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One of the most interesting developments of research emerging of the HITLab is VirtuSphere, a large sphere out of plastic. Inside, you're immersed in a virtual environment. The whole visual experiment is ordered by you and your helmet, moving your body... and the rest.

If marketed, VirtuSphere could be employed for applications such as fight training or exercises. - here the video -

Most of work in HITLab is the medical research aiming at finding treatments or therapies for the diseases. However, much of technologies can also be applied to education, architecture or construction.

Now, the laboratory is one of the main actors in research on virtual reality, such as HiSpace, a device that allows people to move objects on a table by moving the hands in the air. An infra-red beam is projected on a large mirror placed under the table, and the reflexion is captured by a camera above. The movements are then translated into instructions that operate the objects, such as for example Windows icons.

Another project under development is “the magic book,” a technology which gives life to a book, for a reader with glasses of virtual reality. The computer merge the vision of the reader with the information extracted from the page. For example, the reader can see an image of a princess while reading a book of children. The bonus: the virtual display is retinal: the picture is projected on the retina, allowing the user to see an image displayed on his normal visual field.

- here the video -


Source : news.com, 2 weeks ago.
For those who do not know : the HITlab is the Human Interface Technology Laboratory of the university of Washington. It was founded in 1989 and quickly developed strong relationships with Microsoft, Intel and others.