The Local Learning Center (CLA) of the Open University (UAb) in Ponte de Lima organizes the educational, cultural and artistic project, "A Viagem do Artenauta" - Storytellers and creativity.
Yesterday, October 14th, it took place the inauguration of the virtual worlds created in Information Systems and Internet of the Master in Multimedia Educational Communication at the Open University, Portugal. Professor Vitor Cardoso oriented all the projects and he was present and commenting this opening.
From booth 814 the Web3D Consortium will be showcasing the broad impacts of its latest X3D release. Sponsoring several events including Birds-of-a-Feather meetings and a special ‘Tech Talk’ demo session showcasing their incredible X3D innovations. Attendees will learn about the new ISO (http://www.iso.org) specifications and functionalities for Extensible 3D (X3D) 3.3 as well as new collaborations for the delivery of interactive 3D over the web. This is a must-attend event to educate and engage yourself in the latest 3D Web developments.
An incredible midstep between classic video and virtual reality.
Remember the 360 panorama technique that let us see a place in a 360 degree interactive perspective? This media effect appeared decades ago in VRML (later in several other technologies like Java and Flash) and became popular by the fascinating effect of its use in landscapes, buildings, museums, ... and of course Google Street View, .
Yes, we have been hearing such promises for a long time. There are obvious advances in technology but they appear a bit scattered in a wide range of areas lacking integration among them. Because of this we use several devices (partly redundant), spend more money and suffer with their "different" interfaces.
