This week in VR, W16 2009
- Chinese online gaming market registered a growth of 63% in 2008, according to Pearl Research. Further growth is expected, and the market should attain $5.5 billion by 2012 [ Massively ]
- In the same register, the Asian virtual goods market (China, Japan, Corea) has been estimated at $5 billion by +8*. The previous year the market value was worth $2.1 billion. [ Virtual Economy Research Network ]
- Nintendo announced that shipping of MotionPlus Wiimote in the US will start on June 8th. The device is an add-on for the existing Wiimote with improved sensors, and will provide 1:1 motion [ Engadget ]
- Cisco came out with a low cost ($89K) telepresence system. CTS 1300 consists of a 65-inch high definition screen and three mounted high definition cameras, and can support resolutions up to 1080p.
[ Telepresence Options ] - Dassault Systemes' 3DVia introduced a new version (3.0) of Shape. Among the new features of the free software are drawing on curved surfaces, offset and mirror. Check out the video here below.
- After two years of occupation, SkyNews is closing down its island in the Second Life and renews its presence by switching to an Immersive Workspaces strategy.
- An exhaustive information about CryEngine 3 improvements was compiled by Voodoo Extreme.
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