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New Way of Measuring 'Reality' of Virtual Worlds Could Lead To Better Business Tools
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team, led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Mitzi M. Montoya, has developed a new way of measuring how "real" online virtual worlds are – an important advance for the emerging technology ...
The two worlds of kids' morals
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Children's moral behavior and attitudes in the real world largely carry over to the virtual world of computers, the Internet, video games and cell phones. Interestingly, there are marked gender and race differences in the ...
The first virtual reality technology to let you see, hear, smell, taste and touch
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first virtual reality headset that can stimulate all five senses will be unveiled at a major science event in London on March 4th.
Virtual reality games could help bullying victims
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
Breathing second life into language teaching
Oct 09, 2008 |
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An international team has developed a wireless virtual reality environment that can help promote language learning and let students practice. The researchers have demonstrated their Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment ...
Nimbus and cloud computing meet STAR production demands
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The advantages of cloud computing were dramatically illustrated last week by researchers working on the STAR nuclear physics experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. ...
More to Second Life than just sex
May 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network's Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC) have found that a wide array of health-related activity occurs in the 3 dimensional virtual world of ...
When virtual reality feels real (w/Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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Despite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real. Yet placed in a virtual reality environment most people will interact with them as if they are really there. ...
Research shows avatars can negatively affect users
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to research by a University ...
Violent computer games have role in fire safety
Feb 04, 2009 |
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The software code underlying violent computer games can be used to train people in fire safety, new academic research has found.
Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Normally, virtual worlds are the setting of many online games and entertainment applications, but now they’re becoming a place for scientific collaboration and outreach, as well. A team of ...
Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will ...
Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup
May 06, 2009 |
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The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009. The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...
Increased success a 'virtual' certainty for rugby players (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training programme created at Queen's University Belfast. Team members from Ulster Rugby have been working with researchers in the School of Psychology at Queen's ...
Engineers to create parts of virtual crash test dummy
Dec 11, 2008 |
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You really can learn a lot from a dummy. For decades, automakers have been crashing test dummies to gain insight to how various auto safety systems protect – or fail to protect – people during car accidents. But those dummies ...
