In 2004, Dr. Albert “Skip” Rizzo and I began a collaboration in which we developed and deployed a virtual reality system to treat Iraq war veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. The concept of virtual reality PTSD treatment was validated in the Virtual Vietnam system which I helped develop and deploy several years earlier. […]
Duran Duran’s March 2001 “Close Up” tour concert in Anaheim, California featured the first fully immersive video and audio recording of a live rock concert. Specialized cameras and microphones were used to create an audio visual experience that surrounds the viewer in 360 degrees. The excitement of a Duran Duran live concert was captured through […]
As a purely hobbyist endeavor in August 1994, I modified a Mattel Powerglove as an interface for my PC. I used plans published in a 1991 issue of Byte Magazine, and I experimented with the glove using Rend386, a shareware virtual reality toolkit. Like many others, my efforts were inspired by Linda Jacobson’s 1994 book […]