Khronos, Muzilla and Google Launches Open Standard for 3D on the Web

In response to a proposal from Mozilla, Khronos has created an ‘Accelerated 3D on Web’ working group that Mozilla has offered to chair.Khronos, one of the leading forces in 3D graphics (Khronos Group is an industry consortium creating open standards to enable the authoring and acceleration of parallel computing, graphics and dynamic media on a … Continue reading Khronos, Muzilla and Google Launches Open Standard for 3D on the Web →

Tactile Jacket for Virtual Worlds by Philips Research

Philips Research, a Metaverse1 member, has just released a new version of their Tactile Jacket.According to the IEEE spectrum:This week, researchers from Philips Electronics plan to describe a jacket they have lined with vibration motors to study the effects of touch on a movie viewer’s emotional response to what the characters are experiencing. “People don’t … Continue reading Tactile Jacket for Virtual Worlds by Philips Research →