Tag: Immersion
What is VR ?
Back at Laval Virtual, I was struck about how many people say they’re doing VR where, according to my own (extremist) definition, it wasn’t even remotely VR ! Even some high rank scientists tried to promote their (commercial)…
Read More »Immersion, Place Illusion and Plausibility
Mel Slater, guru of the concept of presence, has just released a paper explaining his theories about immersion and presence. (Warning: You really have to be wide awake to read it =) He is explaining the concepts of…
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 »Immersive gaming by Torben Schou
Last week, I saw Torben‘s poster at VRST about using multiple sensor bars to extend the range of the wiimote. And yesterday, as I was looking around to find out how to adapt Half-Life 2 in VR, I…
Read More »Cheap “impact-generating” device
The 3rdSpace® Vest from TN Games allows you to feel impacts of bullets and punches inside the game. It works with air micro-compressors that generate impacts like “3 year old punching you” (words from a tester in the…
Read More »Why gesture gives you more immersion ?
Here’s an interesting theory, explained for the Wii : “How the Nintendo Wii will get you emotionally invested in video games.” “we have to revisit an old theory of emotion, first proposed by the great American psychologist and…
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