3D Interactive Tech Talk – GlassLab, Seal Team Six Virtually Hunting

Welcome to our recurring post, 3D Interactive Tech Talk, highlighting how interactive technology is being used right now and where it’s headed.

Game Designers & Learning Designers Partner to Create Educational Magic
“Part learning institute, part game company”, GlassLab is not only exploring gaming as education, it’s putting that thought in motion by figuring out HOW kids play and what gaming elements (like the ever-popular Minecraft) they’ll actually participate in without prodding. They’re teaching kids about overcoming challenges, folks – and it’s pretty fantastic. THIS will be a company to watch.


Terrorist Hunters To Practice on 3D Gaming Technology

20121210-181732-pic-959376505_s877x621The ‘Omni’ will allow soldiers to practice scenarios in safety. “The Omni provides the user the ability to walk, run, jump, crouch and interact with the virtual environment the user is seeing through the head-mounted display,” and will “include four components: goggles for 360-degree, 3D images; the Omni platform, a sort of a treadmill; a weapons training interface; and a computer program that recreates the world that awaits the warfighter.”
Its claim of being “the next leap forward in war-fighting simulations” seems pretty dead on.

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