Tag: VR Displays

Try the Crescent HMD at Laval

The Crescent HEWDD-768 HMD was presented at Laval Virtual 2007. It is being improved and will be showcased on July 13th 2007 at Laval, in Nautilus buildings. Contact Gilles Brossard for more information about the HMD or the…

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Laval Virtual 2007

These three great days have been very intense; holding the booth, meeting people, attending conferences, trying hardware and applications, being a jury member for the student competition. First things first, here are some pictures I took there. I…

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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…

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Light efficiency in stereoscopic projection

[Update : Barco has updated their page with a single PDF. This broke the images below]   – Two LCD projectors – Barco has a really interesting page about how much luminosity you can get from your stereoscopic…

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The come-back (again) of the third dimension in movies

After the early tests (1838),a golden era (1952-1955), a revival (1960-1979), and the beginnings of IMAX 3-D (1980-1984), it seems stereoscopic movies are in for a new-new-new revival! James Cameron is the leader of this movement that never…

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The story behind the Trimersion HMD

[Update Oct 2008: The company seems to be dead now…] [Update Oct 2009: Worse, they are now being sued by their investors !! See comments] When I learned that eMagin increased their prices, I went back to look…

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Lenticulations

Interesting technique to see depth in images, the lenticulation. It seems all you have to do is take 3 offseted pictures. Amazing =) Does anybody know how to build/buy one of those camera?

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New multi-touch screen demo

Just in case you haven’t already seen it this week. Jeff Han and Phil Davidson are back to demonstrate their multi-touch interface. embedPlayer(271543545)

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eMagin z800 price increased by 2.5, and some words about other HMDs

The eMagin Z800 was the closest thing to a good consumer HMD, at a somewhat affordable $599. The only reason why I didn’t buy it yet is that I haven’t been able to test it yet. But last…

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Sensics piSight : first review

[Update: This was written 3 years ago, the product is now much better, lighter and easy to use!] I’ve had the chance to test the famous Sensics piSight yesterday. I could only test it for 5 mins, and…

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