News tagged with visual realism

Boosting creativity with interactive technology

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 18

The Next Best Thing to You

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once? Perhaps you've had the desire to create a copy of yourself that could stand in for you at a meeting, freeing you up to work on more ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Social robotics: Beyond the uncanny valley

(PhysOrg.com) -- From science fiction and academia through assembly lines and telemedicine, robots have become both conceptually and physically ubiquitous. Technologically, robotics technology has advanced ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Military looks for more 'fear factor' in training simulators

The group of Marines sprang into action and raced into combat position, with weapons aimed, as they assaulted a possible terrorist stronghold. Moments later, they were sipping sodas and chatting with friends about weekend ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Study of comic books helps Stanford scholars identify cultural trends

Robots and mythical creatures battle each other in cartoon-like drawings spread across a table. A crowd gathers around to take a closer look at the vibrantly colored images from the pages of the award-winning ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Mimicking the brain, in silicon: New computer chip models how neurons communicate

For decades, scientists have dreamed of building computer systems that could replicate the human brain’s talent for learning new tasks.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

New research to simulate geoscience field trips

College students with mobility impairments who are studying for a career in the geosciences will soon be able to explore a computer-generated simulation of a large cave system to meet the degree requirements ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments

Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11)were able, for the first time, to ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasound tool, dubbed the 'new stethoscope,' to monitor critically ill patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt cardiothoracic anesthesiologists and surgeons are pioneering the use of a tool that many in the cardiac field are calling the “new stethoscope” when it comes to monitoring ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford and Intel test the boundaries of visual computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- To hear Stanford Professor Pat Hanrahan tell it, computer simulation of human behavior and appearance could someday become so life-like that a trip to the mall will be replaced by trying clothes on a virtual ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Video games and realism

More than 60 percent of parents say video games have no effect on their children. Not true, says Marina Krcmar, associate professor of communication at Wake Forest, who studies the impact of video games on children and teens. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Human unconscious is transferred to virtual characters

Virtual characters can behave according to actions carried out unconsciously by humans. Researchers at the University of Barcelona have created a system which measures human physiological parameters, such ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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