The Cyberwalk Project : http://www.cyberwalk -project.org
Invented by the Institute of Applied Mechanics
http://www.amm.mw .tum.de/index.php?id =189
Based on the OmniDirectionnal Treadmill from Virtual Space Devices inc. http://www.vsd.bz/
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Another video uploaded by the manufacturer is here : http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=msci440q1 8s
The Omni-Directional Treadmill (ODT) is a revolutionary device for locomotion in large-scale virtual environments. The device allows its user to walk or jog in any direction of travel.
(http://www.vsd.b z/)
This is what you can expect at the end of the Kheops/Khufu experience on the biggest VR screen at LaGeode. It's much more impressive on the 24m base, stereoscopic screen!! Come see it in realtime.
More infos : http://www.3ds.com/k hufu
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Here's a demo of Ken Perlin's QuickWrite using Virtools and a NaturalPoint TrackIR to input text in a virtual world. see http://cb.nowan.net/ blog/index.php/2006/ 08/14/237-how-to-inp ut-text-in-vr-quickw rite-using-a-trackir
for more infos and a higher quality video.
Presented at IEEE VR 2008 in Reno, NV, was the 3d Box, by Roberto Lopez-Gulliver and Shunsuke Yoshida, from NICT (nict.go.jp)
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Here's a video showing the use of a Wiimote inside Virtools. It uses GlovePie to emulate key strokes. Sorry about the darkness =) Read http://cb.nowan.net/ blog/2007/01/14/wiir tools/ for more infos.
Softkinetic is developing a framework to use depth cameras to extract body representations. Also works in Virtools.
http://www.softki netic.net/
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