{"id":1457,"date":"2011-12-11T21:19:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T20:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2011-12-12T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T21:50:12","slug":"new-immersive-cubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/new-immersive-cubes\/","title":{"rendered":"New immersive cubes"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my “european tour” to beta test MiddleVR<\/a> I’ve been able to experience a few new VR systems that have been recently built or upgraded:<\/p>\n

London<\/strong><\/p>\n

– a 4 sided immersive cube in London, at the University College London<\/a> :<\/p>\n

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Will Steptoe wrote an article<\/a> about how and why he used a Kinect in this Cave, using MiddleVR.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona<\/strong><\/p>\n

– a 4 sided immersive cube in the University of Barcelona, in Mel Slater’s Event Lab<\/a> :<\/p>\n

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Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n

– a 5 sided immersive cube in Madrid in the CeDInt<\/a> (Research Centre for Smart Buildings and Energy Efficiency) of the Politecnica University, which has the particularity of having a ceiling !<\/p>\n

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( No it’s not curved, I’m just using a fisheye lens for the iPhone<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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Rennes, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

And last but not least the new immersive system of the VR4i team at the IRISA research center<\/a>, named Immersia3<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 HUUUUUUGE !!! 9.6m wide !! 8 projectors for the front wall, 3 for the floor, and two more for the sides soon. You can actually split it to have two immersive systems !<\/p>\n

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(the virtual rooms looks small, but remember that the perspective is only correct for the users’ eyes. So the room looks correct to him.)<\/p>\n

All this technology is really impressive, but what I enjoyed the most was meeting the passionate people that are actually using those VR systems.<\/p>\n

It’s not about the technology, it’s about what you do with it. My goal is that you focus on your application, not on the technology.<\/p>\n

The tests went very smoothly, MiddleVR got great feedback and everything is looking good.<\/p>\n

So expect the v1.0 of MiddleVR very soon !!<\/p>\n

Oh and I’m also very happy to report that the INSA Rennes<\/a> engineering school (in Rennes also) created a VR wall for their students based on the VR-Kit Wall<\/a> from the VR Geeks !!<\/p>\n

They called it the “\u00c2\u00b5RV” (microRV) :<\/p>\n

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It’s looking really nice (and cheap), I’m happy to see that the VR democratization is actually helping students to learn VR !<\/p>\n

So to conclude, a huge thank you to everyone for your warm welcome !!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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