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Tag: Head-tracking

March 5, 2015

Real Life Portal Made with Kinect: You Are the Test Subject

Real Life Portal Made with Kinect: You Are the Test Subject
Fans who make Portal recreations usually resort to mirrors and simple perspective tricks to simulate the game’s space-warping effect. But software designer Roland Smeenk’s setup actually creates windows to another space.…
April 13, 2014

Parrot AR.Drone Controlled with Head Movement Using Oculus Rift: OculusDrone

Parrot AR.Drone Controlled with Head Movement Using Oculus Rift: OculusDrone
Last year we saw a drone camera system that streamed live 3D video that can be viewed through the Oculus Rift headset. Diego Araos wrote a program that not only lets you use the Rift to view the feed from a Parrot AR.Drone…
January 23, 2014

Avegant Glyph Beta Head-Mounted Display Doubles as Headphones: Music & Graphics

Avegant Glyph Beta Head-Mounted Display Doubles as Headphones: Music & Graphics
We first heard about Avegant’s Glyph retinal display a few months ago, which uses tiny mirrors and optics to reflect images directly to the user’s eyes instead of using conventional displays.…
December 27, 2013

FaceRig Turns You into a Digital Avatar in Real Time: Self-e

FaceRig Turns You into a Digital Avatar in Real Time: Self-e
Here’s a program that could be one of the big hits of 2014. Currently in development by Holotech Studios, FaceRig lets anyone with a webcam project their head movements and facial expressions onto a virtual character, all in real time.…
October 11, 2013

Avegant Head-Mounted Display Beams Images Straight to Your Eyeballs: the Real Retina Display?

Avegant Head-Mounted Display Beams Images Straight to Your Eyeballs: the Real Retina Display?
Here’s another device that could be vying for space on your face in the near future. A company called Avegant is making what they call a Virtual Retinal Display.…
July 29, 2013

Zeiss Cinemizer OLED Head-Mounted Display: An Eyes-on Review

Zeiss Cinemizer OLED Head-Mounted Display: An Eyes-on Review
I’ve had the opportunity to try out a number of head-mounted displays over the years, and most of them have been pretty underwhelming, either from a display quality or comfort perspective.…
November 13, 2011

Terminator T-800 Virtual Assistant Arrives, Looking for Siri Connor

Terminator T-800 Virtual Assistant Arrives, Looking for Siri Connor
With its Siri personal virtual assistant technology in the iPhone 5, Apple has proven that we’re willing to converse with our technology – assuming it has more of a personality than your average “say one for tech support” voice recognition system.…
June 1, 2011

Forza 4 Gets Cool Kinect Head Tracking

Forza 4 Gets Cool Kinect Head Tracking
If you spend any time on a racetrack or an autocross course inside a car with an instructor one of the things they will tell you is to look ahead of where you are and let your hands follow your eyes.…
April 17, 2009

Eon Icube Offers Incredibly Immersive 3d Vr Experience

Eon Icube Offers Incredibly Immersive 3d Vr Experience
This VR technology provides for a completely immersive 3-dimensional experience by surrounding users in a cube of digital imagery, combined with stereoscopic glasses and motion-tracking hardware to provide for a dizzying ride through virtual environments.…