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The multitude of uses for VR is growing every day. A new study is looking at the potential VR could have for basketball coaches in finding talented players. Take a look at the story below: Staffordshire University’s Dr Pooya Soltani co-led the research with Dr Antoine Morice from Aix-Marseille University and shares how VR technology could be used to find the next Steph Curry or Lebron James in  this recent article  published on The Conversation. The experiment  invited both experienced and novice basketball players to shoot ‘virtual’ hoops in a realistic basketball simulator where their performance was evaluated using three scales; how the ball interacted with the hoop, how players interacted with the ball, and how players adjusted their movements. Experienced participants played basketball at competitive levels ranging from departmental to professional national while novice participants reported recreational or no experience of playing basketball. Dr Soltani, ...

The sub-theme at OTC this year was about advances in technology. So we found a couple of the neat technology announcements below. Satellite technology makes advances for ice management “The OTC program this year has had a noticeable sub-theme of technology advances for Arctic oil and gas operations. That’s not such a surprise, when one considers that Norway’s biggest oil and gas companies are reviving exploration plans in Arctic waters. This action is spurred by the Norwegian government, which is eager to see new discoveries in the Barents Sea to reinforce the country’s future as a key energy supplier to Europe.” Read More . ABS unveils first-ever requirements for offshore spaceports during OTC 2023 “Recognizing the increase in global demand for offshore spacecraft launch and recovery, ABS announced the publication of the first international requirements for the design and construction of offshore spaceports during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.” Read...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — In the operating room, virtual reality is adding a new dimension for doctors performing shoulder replacement surgery. “It’s kind of like Iron Man,” said Dr. Edward Scott Paxton, who specializes in shoulder replacements at University Orthopedics in Rhode Island. Special head gear, he said, is bringing three-dimensional technology into focus. “It gives you so much information at your fingertips,” said Paxton. Using a new mixed-reality system from medical supplier STRYKER, he can literally map out and see an area that’s difficult to navigate. You can see we have to put these implants in bone, and this is a pretty funky designed bone, it’s not a square or a circle and you can imagine if it’s inside somebody it’s deep down. If they have some wear and deformity, you want to get these components right in the right spot,” explained Paxton. This “mapping out” is done beforehand and is used during the shoulder replacement, improving his ability to execute...

We are excited to share photos from another happy customer. I3D recently completed a 3D model of a walking rig. 3D printed projects are great for use in tradeshows to display your products & services visually. See the model in motion here and the photos below. The post 3D Printed Model of A Walking Rig appeared first on Industrial3D . Original post here: 3D Printed Model of A Walking Rig

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According to a recent news article, “ NASA has partnered with  Epic Games  and  Buendea  to launch a new competition to create virtual reality scenarios that replicate extravehicular activities on the surface of Mars. “ This isn’t the first Mars VR challenge hosted by NASA. The first  first MarsXR competition  launched in May 2022 to help NASA prepare and plan for a trip to Mars while conducting activities. The article continues, “The NASA MarsXR 2 Challenge  is hosted on the HeroX crowdsourcing platform to support the development of a VR testbed environment simulating Mars’ gravity, weather conditions, terrain, and day and night hues, HeroX said Thursday. Participants will use Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 to create scenarios for the new Mars XR Operations Support System environment, including assets for human expeditions, such as suits and rovers. Scenarios developed from the competition will be used to test procedures and expose researcher...

Industrial3D is a media, marketing, and communications agency specializing in computer animation, serious games, and virtual and augmented reality products and services. We also can provide UI/UX, Branding, Web development, and legal animation as needed. We can act as a one-stop-shop for any of your MarCom needs. These 3D services deliver your needs to your prospects in ways that will give your company an edge above your competition. Our goal is to help you engage your audience in a visually impressive way to increase your sales, revenue, and efficiency. Virtual Reality Technology, Technical Illustrations & 3D Animation Services, communicate your product’s value in an easy-to-understand and highly impactful format. It takes just seconds to make an impression on your prospects before losing their attention. So what better way to take your audience on a visual journey than with animations & VR? We are the solution to your marketing, training & sales needs. No mat...

At Industrial3D, we care about showing incredible animation work. So, we’re excited to share a series of animations from two of Industrial3D’s team members, Thing 1 & Thing 2. This animation series is titled “How A Springfield XD-9 Works.”  Part 1 shares about the XD-9 and it’s history. Part 2 in the animation series shows the assembly and what makes the Springfield XD-9 unique.  Be sure to give it a thumbs up, like, and subscribe!   The post Animation Series: How A Springfield XD-9 Works appeared first on Industrial3D . Original post here: Animation Series: How A Springfield XD-9 Works

As shared on Auganix : The Royal Navy has announced this week that it is embracing virtual reality (VR) in order to train its sailors in cutting-edge new navigation simulators. According to the Navy, sailors will utilize VR headsets to take them into a naval metaverse, immersing them in key – and sometimes dangerous – maneuvers, all from the safety of a naval base. The VR headsets will be just one facet of new state-of-the-art replica ship’s bridges, with software capable of recreating the entire fleet, harbors and waters around the globe, and challenging weather conditions by day and night. HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, and the home of the Submarine Service in Faslane will all receive the new trainers. The services are being provided to the Royal Navy by Kongsberg Digital , a Norwegian software company that provides a range of advanced simulation systems for maritime education. “A number of naval academies world-wide are today heavi...

The oil and gas sector is a highly technical, scientific industry and benefits significantly from using animation. Showing a process and formation in a visual format, which is otherwise unable to be seen and easily understood, goes a long way for marketing, training, tool design, and more. This article will share some of the essential topics that benefit from animation services in the oil and gas sector.  Let’s start with the beginning stage of exploration.  Exploration Animations Oil & gas animations can explain the formation of rocks, reservoirs, and land structures. This visual enables drilling companies, tool manufacturers, and scientists to determine the best tools, optimize the drilling process, and explain how the system works to employees. Examples of animations of this type include land cut-out animations, downhole drilling animations, offshore land rig animations, 3D seismic videos, and more. Refinery Animations The refinery topic in oil and gas cover...

Microsoft Corp. unveiled new versions of its Bing internet-search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI, aiming to gain ground on Google’s web-search juggernaut by being first to offer a more conversational alternative for finding answers on the web and creating content. “This technology is going to reshape pretty much every software category,” Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said at an event Tuesday at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters. It’s “high time” innovation was restored to internet search, he said. The new Bing, which runs on an OpenAI language model that is more advanced than the one behind ChatGPT, can be switched in and out of chat mode, and users can tap the bot to compose emails. The new Edge browser adds the AI-based Bing for chat and writing text, and it can summarize web pages and respond conversationally to queries. The answers come with citations to their sources, so users can see where ...

A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows just 37% of Democrats say they want him to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections. While Biden has trumpeted his legislative victories and ability to govern, the poll suggests relatively few U.S. adults give him high marks on either. Follow-up interviews with poll respondents suggest that many believe the 80-year-old’s age is a liability, with people focused on his coughing, his gait, his gaffes and the possibility that the world’s most stressful job would be better suited for someone younger. “I, honestly, think that he would be too old,” said Sarah Overman, 37, a Democrat who works in education in Raleigh, North Carolina. “We could use someone younger in the office.” As...

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said a “soft landing” for the US economy is looking more likely, though inflation gauges remain too high. “I’d say I’m encouraged, but I still think it would be a mistake to say we’re out of the woods,” Summers said in an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” broadcast Sunday. Inflation indicators remain “unimaginably high” compared to two or three years ago, and getting back to the Federal Reserve’s target “may still prove quite difficult,” he said. With the pace of US price increases slowing, the economy added 517,000 new jobs in January, far exceeding estimates and driving the unemployment rate to 3.4%, the lowest since 1969.  “It looks more possible that we’ll have a soft landing than it did a few months ago,” Summers said. On Friday, Summers highlighted the risk of a sudden downturn in the economy after the surge in jobs growth.  The question is whether the income will be spent and lift the economy or whether companies a...

Results from 6-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine. A prolific Twitter account posted Anastasia’s name and smiling dance portrait in a tweet with a syringe emoji. A Facebook user messaged her mother, Jessica Day-Weaver, to call her a “murderer” for having her child vaccinated. In reality, the Ohio kindergartner had experienced lifelong health problems since her premature birth, including epilepsy, asthma and frequent hospitalizations with respiratory viruses. “The doctors haven’t given us any information other than it was due to all of her chronic conditions. … There was never a thought that it could be from the vaccine,” Day-Weaver said of her daughter’s death. But those facts didn’t matter online, where Anastasia was swiftly added to a growing list of hundreds of children, teens, athletes and celebrities whose unexpected deaths and injuries have...

We’ve chosen 3D animation as our week’s topic to give some variety. There are some exciting reads below, so let’s look. The first is a video from a well-known YouTube artist, CG Geek. NVIDIA Studio challenged CG Geek to create a wholly animated sci-fi world during the three days of #CES2023. Watch the video: How I Created a Realistic 3D Sci-Fi World in only 3 Days . Another exciting read for animation and design is the behind-the-scenes artistic view of the new animated film – ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.’ A few interesting quotes from the article are below, ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Director Joel Crawford on Taking the Animated Cat Way Beyond the Original “”We had the opportunity to go into new territory: this idea of being dropped into a fairy tale. You can see the brushstrokes and it looks as if you’re in a moving painting.”… “But the new art style of “The Last Wish” is about more than just intensifying the story of the infamous Antonio Banderas-voiced kitty. If ...

The roundup for this week’s top 3 stories involves a Virtual Reality experience in the Orland airport, Chipotle’s AR lenses to encourage healthy habits, and VR training for firefighters. Let’s take a look! Realmotion and Smart Monkeys deliver interactive experience at Orlando Airport “According to Realmotion founder and project lead Alexandre Simionescu, the installation in the Airside Hub of the new Terminal C is a destination itself where passengers can walk through three monumental curved 2mm LED displays that form a circle. “The Moment Vault reflects Orlando International Airport’s established air, water and sky aesthetic and provides an exciting new opportunity for visitors to create lasting travel memories and form positive associations with the airport and the city of Orlando,” Simionescu said. “The immersive real-time experience is made possible through Realmotion’s latest G32 real-time media servers and Fusion tracking technology that instantly converts a subject’s m...

In a new blog feature, we will share our top 3 choices from the week on various subject matters. Today, we’re featuring three interesting virtual reality articles. Let’s take a look. 1.Virtual reality offers alternative to sedation during surgery, recent study finds A new study found that experiencing virtual reality during surgery could reduce the amount of sedative that a patient receives. A piece to note from the article states, “In the small trial, 17 patients wore a virtual reality headset during their hand surgery, while another 17 patients didn’t experience virtual reality. Patients had the option to listen to a guided meditation, watch a video or immerse themselves in a peaceful meadow or forest through a VR headset. After surgery, researchers found that 13 of the 17 patients in VR didn’t receive any sedatives at all during surgery, while every patient who didn’t experience VR were given sedatives. The VR patients received, on average, roughly 83% less propofol (a ty...

As 2022 enters the year’s final quarter, we can look back on the animation trends of 2022 and look ahead to the hot, incoming animation trends of 2023. Animation is constantly evolving – it’s a style of art and a way to express a company, service, product, or brand – making it a perfect marketing solution. What defines the animation trends for each year? The ever-shifting public trends in changing fashion, music styles, and nostalgia help raise certain types to the top and bring in new creativity. As a creative field, the animation industry is constantly changing and open to new ideas. What style do you like? Do you prefer hyper-realistic CGI or classic vintage animation? Or what about 2D or flat business animations? Whatever your preference, let’s look at the trends we see from 2022 and into 2023. Here are some of the top trends we see and predict will continue to dominate graphic and animation design in 2023. We’ll include a short explanation from this article for the trend...

Design, style, and the creative development of a company all begin somewhere. Therefore, a company’s creative development can take some serious consideration. Many questions are involved in determining the most appropriate direction to fulfill an industrial company’s vision and meet customer needs. In this article, we discuss the top five aspects that are critical for a company’s creative development. Define Goals, Mission & Create a Brand Vision While often confused with sales, creative business development has a far more extensive reach than sales alone. It is, therefore, crucial to the long-term success of any company – including industrial companies. The creative plan should outline your target audience, identify industry obstacles, provide a “game plan” for your company and define industry needs. Having a vision with a defined mission and specified goals will help bring everything together and give way to the best options of sales, training, and marketing to give you...

Every year a new reel must be produced as an animation production company. Today, we showcase the latest 2022 Reel for Industrial3D. Tulsa, OK: The 3D production company Industrial3D announced its 2022 demo reel. As a new year brings new clients, ideas and growth in 3D production, a new reel is necessary. In corresponding with Industrial3D’s new rebranding, it is worth announcing a new 2022 demo reel. Industrial3D was founded in 1995 as an animation company for the oil and gas industry. As a hobby, I3D’s founder Beau Brown animated standard processes and equipment associated with oil and gas production. In 1995, I3D became an animation & design studio, now serving companies around the country. With each year comes a new group of clients, marketing, products, and media production. The progress of each year can be seen quickly in a demo reel. It evolves, changes, and evokes emotion as I3D displays the incredible new work for amazing companies. Privileged to be working with...