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Ready for a CyberWalk?: Even with recent improvements in virtual reality technology, it's still almost impossible to physically walk through virtual environments. Now, European researchers have started a project named CyberWalk and they'll demonstrate next week their omni-directional treadmill, named CyberCarpet. According to ICT Results, the researchers 'had to address five key issues: providing...; Tags: Treadmill, Environment, CyberWalk, CyberCarpet, Chain Element, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-11
VR study says 40% of us are paranoid: UK researchers have recently used virtual reality VR to check if people had paranoid thoughts when using public transportation. Their VR tube ride experiment revealed that 40% of the participants experienced exaggerated fears about threats from others. Until now, researchers were relying on somewhat unreliable questionnaires to study paranoid thoughts...; Tags: Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-06
virtual reality used for stroke rehabilitation: Virtual reality used for stroke rehabilitationFREE EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMwww.theeasyessay.com , a free site, appears to have excellent educational rehabilitation benefits especially for stroke and TBI patients in that it’s logical, color coded, repetitive functions could lead one to believe that it would have beneficial effects in retraining or helping to...; Tags: virtual reality; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
virtual reality used for stroke rehabilitation: There are about 15 million people affected by a stroke each year in the world. About 5 million die and 5 million are left with a permanent disability. For the survivors, it is very difficult to return to a normal activity, such as controlling their movements and becoming again completely...; Tags: Patient, Computer, VR, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-17
WireFusion Free Edition (msi): WireFusion Free Edition lets you create 3D presentations for the Web. With the visual interface you can easily add advanced functionality and interactivity to your presentations. The result is published as a compact, plug-in free, Java Applet, ready for deployment on your Web site. Supported 3D tools are Autodesk VIZ,...; Tags: 3D, Demicron, Virtual Reality, Productivity, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-02-20

virtual reality frog dissection software: Virtual reality frog dissection softwareThe Frog Farmers of America!!!What about the Frog Farmers of America? What will happen to all of them? Some people making a living selling their farmed frogs to schools and universities around the US. This piece of software threatens the livelihood of these individuals! Taking away...; Tags: dissection software, FARMERS, Frog, virtual reality; Discussion threads 2008-02-11
virtual reality frog dissection software: Computer scientists at the University of Buffalo have developed V-Frog, the world's first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education. Contrary to previous virtual frog dissection kits, this software is a real simulation product. As says one researcher, 'other products out there are multi-media, not true virtual reality.' And...; Tags: Software, Biology, Student, Technology, V-Frog, Tools & Techniques, Virtual Reality, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-11
Church Builder (exe): Church Builder enables you to build complex 3D models of churches, create tours of the models, make video clips of the tours, capture images of the churches and convert them into VRML for viewing on Web sites. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Church, Tour, Church Builder, Virtual Reality, Scripting Languages, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Internet; Software downloads 2008-01-18
Agape World Fellowship Universe (exe): Agape World Fellowship AWF is a FREE Christian based 3D virtual reality chat and fellowship. We are a non-denominational online church and welcome Christians no matter what denomination you are. We also welcome nonbelievers too. We are G rated and family oriented and we ask all those who come here...; Tags: Web Browser, Agape World Fellowship, Agape World Fellowship Universe, Virtual Reality, Web Browsers, Emerging Technologies, Internet; Software downloads 2008-01-15
Virtual factories under your fingers: We've seen lots of multi-touch tables recently, but many of them were designed for gamers. The one developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany is designed for engineers. This Multi-Touch table screen allows to inspect virtual factories. As 'many industrial processes involve reactions in places that are difficult to see...; Tags: Finger, Camera, Coperion Group, Productivity, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-08
Digital 3D Screensaver (exe): Get ready for an exciting virtual journey inside the strange world of your microprocessor where endless strings of digits make things happen, things like the internet, the virtual reality, the artificial intelligence and so on. Immerse yourself into the mystical world of your computer with this fully configurable 3D screensaver,...; Tags: 3D, Virtual Reality, Internet, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-01-02
Collaborating in virtual environments: Engineers have been using collaborating tools in virtual reality environments for almost 20 years. Now, South Korean and Japanese researchers have tried to compare different experiences of users working together using the Virtual Dollhouse application where two people working together have to build a virtual dollhouse using virtual building blocks,...; Tags: Network, Environment, Object, Physics Law, Virtual Reality, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-05
Antiprism (15-win): Antiprism is a set of utilities for working with polyhedra. It includes modelling programs, a viewer, and tools to analyze the polyhedra. The models can be exported to VRML, POV-Ray and LiveGraphics3D. It will make standard models like the Platonics, Archimedean and all the uniform polyhedra, prisms, antiprisms, pyramids, geodesic...; Tags: Pyramid, VRML, Antiprism, Virtual Reality, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2007-11-19
Optic flow guides us in the right direction: The way we perceive the visual motion of objects as we move is a phenomenon called 'optic flow.' Now, Brown University researchers have discovered that optic flow helps us to walk. They've used Brown's Virtual Environment Navigation Lab, or VENLab, one of the largest virtual reality labs in the U.S....; Tags: Brown University, Adaptation, Subject, Flow, Virtual Reality, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-16
Talisman Desktop (zip): Using Talisman, you can build any interface for your computer. Talisman hides the standard Windows Desktop. In the Talisman work space, you can place any number of buttons or pictures. These objects can have any form or dimension, and all can run external programs or internal shell commands. The number...; Tags: Theme, Talisman, Virtual Reality, Desktops, Scripting Languages, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2007-11-09
Great Stella (exe): Great Stella is the ultimate polyhedron program, letting you create a huge range of polyhedra, rotate them in 3D on-screen, and print nets so you can build your own paper models. Images can be displayed on a polyhedron's faces and printed on the nets try photos of your pets. Models...; Tags: Model, Great Stella, Virtual Reality, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2007-11-06
Jack Human Simulation Software Helps Pratt & Whitney by Speeding Aircraft Engine Development: With routine maintenance accounting for a big part of aviation costs, Pratt & Whitney designs engines with the goal of minimizing maintenance downtime. The company wanted to control costs and speed delivery of new military and commercial aircraft engines and provide customers with engines that require fewer maintenance hours. The...; Tags: Software, Siemens AG, Aircraft, Engine, Aerospace & Defense, Virtual Reality, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies; Case studies 2007-11-01
See new tech from Japan before it hits the U.S.: Think CES is the ultimate consumer electronics show? Think again. Japan's Ceatec just wrapped up, and CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos brought back footage of some of the best tech we've yet to see in the U.S. Take a look at what's on the horizon.; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Tech, caetec, japan, tokyo, ces, gadget, technology, consumer, sony, virtual reality, television, tv, lcd, flat panel, robot, michael kanellos, phone, cell, camera; Videos 2007-10-09
Nintendo Wii-like gesture control technology coming to mobile phone cameras: Just got a tip that a company called GestureTek's GestureTek Mobile division is planning a mobile phone "gesture control technology" of the type used in Nintendo's Wii game console. This is called EyeMobile Engine. Its described as "a virtual reality technology that utilizes the camera...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Mobile, Gesture, Cell Phone, Camera, Nintendo Wii, Virtual Reality, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-03
Drawing on air: In a recent article, PhysOrg.com reports that a team of computer scientists at Brown University has developed Drawing on Air, a haptic-aided interface to help artists to create 3D illustrations while wearing a virtual reality mask. 'The technique introduces two new strategies, using one hand or two hands, to give...; Tags: Technique, 3D, Brown University, Artist, Computer, Productivity, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-23