virtual reality
Think2Thing and Ryerson University Bring Back Be3D Conference with Focus on Virtual and Augmented Reality
Tomorrow, 2017 will enter into its third month, and 3DPrint.com has already been to two major conferences, attending CES 2017 in January and SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2017 at the beginning of February. Next…
Truly Advanced Manufacturing: How Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and 3D Printing Might Combine to Change the Way We Make…Things
A team of Australian scientists recently announced plans to use 3D printing and virtual reality to bring a dinosaur back to life. No, it won’t actually be alive, but it…
Bringing Virtual Reality and 3D Printing Together for Surgical Planning — A Few Questions For: EchoPixel
Medical applications for 3D technologies simply never cease to amaze me. The intricacies of the human body are best served by a three-dimensional understanding, which flat CT or MRI scans…
Apple: Possible 3D Laser Scanner for iPhone 8, with Facial Recognition, Augmented Reality, 3D Printing Potential
As Apple’s plans for breaking into the 3D industry continue to confound, small bits and pieces have been thrown out to tease us over the past few years. We’ve tried…
Popular 3D Printing Channel Hits Major Milestone: A Few Minutes with Devin from Make Anything
Last week I had the privilege of meeting and sharing a few beers with Devin Montes from the YouTube channel Make Anything, in the city of angels during SOLIDWORKS World 2017….
Startups Take Note: Frontier Tech Showdown Submission Deadline Approaching for Inside 3D Printing NYC
Back in 2016, the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo and its sister expo RoboUniverse, both of which are put on by global events producer Rising Media, combined their individual…
RIT Student Combines HoloLens Glasses with HTC Vive System to Make New Shared Reality App
Whether you’re reaching out and grabbing items in a game using the Dexma Exoskeleton, or taking an up close and personal look at the human brain, what’s not to love about…
Penn State Students Finding Success in Virtual Reality Educational Consulting Startup: Rain Reality
The Bechdel test began as a way to understand whether women in works of fiction were active or passive characters as indicated by the content of their dialogue. To be…
The Possible: GE Announces Immersive Virtual Reality Documentary Miniseries
When it comes to cutting-edge and creative technology, you can be sure that GE will be right there with it; what else would you expect from a company whose motto is “Imagination…
Why I Wasn’t Bored at CES 2017
CES 2017 has come and gone and left us all with a smattering of new tech product announcements and (I know I’m not alone in this) a lingering bug from…
Using Virtual Reality to Travel Inside the Human Brain
It’s hard not to be fascinated by virtual reality. The fantasy of being able to immerse yourself in a nonexistent environment and navigate as if you are part of it…
‘Virtually Real’ Exhibit Questions Imagined Gap Between Art & Science with 3D Technologies
Artists love to play with new tools, and push the boundaries of those tools. It should come as no surprise then that the arts community has embraced advanced technologies just…
Humaneyes Technologies Announces Release of Vuze Camera & Two New Partnerships
Those who attend CES each year expect to be blown away with far more than just your basic electronics as the biggest names—and many, many innovators from around the world—exhibit…
3D Printing at CES 2017
I’m traveling to Las Vegas today for my annual pilgrimage to CES. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s the USA’s largest trade show. Over 165,000 people will attend the event to see…
3D Imaging Solutions Provider FARO Acquires mwf-technology, Increasing Mobile Virtual and Augmented Reality Footprint
3D measurement and imaging solutions provider FARO, whose valuable services in the field of forensics we’ve written about before, recently announced its acquisition of German augmented reality (AR) solutions company mwf-technology GmbH….
Leopoly Announces Creative Virtual Reality Design App ShapeLab; Official Launch at VRX 2016
Sometimes, especially during the long Ohio winters, I wish I had access to the holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It would be nice to walk through that door…
Are We Living in The Matrix? Probably, Say Several Well-Respected Scientists
A few weeks ago, I started watching Westworld on HBO. I’m a few episodes behind, but it’s been really good so far – however, it’s also been more than a…
Archaeologists Use Drone to Build 3D Virtual Reality Map of Laos’ Plain of Jars
Just as the emergence of 3D printing technology has been found useful for a number of applications, the rise of drone technology has provided immense benefits to many ventures as…
Wolfprint 3D Launches Business Initiative to Integrate Humanity Within Virtual Reality
Two and a half years ago, a group of childhood friends from Estonia joined together to form Wolfprint 3D, a startup that is now on a dedicated mission to use 3D scanning…
Gravity Sketch Virtual Reality 3D Design Software Now on Kickstarter
Gravity Sketch is taking 3D design as you know it and launching it directly into the future, allowing you to use features you’ve probably only previously imagined; in fact, you’ll…
Sketchfab Viewer Can Now Be Embedded Into Your Tweets
Do you love to tweet? If so, you join hundreds of millions around the world who love to send out micro-messages, whether making a comment from their personal or business…
Reach Out & Grab Hold: Dexmo Exoskeleton Takes Virtual Reality to the Next Level
Most of us have still have so many faraway places we’d like to see, sports and activities we’d like to try, not to mention a host of dreams that we,…
Virtual Reality Created by Robots Allows Jurors to Visit Crime Scenes Without Leaving the Courthouse
The jury is generally a pretty hard crowd to impress, and rightly so, as years, lives, and sums hang in the balance with what can sometimes result in severe judgment and…
National Park Service Centennial: CyArk Takes D.C. Visitors to Mount Rushmore in Seconds with Virtual Reality
It seems we have a celebration for anything and everything these days, whether we are appreciating cupcakes on Mondays or our dogs on Facebook last week. From genuine holidays to…
