Alice combines a series of motion tracking cameras with multiple VR headsets and custom hand tracked controllers. All the headsets run on separate PCs (in this case, powerful laptops) that handle rendering to the headsets. Those laptops then flow toward one central server that is creating the actual shared VR space.

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I felt much the same as Caleb when I visited Noitom late last month and experienced PROJECT ALICE for the first time. Headquartered in Beijing, Noitom is a Chinese company founded by Haoyang Liu and Tristan Dai in 2011 (the company's name is the word "motion" spelled backwards). In five years, Noitom's R&D has quickly expanded from motion captu…

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I was interested in Noitom tech since the first days they started their Kickstarter campaign back in 2014, so it's only natural I jumped the bandwagon as soon as the opportunity presented itself.

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Debuting at CES 2017, the Noitom Hi5 VR Glove is the company’s first consumers orientated product, featuring wireless connectivity and full-finger actions. Noitom usually specialises in full-body motion capture recently releasing its Perception Neuron system, so its used this expertise for the Hi5 VR Glove.

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With HTC VIVE you can explore new worlds, educate new audiences and create art or music. You can solve vast medical problems, connect and socialize with others and experience events and entertainment in a whole new way.

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Nineteen-year-old Patrick Henry Hughes, the family’s eldest son, is blind and disabled, overcoming challenges to become a musician and an inspiration to all those around him. The “Extreme Makeover” team rebuilt the Hughes family home in just seven days to be safe and wheelchair accessible for Patrick Henry.

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For example, many toothbrush makers customize the size of toothbrush heads to the average physical size of customers in their target geographies. Other design considerations are the layout, stiffness, and texture of the bristles, and the color, style, ergonomics and flexibility of the handle. Designers must adjust these decisions to the projected…

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The Vladimirsky Center for Glassware and Containers is a relatively young and very dynamic company that provides the full cycle of development and manufacturing of glass containers, from a sketch and computer model to the mold and finished glass bottle.

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As your Formula One car streaks down the track, the tenuous balance between lift and friction can mean the difference between glory and oblivion. That's just one reason that students at Mountain View High School (MVHS) in Strafford, Va., USA use 3D printing in their technology and engineering classes.

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One of the key promotional tools for Stockholmsarenan (Stockholm Arena) is a downtown information pavilion offering a multimedia experience of the future stadium. The pavilion details plans for world-class soccer, music, equestrian, racing and corporate events under a sliding roof for year-round comfort.

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Altair went big! Our SC presence this year was bigger than ever before. We added 10 feet to our booth space, an expansion that allowed us to host several activities simultaneously and have meaningful conversations with more booth visitors.

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Prague is also the home to one of Altair’s most successful value-added resellers in Central Europe, Advanced Engineering s.r.o. who represents the HyperWorks and solidThinking channels for the Altair brand. As part of this relationship, Advanced Engineering, in conjunction with Altair, hosts its yearly technology conference – ATCx.

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Altair completed 5 acquisitions throughout the year. Expanding thermal capabilities for Electronics, Altair acquired TES International’s technology, intellectual property, and other assets in February. Their main CFD software, ElectroFlo, is an electronics cooling package designed for high power-density applications.

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One remark from Mr. Rizzo’s speech that stuck in my mind is the fact that these inventions – if only they were not going to be lost and forgotten for centuries – could have anticipated the industrial revolution by centuries. Which takes me to what is happening this week in Detroit on the NAIAS stage.

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Altair recently successfully concluded its 12th annual partner summit, bringing together over 200 channel partners from EMEA, Americas and the Asia-Pacific.

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