Philips promises an exciting, entertaining and engaging 3D experience with the introduction of a 52-inch 3D Display at InfoComm 2008 (June 18-20). The 52-inch 3D display, that immediately grabs the attention of the viewer in media-rich environments and creates ultimate 3D stop and holding power, is well positioned for professional use in the digital signage, [...]
The Star Ledger
Forget hi-def TV. That technology is as old as the internet. The next generation of digital entertainment could bring entertainers into your living room as full-sized 3D holograms, bring cell phone voicemails to life with tiny images of callers or bring you face-to-face with Super Mario himself.
It’s an exciting time for physicists and other [...]
The New York Times
Jill Smart, an Accenture executive, was skeptical the first time she stepped into her firm’s new videoconferencing room in Chicago for a meeting with a group of colleagues in London. But the videoconferencing technology, known as telepresence, delivered an experience so lifelike, Ms. Smart recalled, that “10 minutes into it, you forget [...]
The New York Times
TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that introduced millions to the joy of skipping television commercials, is trying to crack a decades-old media dream. It wants to turn the television remote control into a tool for buying the products being advertised and promoted on commercials and talk shows.
The company, based in Alviso, Calif., [...]
Boston.com
The $350,000 scientific display device and its twin backscreen projectors are packed with software designed to impart three-dimensional form and even “feel” to virtual objects, whether a string of molecules seeming to swirl in mid-air, a hovering swath of DNA, or a simulated diseased organ about to be removed.
The 3D objects - which leap off [...]
Wall Street Journal Online
Let’s get this out of the way first — in the next 10 years, no one will travel to work by jet pack or have robot maids that serve dinner. But technology will continue to transform the rituals of everyday life — sometimes in startling ways.
Imagine televisions that project 3-D images [...]
I ran across this video on YouTube that was created by a small group of students for their MIS project. They present an interesting and well thought out argument that looks at both the pros and cons of Teleliving.
Forbes
This story is not a prophesy. It is not a prediction. Nor is it a prescriptive.
This story is a warning.
Reality is changing. Cheap, widely distributed bandwidth and advanced networking technologies are divorcing an ever-growing segment of the population from traditionally “real” constraints like geography and socio-economic status.
At work, your closest colleagues could be sitting in [...]
ZD Net
If you ever participated to some virtual reality (VR) experiments, you know that the environment is quite expensive and not always user-friendly. In fact, in some immersive environments, it’s even possible to feel bad because of motion sickness. This is why researchers from Germany and Sweden have developed a new VR environment where the [...]
Wired
Developed by the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, the Tactical Language Training Program is different from interactive language programs of the past, which focus solely on spoken language. In Tactical Iraqi, players navigate a set of real-life scenarios by learning a set of Arabic phrases, culturally relevant gestures and taboos. Other titles include [...]
