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- 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
- Linden sees academic potential for Second Life with 3D voice
- Second Life is about to get even more real by incorporating proximity-based 3D voice capabilities into the popular virtual reality site, reports Campus Technology "3-D Voice" would allow "Second Life residents to speak to one another using spacial awareness algorithms that take distance and direction into account, modifying sounds...
- Tags: Emerging Tech, VR, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Linden sees academic potential for Second Life with 3D voice
- Second Life is about to get even more real by incorporating proximity-based 3D voice capabilities into the popular virtual reality site, reports Campus Technology "3-D Voice" would allow "Second Life residents to speak to one another using spacial awareness algorithms that take distance and direction into account, modifying sounds...
- Tags: VR, Emerging Tech, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- GLOBAL VR's EA SPORTS PGA TOUR Golf Coin-Op Game Scores a Hole-in-One With BSQUARE and Windows XP Embedded
- GLOBAL VR is the world's leading manufacturer of coin-operated video games based on home PC gaming technology. When GLOBAL VR set about creating a coin-operated version of EA SPORTSTM PGA TOUR Golf, they knew that choosing the right operating system would be a crucial decision. GLOBAL VR had already evaluated...
- Tags: Bsquare, Electronic Arts Inc., Windows XP Embedded, VR, GLOBAL VR, Microsoft Windows XP, Games, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology
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- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., aperture
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Nikon Coolpix P80
- For megazoom shooters, the Nikon Coolpix P80's 18x zoom, 27-486mm-equivalent f/2.8-4.5 lens likely sits at the top of the list of the P80's attractions. The range provides a good combination of wide-angle and telephoto views at relatively wide maximum aperture values. Nikon supports the lens with an agreeable and functional...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, P80, ISO, aperture, Nikon Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- 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
- Apple patches 11 QuickTime flaws
- Apple pushed out the latest version of QuickTime and patched 11 vulnerabilities in its third security update of 2008. Late Wednesday, Apple pushed the update, which covers QuickTime on all platforms. The following flaws affect QuickTime on Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later,...
- Tags: Java Applet, Apple QuickTime, Java, Movie, Apple Inc., Applet, Flaw, CVE-2008-1014, Movie File, CVE-2008-1015, Application Termination, CVE-2008-1021, CVE-2008-1022, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Modelweaver (exe)
- Modelweaver 3 is an easy-to-use, and powerful 3D object movie creating program, which can help the user to create high quality 3D, interactive VR object movies quickly. It can be used in the fields of products, garments, collections, arts and crafts, antiques and other objects they want to display vividly...
- Tags: 3D, Easypano, Modelweaver 3, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-04-03
- News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...
- Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- VR game to help burn patients
- The Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use a virtual reality game to help burn patients. By using SnowWorld, developed at the University of Washington, patients recovering from severe burns will enter a virtual 'polar landscape of gently falling...
- Tags: Game, Patient, Loyola University, University Of Washington, Snowball, SnowWorld, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Click-VR Visualizer (exe)
- Click-VR Visualizer is a next generation real time rendering plug-in for Autodesk 3Ds Max. Max users can instantly explore their scenes in realtime and create interactive 3D presentations and visualizations by bringing their projects to life with animations, sounds, videos and advanced user interactions. Version 1.03 the window size and...
- Tags: Codeblend, Click-VR Visualizer, Corporate Communications, Construction, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-01-31
- Turning any monitor in to a 3D VR display
- Turning any monitor in to a 3D VR displayFreaky and Far OutntMost Cool thing I have seen in awhileGeorge this has to be one of the coolest things I have seen in years. It is exciting to think of the possibilities, an the 3d effect was amazing. I can imagine...
- Tags: Games, Webcam, Nintendo Wii, Wii Remote, monitor
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- News to know: Vista SP1; Microsoft earnings; MacBook specs; VOIP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Select group of testers get new builds of XP SP3, Vista SP1 Larry Dignan: Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook Jeff Jones err Microsoft: Vista more secure than everything Is Microsoft tinkering with Live...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Linux, Web Site Development, Telephony, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, VOIP, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Networking, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Turning any monitor in to a 3D VR display
- After seeing the above video sent to me by Justin James, I only have one thing to say: Give Jonny his PhD! Johnny Lee is a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University who took a standard Nintendo Wii remote and turned a monitor in to something special. You can check out...
- Tags: 3D, Monitor, Webcam, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- TMPGEnc XPress (exe)
- TMPGEnc XPress gives you the freedom to take almost any video file and encode it to your desired file format including DivX 6 AVI, QuickTime, MPEG 4-ISO, H.264, DVD-Video, DVD-VR, HDV camcorder, and much more. This powerful software provides you with functions and features ranging from a simple cut-editor tool...
- Tags: Video, TMPG, Corporate Communications, DVD, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
- Nikon Coolpix P5100
- Released not long after its sibling, the P5000, the Nikon Coolpix P5100 quickly claimed its role as the new leader of the Coolpix pack. The two cameras bear a close familial resemblance both on the surface and under the hood--most notably the solid, compact body, optical image stabilization, and manual...
- Tags: P5100, Nikon Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-01-02
- 3D printers...coming soon to geek homes?
- Plane rides from Europe are long, so I usually pack a small library of things to read. Among that group was "The World in 2008" by The Economist, a special edition of the magazine where writers put on their pointed hats and try to predict what will happen in the...
- Tags: 3D, Printer, Printing, Timmy, Dad, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, security
- IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityOr they buy Kaneva????IBM is playing the VR play as cool as cats. IMHO, they are going to come out shinning on this play.johnmwillis.comRE: IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityI think you will find thats Michael Ackerbauer not...
- Tags: His-Name, internal virtual world, virtual world, IBM Corp., confidentiality, security
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- The Recipe Processor 2000 VR (exe)
- The Recipe Processor 2000 VR is a feature full recipe management program. Enter and manage individual recipes. Search through recipes by name, category, sub category, ingredient, directions, or wildcard name. Adjust serving size and ingredient amounts instantly. Convert from one measure to another. Print either of two available shopping lists....
- Tags: Ingredient, Category, Recipe Processor 2000 VR
- Software downloads 2007-12-07
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