Tag: Robot

Laval Virtual 2009

The 11th edition of Laval Virtual has been held from the 22th to the 26th of April 2009, and to me it was one of the nicest edition ever! As the conference center was moved a bit further…

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Visiting the Max Planck Institute

I’ve had the great honnor to be invited by Betty Mohler, who is currently working at the Max Planck Institute in Tuebingen, Germany, to come and visit their research projects that use VR. Part of what they do…

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How real should robots and avatars be ?

A really nice video explaining the “you-have-to-know” concept of the “Uncanny Valley” first coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori in the 1970’s : If a robot or an avatar looks too realistic but is not perfect, users will…

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WiiRobot and a sword

That’s pretty cool! More infos at TechEBlog

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