Virtual reality can improve memory-Perhaps too much
Conventional wisdom tells us that experience is the best teacher. But a new study of virtual marketing strategies finds that this isn't always true. view more (2006-12-06)
Haptics technology makes the impossible possible
How would it feel to pick up a Boeing 777 while standing on an asteroid? Or to play with a yo-yo on Mars? Or even to explore a box that is larger on the inside than on the outside? All these things are now possible as scientists at the University of Reading are developing technology which allows computer users to touch, grip and even manipulate... view more... (2004-05-26)
COMPUTER BOFFINS HARNESS THE POWER OF VIRTUAL REALITY
Karakuri skills have been inherited by individuals, known as Karakuri-shi, for more than 200 years in Japan. They are now being applied to create this life-like model which, its developers say, is safer than a real horse. Graphics can be emailed to news desks, as required. view more (1999-09-02)
Virtual planning of exhibition stands
Time is money - in the construction of trade fair stands as well as the set design for theaters and television studios. Many designers still draw their designs on paper. "In my experience, however, hardly any customers want to admit that they cannot really envisage the end result of a large stand from a two-dimensional plan," says Peter... view more... (2003-01-23)
Invitation to the media - Europe`s biggest medical meeting starts this Saturday
The Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology is the biggest medical meeting in Europe. ESC 2002 is to be held in Berlin from 31 August - 4 September and will be Germany`s largest conference ever. More than 23,000 attendees are expected to attend ESC 2002, where the highlights include more than 2,000 presentations and an exhibition... view more... (2002-08-26)
Virtual Wheelchair Tours To Improve Disabled Access To Buildings
Wheelchair users should soon be able to experience a 'virtual tour' of buildings which have been designed but not yet constructed, to highlight any problems with access. The researchers, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, hope that their system will help architects to cater for the needs of the disabled who use... view more... (2000-08-14)
Oxford University's Research into the Brain Aided by Virtalis
VIRTALIS has designed and implemented a Virtual Reality (VR) facility for a new laboratory based at the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford. The Wellcome Trust provided a £500,000 grant to cover the cost of the specialist equipment and its installation. The Virtual Reality Research Group is headed by Dr. Andrew Glennerster and is... view more... (2003-04-30)
UCLA mathematician works to make virtual surgery a reality
A surgeon accidently kills a patient, undoes the error and starts over again. Can mathematics make such science fiction a reality? view more (2007-11-27)
A puck glides through virtual worlds
Trees form on the screen as if by magic, and a rainbow emerges over the high treetops as birds glide silently through the skies. Yet the composition of this three-dimensional fantasy world has nothing to do with magic. It has been created and animated by children on an "Assemble Table". As the school kid slides the disc-shaped puck... view more... (2002-07-22)
Interactive storytelling tools for museums
You're viewing a sculpture from the Classical Period in Greek history. Fascinating in itself. Yet how much more interesting would it be if you could see how the characters from the period interact? That is the premise behind the IST project ART-E-FACT. view more (2005-04-28)
A virtual toothache helps student dentists
Masha is a dental patient. Her oral health problems continue to change as she meets new Case Western Reserve University student dentists in Second Life's virtual dental office. view more (2008-07-22)
Man winks and the computer thinks
To some extent, computers can speak and hear. But seeing is another matter, for the instantaneous interpretation of film sequences requires the processing of huge volumes of data. Visitors to CeBIT can take part in a computer game as a virtual controller. For computer fans and cineastes, "Tron" counts as the forefather of... view more... (2004-02-26)
MDCT, virtual gastroscopy and MPR images differentiate malignant and benign gastric ulcers
Multidetector CT using virtual gastroscopy and post contrast enhanced multiplanar reformation images can be useful in differentiating between malignant and benign gastric ulcers, according to a recent study conducted by researchers from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. view more (2008-07-17)
Supernova radiation simulated in Virtual Reality
To astrophysicists, the energy-charged x-ray radiation on the fringes of a supernova explosion has long been enigmatic. It hasn't been possible to explain how the electrons are able to accelerate to nearly the speed of light. Now scientists in England and in Linköping, Sweden, have hit upon a possible explanation by combining supercomputer... view more... (2001-12-20)
Virtual European Recycling Centre
Gaiker is the head of the Virtual European Recycling Centre. This project financed by the European Commission will receive the amount of 2 million euros for the next three years. The main function of this project is to provide the required information to all European companies that are working in the area of recycling by using the newest... view more... (2002-08-01)
UCF researchers hope virtual reality can help to prevent wildfires
In a year when many Americans have experienced first-hand the dangers of raging wildfires, University of Central Florida researchers are preparing to study whether interactive, virtual reality simulations of wildfires can make residents more willing to invest in preventing them. view more (2007-06-07)
DANCE EXPERT TO CHOREOGRAPH MOOD AND ATMOSPHERE INTO VIRTUAL WORLDS
The work is being carried out by a team in the Centre for Communication Interface Research at the University of Edinburgh, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. view more (2000-01-10)
VIRTUAL FRIEND HELPS YOUNG ASTHMA SUFFERERS
Young people with chronic health problems can benefit from text message services, say researchers this week's BMJ. Doctors in Tayside set up a mobile phone text message service combining reminders to use an inhaler with sport news, celebrity gossip, and horoscopes. The messages were sent by a "virtual friend with asthma" to 30 young... view more... (2002-09-10)
Aural and visual appreciation of arts
Museum visitors appreciate the direct access to relevant information provided by audio-guided tours of exhibitions using headsets that eliminate the need to leaf through fat catalogs to read about the works of art. Imagine, how much more exciting it would be if exhibits could recognize a visitor's focus of interest and interact with him directly.... view more... (2002-06-26)
The handbook of the future
This is definitely not a job for people who suffer from claustrophobia. For maintenance engineers, crawling around in the dark and oppressive confined space of a rear aircraft fuselage presents more of a psychological problem. What makes things really difficult is having to refer on the spot to bulky maintenance handbooks. So that engineers no... view more... (2002-07-22)
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