (3) 270k resistors (3) 10k resistors Solder Wire Aluminum…
Read More »Virtual Walk Game Controller
Hum look at that : [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jhr-fbMW4Sc[/youtube] It doesn’t really seem to qualify as “natural walking”. Ok neither does the Virtusphere, and I can’t comment on the ODT since I’ve never tried it but as they want to study…
Read More »Laval Virtual 2008 – Videos
Back at Laval Virtual, David did a lot of videos for internal DS communication of applications made with Virtools VR Pack. They have now released the videos on Youtube here! Warning, it’s a bit corporate 😉 I’ve also…
Read More »What is (not) VR ?
(03/07/10: I know have a proper definition for VR) (19/04/09: Hey people who come directly to this particular post, tell me where do you come from? =) Updates Sorry about the lack of updates, I have lots of…
Read More »Consumer markerless tracking
Yesterday I attended the Dassault Systèmes Developer Conference (Devcon 2008), and had a good time playing with Softkinetic technology of markerless body tracking. They use a special camera that gives you a depth map and from that they…
Read More »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…
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