3DVIA

Dassault Systèmes Unveils 3DVIA to Imagine, Play, and Experience Life in 3D Online …

http://www.3dvia.com/

About 3DVIA
3DVIA is Dassault Systèmes’ brand for online 3D lifelike experiences. It establishes 3D as a mass media for consumer and professional communities, and allows anyone to imagine, play, and experience consumer products and services used in our daily lives through online services. Once perfected in the virtual world, they can be optimized as such in the physical world. The Virtools product line is part of 3DVIA. For more information about 3DVIA, go to: http://www.3dvia.com

Dassault - REALVIZ® partnership

Dassault announced (26 June) an expanded partnership with REALVIZ®, a leading developer of image-processing software, whose technology will be integrated with DS’s 3DVIA online platform and services. REALVIZ’ VTour software enables the creation of photo-realistic 3D environments, from pictures to videos, to be extensively reused in interactive 3DVIA life experiences created with Virtools.

Details of Emerging Technologies to be shown at Siggraph 2007 are available at

http://siggraph.org/s2007/attendees/etech/

see a quick taster by following the mentioned video link (Emerging Technologies Video Preview).

Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. With Photosynth you can:

• walk or fly through a scene to see photos from any angle;
• seamlessly zoom in or out of a photograph even if it’s gigapixels in size;
• see where pictures were taken in relation to one another;
• find similar photos to the one you’re currently viewing;
• explore a custom tour or see where you’ve been; or
• send a collection to a friend.

Photosynth home page is available at

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

Its best to try it out yourself but it does require an installation of various bits of software.

Here’s a link to a photosynthed version of Ely Cathedral (UK)

PhotoSynthesised Ely Cathedral

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

This course provides a comprehensive overview to user interface technologies on the newly emerging interactive tabletops and large wall displays. The course will cover input devices, interface metaphors, modality of interaction, sensing technologies, applications, and future directions. Materials will be drawn from both commercial systems and research prototypes.

http://www.interactiontomorrow.org/

Course materials are available at

http://www.interactiontomorrow.org/coursematerial.html

and include a selection of videos and the full course presentation slides and notes.

Now in its 5th year, Microsoft, through the Imagine Cup, is encouraging young people to apply their imagination , passion and creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world.

The theme for 2007 is Education - “imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.”

There are 9 categories:

• Software Design
• Embedded Development
• Web Development
• Project Hoshimi
• IT Challenge
• Algorithm
• Photography
• Short Film
• Interface Design

The students who participate in the Imagine Cup all over the world represent the next generation of technology and business leaders. Their creativity and innovation speaks volumes about the promise of technology to really make a difference in peoples’ lives in the way we think, work and communicate.

Links:

Imagine Cup Home Page

http://imaginecup.com/