Events

This press release reports Dassault Systèmes announced that its 3DVIA brand for lifelike 3D product experiences will be showcasing the latest in highly-interactive 3D and virtual reality technology at the SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference. From the press release: "Joined by many of its technology partners in its booth, #1217, 3DVIA will provide attendees with an exciting look at the 3D advancements enabled by its 3DVIA Virtools application development platform.

The IMMERSCOM 2009 Second International Conference on Immersive Telecommunications will be held at the University of California, Berkeley on May 27-29, 2009. Full papers are due on November 1, 2008. Here's the mission statement of the conference: "The aim of IMMERSCOM is to focus on multi- and cross-disciplinary research on capturing, processing, analyzing, coding, communication and rendering of rich audio-visual content in order to enable remote immersive experiences of people, objects and environments. The body of technologies that enable such immersive remote experiences is collectively referred to as immersive telecommunications technologies. Applications of immersive telecommunications technologies can be varied, and include telepresence, industrial automation, health care, education, and entertainment.

This Verivox press release talks about the ICIDO Summit which will be held from 25 to 26 September in the Millennium Hotel in Stuttgart. From the press release: "The ICIDO Summit ranks amongst the leading events devoted to application-oriented virtual reality in Europe. This year, the conference, which is being held from 25 to 26 September in the Millennium Hotel in Stuttgart, focuses mainly on virtual cooperation. With the slogan “Get together. Eye and decide.” an international programme with illustrious speakers from all over Europe and USA, including Joe Barkai of IDC as keynote speaker, awaits conference attendees.

The 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing will be held on December 1-3, 2008 at Las Vegas. Paper submissions are due before July 21. From the symposium website: "The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing.

ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the broad field of visual computing. In particular, ISVC is structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas.

This CrunchGear article talks about the Virtual-Eye High End Wearable Display Device (HEWDD-768) presented at the 16th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo. From the article: "Yesterday I attended the 16th Industrial Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo to find some cool tech to cover for CrunchGear. However, a lot of what I saw was just boring stuff. Advanced maybe, but boring: motion capturing systems, VR games, 3D projectors etc.

One exception was the so-called “High End Wearable Display Device” HEWDD-768. The VR helmet has been around for a while now, but I was able to scrutinize the newest version of the product and shoot a video. The display was presented by Crescent [JP], a Tokyo-based technology company.

This Autocar article reports Jaguar Land Rover has finally opened its Virtual Reality Centre (we discussed about it previously in this post). From the article: "Jaguar Land Rover has opened its new ‘Virtual Reality Centre’ at the Design and Engineering Centre in Gaydon. The company has invested £2 million in the new technology to speed up product development.

The design facility will use advanced virtual reality software and the world’s highest-resolution projectors to allow engineers and designers wearing 3-D glasses to interact with life-size models of vehicles and components.

JLR hopes that the system will reduce the need for expensive physical prototypes as they claim it is capable of simulating vehicle exteriors and interiors at an almost photo-realistic resolution.

This centredaily.com article reports Dassault Systemes announced its international Virtual Reality Experience and 3D Entertainment contest which challenges competitors to invent a multiplatform 3D real time application geared toward the general public using 3DVIA Virtools technology. From the article: ""The world of general public entertainment is reaching a new paradigm, lead by VR technologies for immersive, interactive, emotionally-charged experiences in 3D," says Mehdi Tayoubi, director of interactive media at Dassault Systemes. "Dassault Systemes is committed to innovation and with this contest is helping to create a next generation of VR creatives."

Educators to experience first-hand how 3D technology is revolutionizing learning

IRVINE, Calif. – The Interactive Digital Center (IDC) Consortium, a collaboration formed by EON Reality, NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard, Christie Digital and Microsoft to promote the advancement of interactive 3D (i3D) visualization solutions for simulation-based learning and workforce development, announces its inaugural i3D Symposium. This first-of-its kind event, to be held in Florence, S.C., April 10-11, 2008, will provide college and university educators an opportunity to experience first-hand how 3D technology is revolutionizing learning.

Educators attending the Symposium will hear from global leaders about how 3D technologies truly can change the way learning takes place, see the latest i3D technologies in action and experience for themselves how today’s learner becomes immersed in the learning environment.

This Presse Box article reports the ICIDO is bestowing the first Virtual Reality Excellence Award. From the article: "This prize is intended to recognise outstanding practically-oriented applications in the area of virtual product development. The competition rules were presented on 22 February 2008 during the ICIDO Education Days, an event that is meant to promote and intensify the cooperation between industry and research. The award shall be granted on an annual basis in the future.

Lewis Harrison from Codeworks sent me an email about the Thinking Digital conference: "Some of technology's greatest visionaries will head to North East England from around the world in May to discuss the ideas and technologies that are set to fundamentally alter the way people live, work and play.

The inaugural Thinking Digital conference will seek to answer some of the key questions facing high level executives in the fields of marketing, technology, mobile and media, such as: what are the next big changes we'll see in the media? What will globalisation bring us next? Will mobile 2.0 ever show up? And is technology leading us down the path to utopia or to the extinction of the planet?