[by Philip Lelyveld]
I attended the EON Experience Festival last Thursday and Friday, March 15, 16, in Irvine, CA. EON develops software and offers services for 3D modeling and stereo 3D display technology. They work with heavy industry, educational systems, and university researchers, and are branching into theme park experience design.
Here are a few stand-out discoveries from the event.
“Eric Hodgson*, Diretor of the Smale Interactive Visualization Center, Miami University, Ohio, is researching how to control people navigating a virtual world in a limited physical space (e.g. a room, gym, or field). Using head mounted displays that isolate the person for any external visual cues, his team is researching the effective limits of fooling people into thinking they are traveling great straight distances when in fact they are arcing and circling within a space.
Jean Castonguay at CogniSens** and Dr. Fauert at the University of Montreal have developed 3D congnitive and spatial perception exercises that are currently being used by a number of professional sports clubs, including Manchester United and the New England Patriots. They are working on commercializing the technology for the general public.
SPEC Services+ uses equipment that combines laser distance scanners and high resolution cameras, positioned in multiple 360-degree spherical scanning positions, to produce true color models of complex industrial facilities. When combines with areal photos, surface penetrating radar, and other tools, their software is able to produce models that includes all elements (e.g. walls, wiring, pipes, foundation) with very high accuracy.
Geological and Historical Virtual Models, LLC++ uses similar tools to produce models with 3mm accuracy from as far as 80m away.
* Eric Hodgson, PhD, eric.hodgson@muohio.edu, 513 593 9804
+ Chris Todd, SPEC Services, Fountain Valley, CA
++ Geological & Historical Virtual Models · Dallas, TX United States