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I've been at a research meeting with VR and AR researchers for this
past week, and this is indeed a new trend, after the perceived
success of the Oculus Rift.<br>
A few people discussed a kickstarter project for developing and
selling affordable human avatars: <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Specifically, we have been talking locally
about trying to get funding to build a set of open source avatars
that can be used in experiments, games, teaching, etc. I think
many of us are beholden to Havok and their RocketBox avatars, but
the prices are steep and we can't share our experiments because
any users would need to license the avatars themselves. </blockquote>
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In terms of HW technologies, these are truly exciting times for
VR/AR researchers. IEEE VR had many more young people this year. And
with affordable technologies such as the following, it has never
been easier to get started: <br>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Oculus
Rift</p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Leap
Motion Sensor<br>
RAZER Hydra, cheap
magnetic motion tracking
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-hydra">http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-controllers/razer-hydra</a>) </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">Available
as limited devkits only for now:<br>
New Kinect
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-kinect-can-track-you-so-well-you-may-not-6C10287970">http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-kinect-can-track-you-so-well-you-may-not-6C10287970</a>)<br>
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<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">M100
Vuzix (Google glass competitor, expected to cost under $500)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Tobias<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/15/2013 6:30 AM, Tim Wood wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAPCKEchaZOxnPrJaZOEx_C0AmGNv4MzOgv6Y5UMMFtUHHVF3bw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">move awkwardly:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game"
target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1944625487/omni-move-naturally-in-your-favorite-game</a><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface"
target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/551975293/meta-the-most-advanced-augmented-reality-interface</a><br>
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