VR Hardware, etc. (Siggraph '97)

This represents a small collection of interesting and unique "VR" technologies from the 1997 Siggraph conference. See the '97 Siggraph Visual Proceedings for more information.

Input & Feedback:

"Virtual Basketball"
Makoto Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology


"Virtual Orchestra Performance"
Tapio Takala, Helsinki University of Technology


"Advanced Technologies for Virutal Environments: nanoManipulator"
Mary Whitton, University of North Carolina




Motion Tracking:

"3D Imaging Sensing Technology"
Atsushi Yokoyama


"Optical Gesture Recognition System"
Seiji Kobayashi, Sony Corporation


"Passive 3D Human Motion Capture"
Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, University of Pennsylvania




Display:

"Garnet Vision"
Hiroo Iwata, University of Tsukuba


"Media^3: the Virtual Hologram"
Masahiko Inami, University of Tokyo




Video I/O:

"Big Head Racer"
Valerie Dunford, Vivid Group


"PRoP: Personal Roving Presence"
Eric Paulos, University of California, Berkley


"Using Video to Create Avatars in Virtual Reality"
Joseph A. Insley, U. of Illinois at Chicago



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