This week in VR, W17 2009
- Massively notes in an interesting post about human behaviour in virtual worlds how people actually tend to keep their social responsibility on a high level when going virtual.
- A buzz was created around the AlloSphere, a spherical cave developed by the researchers at the California NanoSystem Institute, lead by Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin. It is conceived as a space where researchers can easily visualize complex data. [ Positive Technology Journal ]
- Saatchi & Saatchi teams up with Immersive Media to produce online 360° video commercials fr Armani. This technology line is apparently becoming a mainstream. [ Directions Magazine ]
- Studies show that distraction through virtual reality reduces pain perceptions after repeated exposures, according to an article published in The Journal of Pain. [ News-Medical ]
- Sulake appeared on the AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 list of top private companies, in the category "Gaming".
- The European Immersive Film Festival (IFF'09) is being held at Centro Multimeios, Espinho, Portugal.
- PcWorld discusses the effects of tagging adult content in Second Life.
- A nice presentation of the efforts National Autonomous University of Mexico puts in virtual training, on the Second Life blog. The University expects to have 1,000 students using in-world contents this year.
- SceneCaster collaborates with mental images, in order to bring realism to its virtual scenes (now rendered in Flash). [ Virtual Worlds News ]
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