tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194882912024-02-03T16:54:48.404+00:00Virtual RealityThis Blog is designed to act as a space for discussions on current trends and other aspects of Virtual Reality.cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-59951967611260792932010-11-21T22:09:00.003+00:002010-11-21T22:14:22.185+00:00New 3.7.0 release of view3dsceneNew 3.7.0 release of view3dscene (an open-source VRML/X3D browser<br />
developed as part of a game engine) is available on<br />
<br />
http://vrmlengine.sourceforge.net/view3dscene.php<br />
<br />
This release brings a lot of new features. The complete list is<br />
currently visible on the main page (http://vrmlengine.sourceforge.net/).<br />
<br />
- The best new feature is probably the "screen effects". These are<br />
effects that process the rendered screen by shaders, allowing for a lot<br />
of neat effects like flashlight, color tricks, warping the view and<br />
such. view3dscene includes some built-in effects (see "View->Screen<br />
Effects" menu).<br />
<br />
The most exciting fact is that you can define your own screen effects by<br />
a new ScreenEffect node. This has a "shaders" field where you can place<br />
your shaders, just like standard "Appearance.shaders". So you can<br />
provide your own GLSL code and make any effect you like, using color and<br />
depth buffer contents as input.<br />
<br />
http://vrmlengine.sourceforge.net/kambi_vrml_extensions_screen_effects.php<br />
contains the complete documentation.<br />
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- Newly handled nodes include PlaneSensor, SphereSensor, CylinderSensor,<br />
ClipPlane, ColorRGBA, Billboard, ViewpointGroup.<br />
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- Major optimizations to Transform animation, and many fixes and<br />
optimizations to other nodes.<br />
<br />
- Examine camera works better now. Smooth transition between viewpoints<br />
are done.<br />
<br />
- User interface is improved (toolbar, with most important buttons, is<br />
avilable; tooltips for Examine / Walk / Fly buttons describe the camera<br />
controls.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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The distribution can be obtained<br />
from <a href="http://bit.ly/OpenVRML0_18_4">http://bit.ly/OpenVRML0_18_4</a><br />
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OpenVRML is a C++ runtime library for VRML97 and X3D worlds. It is<br />
capable of reading and displaying VRML/X3D; it can be used for creating<br />
loaders, file converters, and VRML/X3D browsers.<br />
<br />
OpenVRML includes an out-of-process viewer component for use in X11<br />
environments along with hosts for this component in the form of a<br />
Mozilla browser plug-in and a stand-alone player.<br />
<br />
You can find OpenVRML on the Web at<br />
<br />
<http://openvrml.org><br />
<br />
<br />
New in OpenVRML 0.18.4:<br />
<br />
- Added missing Visual C++ project file for openvrml-dl.<br />
<br />
- Fixes for building with Boost 1.41.0.<br />
<br />
- Fixes to build with XULRunner 1.9.2.<br />
<br />
- Fixed crashes associated with concurrently downloading resources in<br />
openvrml-xembed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<br />
Web3D and OGC to build cohesive standards for location-based 3D Web visualization services<br />
<br />
Menlo Park, Feb 2, 2010 - The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium have updated their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperatively advance their standards to support Web-based 3D visualization, modeling and simulation. The updated MOU includes membership sharing between the two organizations with a strong determination to build cohesive, durable standards that complement each other well. This agreement will enable OGC and Web3D Consortium members to each collaborate in common Working Group development activities. The goal is to align the Web3D Consortium’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-3D-Graphics-Programming-Java3D/dp/1848002831?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">X3D</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1848002831" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> standard with OGC standards to improve location-based 3D visualization.<br />
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As 3D becomes more and more accessible to end users, Web3D and OGC envision the synthesis of 2D maps with 3D immersive worlds. X3D is seen as an excellent, stable open standard for 3D geospatial data portrayal. The inclusion of interactive Internet-based 3D graphics will provide geospatial users with a richer and more compelling experience. Among the many benefits of this collaboration will be improved location-enabled 3D web portrayal services to support architecture planning, engineering, climate prediction, security, defense and intelligence.<br />
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Mark Reichardt, President of OGC, stated, "OGC is pleased to renew its alliance partnership arrangement with the Web3D standards organization. The work of the OGC and Web3D Consortium complement each other, each addressing different problems to meet shared community needs for 3D information management, fusion, visualization, analysis and modeling."<br />
<br />
The two groups met at the 71st OGC TC/PC meeting in Mountain View California in December 2009 to discuss the strengths of X3D as a 3D presentation/portrayal systems for OGC standards. Discussions were also held on how to integrate X3D with other OGC standards such as City GML. As a direct result of these meetings, Web3D member company Planet 9 Studios (www.planet9.com) was invited to develop X3D-based flight interfaces as part of OGCs’ 2010 OWS-7 test bed project. Key sponsors of this test bed include key agencies such as the FAA, Eurocontrol, NOAA and NGA. Planet 9 CEO, David Colleen, said “We look forward to adapting X3D to the demanding needs of flight planning and control including cutting-edge weather simulation, in-flight information, and high-resolution geographic depiction.”<br />
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"According to our customers, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/X3D-Extensible-Graphics-Interactive-Technology/dp/012088500X?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">X3D</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=012088500X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> brings new 3D visualization and interactivity capabilities into GIS applications in combination with OGC's CityGML format," according to Peter Schickel, Vice President of Web3D Consortium and CEO of Bitmanagement Software GmbH (www.bitmanagement.com). His company's new whitepaper regarding Online Geo Visualization describes multiple working applications for consumer and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-First-Geographic-Information-Systems/dp/0971764727?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">GIS</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0971764727" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> use-cases.<br />
<br />
“This alliance is important to both organizations," noted Alan Hudson, President of both Web3D Consortium and Yumetech Inc. (www.yumetech.com) "Industry definitely needs collaborative open standards for location-based interactive 3D visualization, benefitting users with a richer and more meaningful geospatial experience.”<br />
<br />
About the Open <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Geospatial-Technologies-Guide-Logging/dp/0471244090?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Geospatial</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471244090" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> Consortium:<br />
The OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 385 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop open interface specifications. OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that “geo-enable” the Web, location-based services, and mainstream IT. The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org.<br />
<br />
About the Web3D Consortium:<br />
The Web3D Consortium is a non-profit, international standards organization that uses its broad-based industry support to continue developing the X3D specification. X3D is the ISO standard for web based 3D and is widely used in animation, simulation, navigation, medical and design applications. Through well-coordinated efforts with ISO, W3C, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Imaging-Communications-Medicine-DICOM/dp/354074570X?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">DICOM</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=354074570X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />, Khronos and OGC, the Web3D Consortium is expanding its support for these important communities of users. Visit the Web3D Consortium at <a href="http://bit.ly/Web3D_site">http://bit.ly/Web3D_site</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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Where does this story take place I hear you say - in the new <a href="http://bit.ly/UCCITBuilding_GMaps" rel="http://bit.ly/plugins/iframe?hashUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FUCCITBuilding_GMaps">IT Building</a> in <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.ucc.ie/">University College Cork</a>, Ireland. In fact this story begins in the <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.cs.ucc.ie/">Department of Computer Science</a>, where I lecture.<br />
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The VR room is a relatively large room (compared to other labs in the building). The room is notionally divided into four equal parts. Much of the activity to be undertaken in this space involves polarized 3D projection, so it was important to have as much control over the light in the room as possible. To this end, all surfaces in the room, apart form the floor, are painted black. The lighting in the room is divided in to four zones, each zone has individual on-off controls, and is dimmable.<br />
<br />
One zone is intended for our large-format 3D projection system, while the other three zones are composed of various workstations for head-tracking, gesture-based interaction, BCI, 3D Digitization, motion tracking, and other VR related activities.<br />
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The first part of building the lab involves the setting-up and configuration of the 3D projection system. Our system is a rear-projection dual head circular polarized system. (At a later stage I will list the individual devices and models.) Anyone who has set one of these systems up before will testify that the most difficult part of the setup is the calibration of the projectors. In fact there is so much too it, that I will cover it in another post.<br />
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Below are some images from the first couple of days setting up the lab.<br />
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<div><br />
</div><div>Much of the material was a re-hash of what is widely known in the research community about the state-of-the-art in VR. I persisted with the program as it contained an interesting interview with <a href="http://bit.ly/JaronLanier">Jaron Lanier</a><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">However watching the show got me thinking about the list of movies that have been and continue to be important in influencing developments and research in VR. Here is a list of some notable movies:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seminal Hollywood moments that have been influenced by, or have influenced developments in technology. </span></span><br />
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disclosure-Michael-Douglas/dp/0790730979?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B001EN71DG?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">StarWars</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001EN71DG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1977-2008</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tron-20th-Anniversary-Collectors-Bridges/dp/B00005OCMR?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">TRON</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005OCMR" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1982, starring <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner and Cindy Morgan</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brainstorm-Christopher-Walken/dp/B00004VVN9?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Brainstorm</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00004VVN9" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1983, starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood and Louise Fletcher</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Videodrome-James-Woods/dp/0783228457?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Videodrome</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0783228457" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1983, starring James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits and Peter Dvorsky</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Total-Recall-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/dp/B00070FX5U?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Total Recall</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00070FX5U" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1990, starring <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lawnmower-Man-New-Line-Platinum/dp/6304604572?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Lawnmower Man</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=6304604572" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1992, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan</span></span><br />
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disclosure-Michael-Douglas/dp/0790730979?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Disclosure</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0790730979" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0790730979" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1994, starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore and Donald Sutherland </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Days-Ralph-Fiennes/dp/B00000JSJC?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Strange Days</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000JSJC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1995, starring <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtuosity-Denzel-Washington/dp/B00000ILBO?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtuosity</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000ILBO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1995, starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Kelly Lynch</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Mnemonic-Keanu-Reeves/dp/0767802454?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Johnny Mnemonic</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0767802454" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1995, starring Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer and Ice-T</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20src=%22http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=vrplace-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=B0002YLCX8%22%20style=%22width:120px;height:240px;%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20marginwidth=%220%22%20marginheight=%220%22%20frameborder=%220%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E">Andoromedia</a> 1998, starring <span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hiroko Shimabukuro and Eriko Imai </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Keanu-Reeves/dp/B000P0J0AQ?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Matrix</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000P0J0AQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1999, starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/eXistenZ-Jude-Law/dp/B00000K31V?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">ExistenZ</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000K31V" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 1999, starring Jude Law, Jason Leigh, Ian Holm and Willem Dafoe</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thirteenth-Floor-Craig-Bierko/dp/0767821629?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Thirteenth Floor</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0767821629" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, 1999 starring <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol and Armin Mueller-Stahl</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Malgorzata-Foremniak/dp/B0000D9PNY?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Avalon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0000D9PNY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 2001, starring <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Malgorzata Foremniak and Wladyslaw Kowalski</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Minority-Report-Widescreen-Two-Disc-Special/dp/B00005JL78?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Minority Report</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005JL78" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> 2002, starring Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow and Colin Farrell</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you feel I have omitted an influential movie or have anything to say on the above please leave a comment.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave</span></span><br />
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-36969228155792772762010-01-07T13:18:00.004+00:002010-01-07T13:22:49.107+00:00Virtual Reality Books<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Over the years I have acquired many books on the topic of Virtual Reality. Some of them were standard VR text books bought from high-street bookstores, others were a little more difficult to source and usually involved some haggling on eBay.<br />
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The purpose of this series of posts is to share my thoughts on these books with you and to see if they correspond or not with your own thoughts on these books.<br />
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We seem to be on the cusp of another VR era - could we possibly call it a renaissance? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We have learned a lot since the 1980s and the hype that surrounded VR, which was also helped along by Hollywood (examples include Lawnmower Man and the Matrix).<br />
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Hopefully my meagre effort here will help us to move forward in a more measured, considered way, so that we don't fall in to the 1980's trap of believing that this is the second coming (in computing terms of course).<br />
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I'll start the ball rolling by listing the books that I have to hand.<br />
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<b> Book List</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">Recommended Text Books:</span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Multimedia-Virtual-Reality-Engineering-Richard/dp/0750629878?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Multimedia & Virtual Reality Engineering</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Virtual-Reality-Interface-Application/dp/1558603530?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1558603530" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Virtual-Reality-fast-Understand/dp/1852330120?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Essential Virtual Reality Fast: How to Understand the Techniques and Potential of Virtual Reality</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1852330120" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Graphics-Virtual-Environments-Real-Time/dp/0201624206?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0201624206" style="border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
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</div><div>Other Books:<br />
</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Mirage-Science-Virtual-Reality/dp/0938151827?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Silicon Mirage: The Art and Science of Virtual Reality</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0938151827" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0750629878" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Reality-Technology-Second-CD-ROM/dp/0471360899?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Reality Technology</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471360899" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Industrial-Applications-Computer-Graphics-Systems/dp/3540633480?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Reality for Industrial Applications</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3540633480" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Experiments-Virtual-Reality-David-Harrison/dp/0750622253?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Experiments in Virtual Reality</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0750622253" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Reality-Theory-Practice-Promise/dp/0887367283?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Reality: Theory, Practice and Promise</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0887367283" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471951463" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Virtual-Reality-Nadia-Magnenat-Thalmann/dp/0471951463?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Artificial Life and Virtual Reality</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471951463" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Reality-Revolutionary-Technology-Computer-Generated/dp/0671778978?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer Generated Artifical Worlds</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0671778978" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Visualization-Virtual-Reality-Programming-Windows/dp/0830641246?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Visualization and Virtual Reality:3D Programming with Visual Basic for Windows</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0830641246" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Information-Visualisation-Virtual-Environments-Chaomei/dp/1852331364?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Information Visualization and Virtual Environments</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1852331364" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Virtual-Worlds-Richard-Bartle/dp/0131018167?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Designing Virtual Worlds</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0131018167" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Reality-Through-Looking-Glass/dp/0830640649?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0830640649" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-Virtual-Reality-Environments-Engineering/dp/0201631717?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0201631717" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Environments-99-Proceedings-Eurographics/dp/3211833471?ie=UTF8&tag=vrplace-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Virtual Environments '99: Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop in Vienna</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=vrplace-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3211833471" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
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<p></p><a href="http://www.imclab.ucc.ie"> Virtual Reality Reasearch</a>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-1267353639691514382008-07-10T00:27:00.001+01:002008-07-10T00:34:38.120+01:00Increasing number of VR Environmentswell, I have been quite remiss in not maintaining my blog recently. So much so, that the number of VR environments have exploded in recent months.<br /><br />Look at this from Tech Crunch:<br /><br />Virtual Worlds Are So Hot Right Now: $345 Million Invested So Far This Year<br />I feel like today is Virtual World Day. We started off the morning covering the public beta launch of Vivaty, then Second Life and IBM announced that they bridged two virtual worlds, and Google launched its own version of virtual worlds with Lively.<br /><br />If it seems like everybody is starting their own virtual world, it is because they are. A report put out today by Virtual Worlds Management tracks $161 million put into 14 virtual-world investments during the second quarter of 2008. In the first quarter there was even more activity, with $184 million put into 23 virtual worlds and supporting technology companies. That brings the total this year alone to $345 million across 37 deals. Some notable deals (you can see the full lists by clicking on the last two links above):<br /><br />Second Quarter 2008<br /><br />Grockit——————-MMO Learning Game——-$8 million——-Integral Capital and Benchmark<br /><br />Nurien Software——–3D social networking——-$15 million——-Northern Light, Globespan, NEA<br /><br />PrimeSense————-Gestural Interface———-$20.4 million—–Led by Canaan Partners<br /><br />Realtime Worlds———-MMOG Developer———$50 million——–Maverick Capital, NEA<br /><br />Stanford Parallel —-Parallel Processing————–$6 million——-Sun Microsystems, AMD, Nvidia, IBM,<br />Processing Lab for Virtual Worlds HP, and Intel<br /><br />Turbine———————-MMOG——————-$40 million————–Time Warner and GGV Capital<br /><br />First Quarter 2008<br /><br />9You———–Virtual World/Casual Games——$100 million——–Temasek Holdings<br /><br />Dizzywood —————Youth World————— $1 million——-Shelby Bonnie, Charles River Ventures<br /><br />EveryScape————— Mirror World————–$7 million——–Dace, Draper Fisher Jurvetson<br /><br />Fix8 ———————- Avatar Content————$2 million ——–SK Telecom<br /><br />Gizmoz ——————- Avatar Creation ———- $6.5 million——-DoCoMo Capital, ngi group<br /><br />iOpener ——————–Mixed Reality ————-$6 million———Triangle Venture Capital<br /><br />Sparkplay Media——Casual MMO with Games—–$4.25 million—–Redpoint, Prism Ventureworks<br /><br />Unisfair ——————–Virtual Events Platform—–$10 million——-Norwest, Sequoia Capital<br /><br />Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-62534365631134463212008-01-24T00:33:00.000+00:002008-01-24T00:48:18.802+00:00VR Job - TCD - Irelandthe Aerospace Psychology Research Group, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, is part of a large EU Research Consortium, and they are currently looking for a researcher to work on an EU project.<br /><br />The main work of the group concerns carrying out research into the human and organisational factors which underlie safety, reliability and change in complex safety-critical industries like aviation and the process industries.<br />The work will include VR and HCI/Human Factors.<br /><br />The position is available immediately and will require one month in Milan.<br />The salary ranges between 30K-35K Euro (negotiable).<br /><br />If you would like to know more about this position, please contact:<br /><br />Alison Kay on 00353 (0) 87 2635673<br />or:<br /><br />kayam AT tcd.ie<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-51364558491582700592007-09-24T10:07:00.000+01:002007-09-24T10:19:58.765+01:00Randy Pausch's Last LectureRandy Pausch, known to many for his work in promoting the positive side of games and interactive systems, gave his farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon (September 18, 2007). This is indeed a sad occasion, as Randy is only 46 and is suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer.<br /><br />The lecture follows the tradition of (hypothetical) farewell lectures by distinguished speakers at Carnegie Mellon. The main difference this time is that this is very much a 'real' farewell lecture from Randy.<br /><br />Randy is a distinguished published speaker on many of the positive aspects of interactive systems and games - in particular the educational benefits.<br /><br />A video of the lecture is available for viewing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/389211/carnegie_mellon_professor_randy_pauschs.html">Randy Pausch's Last Lecture</a><br /><br />rgds Dave<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<p></p><a href="http://www.imclab.ucc.ie"> Virtual Reality Reasearch</a>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-18942698104286038082007-08-07T12:06:00.000+01:002007-08-07T12:09:12.820+01:00Gibson turns lukewarm on the futureIn an interview carried by <a href="www.silicon.com"> Silicon</a>, William Gibson (of Neuromancer fame) seems to be lukewarm on the 'future'. He believes that since WWII technological development has been growing at an exponential rate and that he can't see where the future is heading in this crazy maelstrom of change.<br /><br />Read the interview at:<br /><br />http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39168006,00.htm<br /><br /><br />Dave<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
<a href="http://multimedia.ucc.ie/IM/coursedescription.html"> Virtual Reality Course</a>
<p></p><a href="http://www.imclab.ucc.ie"> Virtual Reality Reasearch</a>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-34626199580056651902007-05-30T10:16:00.000+01:002007-05-30T10:23:51.457+01:00CAVEman: The World’s First 4D Virtual Humanok, it has been a while since I visited my own blog! The shame of it ;)<br /><br />Well, I came across this piece about CAVEman and this spurred me on to blog about it.<br />Basically, the guys at the University of Calgary spent a few years (six to be precise) to build an anatomically correct model of the human male and are using their CAVE to enable researchers to explore their implementation of the human model.<br /><br />This high resolution model can be sized to any scale, and display the entire model or select regions of it.<br /><br />read more about it here:<br /><a href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/05/caveman_the_wor.html">CAVEman</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-1155215490381871682006-08-10T14:01:00.000+01:002007-02-08T17:19:39.233+00:00New University module to be delivered in Second LifeJOYSTIQ is carrying a piece on an academic (Ed Lamoureux) who is going to run a Multimedia-VR module entirely in Second Life. The module is called "Field Research in Second Life" (Multimedia 490, MM 490) and will initially be limited to 8 students. The module objectives are:<br /><br />1. teach real world field research (communication ethnography) techniques.<br />2. adapt real world field research techniques to a virtual environment.<br />3. examine the potential of immersive online communities as teaching and learning environments, both for BU/MM and for New Media Consortium and its partners/sponsors.<br />4. expose BU/MM students (as future MM producers) to an immersive, online, 3D environment that has purposes in addition to/other than gaming.<br /><br />This is truly a new departure and Ed should be commended for taking this `leap'.<br /><br />It would be nice if Ed were to publish a post-module evaluation so that we can see if this is a viable medium for teaching and learning.<br /><br />Dave<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-1154528550294049122006-08-02T15:21:00.000+01:002006-08-02T15:43:34.590+01:00Media Machines announces Ajax3D based on Ajax and X3D[NEWS] Media Machines announces Ajax3D based on Ajax and X3D<br /><br />August 01, 2006<br />Media Machines announced Ajax3D, a Javascript-based software library and development paradigm for deploying online virtual worlds and 3D web applications based on Ajax and X3D. The company also issued an open call for participation in an industry forum at www.ajax3D.org, dedicated to the research and development of online virtual worlds using 3D open standards and Ajax best practices.<br /><br />Ajax3D combines the visual richness and interactivity of X3D, the ISO standard for networked 3D graphics, with the ease of use and ubiquity of Ajax, a set of Javascript and XML programming methods for developing web applications. Ajax3D employs the X3D Scene Access Interface (SAI) for controlling 3D worlds within a web browser via Javascript. Ajax3D content can be viewed with any web browser with an X3D-compliant plug-in.<br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/VR" rel="tag">VR</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Ajax3D" rel="tag">Ajax3D</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/X3D" rel="tag">X3D</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VirtualReality" /></div>cogspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950429673900805421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488291.post-1150737453467936972006-06-19T18:12:00.000+01:002006-06-19T18:17:33.486+01:00New MSc in VR and Games TechnologyThe University of Salford (UK) has just begun a new MSc in VR and Games Technology.<br />This would make it one of the first Universities to offer an entire (well almost) Masters degree on VR.<br />I've had a look at the modules and they seem to be quite comprehensive. Another impressive aspect of this programme is the group running the degree have a very strong research track record.<br /><br /><br />This is one that I will be recommending to my students when they are looking for an MSc in this field.<br /><br />Dave<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>...............................................................</p>
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