A new report from globeandmail has highlighted a cutting edge computer system in use at the Chaim Sheba Rehabilitation Hospital near Tel Aviv that uses virtual reality as a means to assist patients with recovering from severe injuries and disorders. Described as offering a “fully reactive virtual and physical environment” the $650,000 Computer Assisted Rehabilitation [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2006’
Israeli Hospital Employs Virtual Reality For Rehabilitation
PERSUASIVE 07
The submission deadline for PERSUASIVE 07 has been extended to January 15th, 2007.
The Second International Conference on Persuasive Technology26-27 April w007, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Can a web site persuade you to be politically active? Can a mobile phone motivate you to exercise? Does instant feedback on gasoline use change how people drive? Do [...]
Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly, Winter 2007
Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly, Winter 2007Topic:Educational Multimedia and HypermediaFeature Editor: Dr. Chareen Snelson, Educational Technology, BoiseState UniversityMore Information: http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5multi.htm
The winter 2007 edition of Academic Exchange Quarterly will contain a selection of articles on the topic of “Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.” Academic Exchange Quarterly is a double-blind peer reviewed print journal featuring articles from [...]
Paper: The virtual playground: an educational virtual reality environment for evaluating interactivity and conceptual learning
From: VRoot.org|
“The virtual playground: an educational virtual reality environment for evaluating interactivity and conceptual learning”Maria Roussou, Martin Oliver and Mel SlaterVirtual Reality Journal, Springer London, Volume 10, Number 3-4 / December, 2006, Pages 227-240.
The research presented in this paper aims at investigating user interaction in immersive virtual learning environments, focusing on the role and the [...]
UCLA Mediascape CFP
From: Terra Nova
UCLA’s film, television, and digital media e-journal would like to solicit contributions from the TN community for the features and reviews section of an upcoming issue.
Read on for more details… (but hurry, deadline is Jan 1, 2007!)
Mediascape Call for Submissions:
Mediascape, UCLA’s online Critical Studies journal, is now accepting submissions for the Features, Reviews, [...]
Use the wiimote to play Half-Life 2 on a windows-machine?
As I told before, I’m using HL2 engine for some studies.
I think wiimote could be an useful input device…
From pasta and vinegar:
This video is quite intriguing. It shows how some wii-fans used the wiimote to play Half-Life 2 on a windows-machine:
Why do I blog this? it’s interesting because it ask the question [...]
The role of presence in virtual reality exposure therapy.
J Anxiety Disord. 2006 Dec 2
Price M, Anderson P. Georgia State University, Department of Psychology, 140 Decatur St., Atlanta, GA, USA
A growing body of literature suggests that virtual reality is a successful tool for exposure therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Virtual reality (VR) researchers posit the construct of presence, defined as the interpretation [...]
