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InstantPlayer Linux Versions?

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:17:50 +0000

We have currently a poll running concerning which Linux versions you prefer or require for Instant. So, don’t hesitate to participate:
http://forum.instantreality.org/index.php?topic=2595.0

Web3D 2012 – Deadline Extended

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:35:08 +0000

The 17th ACM International Web3D Conference will address a wide range of research topics related to Web-based 3D graphics (like X3D/ X3DOM/ Dec3D). The Conference will be held in Los Angeles in conjunction with SIGGRAPH 2012 on August 4-5, 2012.

The full call for papers is at http://web3d2012.org/submission.html
Extended paper/poster submission deadline: April 16th, 2012

Supercomputing 2011 Demo by VirginiaTech

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:10:19 +0000

X3D Scientific Visualization Mashups with Commodity Hardware (VT’s booth demo @ VT 2011) by VirginiaTech: Kinect + X3D (exports from VMD, MPIBlast, Paraview, Modo) rendered using InstantPlayer and OpenNI; gesture interface programmed in ecmascript.

A Future Remote Maintenance Scenario

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:08:54 +0000

Fraunhofer IGD presented this demonstrator at this year’s CeBIT in Hannover. The interactive multi-touch enabled demonstrator, which was developed within the “Software Cluster”, shows how deciders or technicians can integrate 3D documents via HTML5 into their workflow, e.g. by selecting an interactive 3D document on the touch table, sending it via e-mail, and then viewing it on a tablet — even at the building site or in the factory.

CeBIT 2012

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:25:29 +0000

We have an official spot at the Software Cluster booth (Hall 26, booth F30) and demo the latest x3dom and instantreality features!
Come by to see some interesting demos, talk to the developers and chat about idea, design and implementation issues you have. Look out for the white multi-touch table!

Call for papers: Dec3D2012 and Web3D2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:50 +0000

We are happy to announce two related scientific conferences, which are coming up soon and where members of the InstantReality and X3DOM team are directly involved as part of the organizing committee:
the Dec3D 2012 Workshop in conjunction with WWW2012 in April located in Lyon, France, as well as the 17th International Web3D 2012 Conference that is co-located with ACM Siggraph 2012 and held in Los Angeles, USA.

Both conferences include a ‘call for papers’ for related scientific material:

CfP: Dec3D 2012 Workshop. Paper Deadline: 22/02/2012 (EXTENDED workshop deadline is now on 29/02/2012)
CfP: Web3D 2012 Conference. Paper Deadline: 03/04/2012

Please consider contributing a paper, if you use or extend X3DOM and/or InstantReality in some kind of scientific project or work on related topics.

InstantReality 2.1.0 Released

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:27:10 +0000

Today, we release version 2.1.0, which mainly is a bugfix and stability release:

http://www.instantreality.org/downloads/

Notes for Linux users:
Currently the only officially supported distribution is Ubuntu 10.04 (old Ubuntu 9.10 is no longer supported). Debian is updated to version 6.0.
Furthermore, for distributions like RedHat / CentOS please refer to the daily builds section.

PhD Positions/ Scholarships at Technical University of Darmstadt/ Germany

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:30:40 +0000

TU Darmstadt offers two scholarships in Visual Computing technologies. One position has a strong focus on declarative 3D in the web (esp. X3DOM and WebGL development) :

Declarative 3D in the Web – Efficient and flexible declaration and visualization of interactive 3D web content

The other one is more focused on the development of a software platform for Augmented and Mixed Reality applications:

Visual Computing Platforms – A “unified reality” platform for a direct coupling of image analysis and synthesis metaphors

More information can be found here: http://www.gris.tu-darmstadt.de/home/jobs/

These PhD positions at the TU Darmstadt will give the possibility to perform the PhD studies in close cooperation with Fraunhofer IGD, an internationally renowned research institute. The scholarships are initially limited to two years and can be complemented with an additional contract at Fraunhofer IGD in Darmstadt.

The Technical University of Darmstadt is an equal opportunity employer. Women are especially encouraged to apply. Handicapped applicants with comparable qualification will be given preferential treatment.

Siggraph 2011

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:42:15 +0000

Following up Michael’s and Jens’ Kinect-Experiment: Freezing like Han Solo earlier this year, we ported their Processing version to our instantreality platform.

Come meet us at Siggraph, booth #814, Vancouver, and get freezed through our demo and learn about the power of insantreality, X3D and X3DOM which livens every single triangle and all your 3D content in your browser — plugin-free.

Altmühltal Nature Park Information Centre: »An interactive Panorama-Wall«

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 10:08:25 +0000

An interactive panorama wall

Design and Systems Institute developed an interactive wall for a guided tour of Altmühltal Nature-Park in Eichstätt. The installation is located in a Baroque dome-shaped hall (a former minster), and is part of a permanent exhibition about the park. The visitors can experience a virtual flight over the unique landscape and get additional information regarding to different topics. The 8 meter wide curved wall is conceived as a multi-user Application. A wide angle camera tracks the faces of the users and therefore they can directly interact with the scene.

3D-Icons distributed in the landscape can be triggered by the user-position in front of the wall – then background information is shown on info-layers with textual and visual content.

Project website