Where were you on Thursday, April 21st, 2011? The ImTech community was having a great time at our first quarterly event, “The Era of Experience”, at The Brewery lofts in Downtown Los Angeles. The event’s aim was to build on discussions sparked at last October’s Immersive Technology Summit and foster dialogue between our industry leading panelists and attendees[...]
A look at TechZulu’s video coverage (pt. 1)
TechZulu’s video coverage (pt. 2)
I’m not sure when the last time I listened to a Devo track was, but the occasion comes up on a handful of occasions, say when I’m surfing on MTV and they’re playing some old 1980′s highlight reels from past awards shows, or the odd documentary or two on music from the fairer sex decade (where big hair and makeup was a-ok). And… well, I guess that’s about it. Today’s stumble re-introduced them to me. The playful half-sing along vocals, wailing synths, and guitar riffs brought me back a couple of decades, however… the video. The video gives a pretty big glimpse of the future of interactive media; immediately bringing me to the present and looking to the future[...]
We’ve seen some awesome motion tracking applications, especially since the Microsoft Kinect has prompted a LOT of at home development, however, this one really caught our attention. At the University of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech, and Signal Processing, Ph. D student and researcher, Zdenek Kalai has developed a smart camera system (Predator) that not only follows objects, but learns and differentiates from others. [...]
In one of more useful ways to utilize the Microsoft Kinect gaming sensor, Evoluce, creators of the I-voluce (a motion controlled HD LCD TV) has released the some new software that will allow you to control your Windows 7 computer with hand gestures. All you have to do is install WIN&I on your Windows 7 PC, hook it up with a Kinect, learn the required gestures and [...]
While Google makes Gmail Motion a April Fool’s joke, the USC ICT makes it real! Haahaa, check it out! [...]
Despite all the technological advances in the last several decades, input technology has yet to evolve as we still rely on a keyboard and mouse interface for computer interaction. The evolution of gestural interface is upon us with the release of Gmail Motion, an innovative and ground breaking accomplishment by the google team to capture the natural non-verbal communication skills intuitive to humans and translate it to a seamless email composition experience. [...]
Press Releases
- 02/01/2011 ImTech Confers First-Ever Immersive Technology Awards – Technology News Report
- 11/17/2010 “StarCAVE takes home an Immy Award” – California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology (CalIT2)
- 11/11/2010 “The Immersive Technology Summit – A review” – International Society for Presence Research
- 11/01/2010 “Immersive Technology for Social Change” – Spare Change
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