Mining in South Australia is set to become a whole lot safer, thanks to the world of virtual reality and video games.

A $430,000 collaborative project involving the University of Adelaide will use simulators to train prospective miners in one of the world's most hazardous environments.

Associate Professor Anton van den Hengel, Director of the University's Australian Centre for Visual Technologies, is partnering with the University of NSW, as well as TAFE SA and the South Australian mining industry to induct staff at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mining site.

Remograph today announced the release of Remo 3D version 1.4.6. Remo 3D is an effective tool for creating and modifying 3D models intended for realtime visualization. The primary file format is OpenFlight®. Remo 3D is currently available for Microsoft® Windows® XP/2000 and Linux.

SAN JOSE–July 28, 2008–Quantum3D, Inc., a leading provider of Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) real-time visual computing solutions, today announced that it is helping Ford Motor Company build on its virtual engineering and safety leadership.

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With games like Wii Sports and Wii Fit, the concept of combining workout and play is nothing new. But the University of Tsukuba in Japan is pushing the envelope by throwing in a 270-degree wraparound projection screen for an added sense of realism.

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Working up to fifty hours a week with shifts as long as eleven hours, truckers are often fatigued on the road-presenting a critical danger to themselves and others. A new virtual reality technology, developed with the help of standards, is allowing researchers to study trucker fatigue so that a system can be developed to prevent this all-too-common hazard.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 22, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- NVDA -- NVIDIA today announced the key sponsors for NVISION(R) 08, the premier event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts. Leading the list of sponsors and key contributors for the conference are Christie Digital Systems, EVGA, HP, Microsoft, and PNY Technologies. NVISION 08 will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, and will serve as a gathering point to share, learn, and create for this important industry which is redefining all aspects of computing.

by Michael Liedtke - Jul. 12, 2008 12:00 AM
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SAN FRANCISCO - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.

11.07.2008
Calit2 also releases new version of CGLX Cluster Visualization Framework
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As the size of complex scientific data sets grows exponentially, so does the need for scientists to explore the data visually and collaboratively in ultra-high resolution environments.

To that end, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) has unveiled the highest-resolution display system for scientific visualization in the world at the University of California, San Diego.