How to imagine a good immersion in Virtual Reality without a sense of social presence with the virtual characters populating the environments? For Geoffrey Gorisse, assistant professor at the Arts et Métiers institute of Laval, avatar visual and behavioral consistency is…
A bicycle shop in the Netherlands opened a new installation: Ride Out. This is a virtual reality experience that allows you to ride a mountain bike as if you were in real life. It is based on figures and movements performed by the Scottish champion Danny MacAskill, who is…
VR project supported by patronage from Paul Monnier, tetraplegic and founder of the association Défi d’hommes. In collaboration with the company ICEBERG represented by Vincent Rieuf. It is a solution to help the rehabilitation of tetraplegia. But we can also imagine…
Immersive technologies are transforming sport in all its aspects, not just for the spectators. From now on, it is the athletes who benefit from the new innovations, in which they find solutions to be able to continue training despite the current context.
Mental…
Facing the fear of falling is a challenge in sport climbing. Virtual reality (VR) research suggests that the use of physical and augmented reality based interaction increases presence in VR.
A recent study by the University of Bremen in Germany measured the influence of…
The fitness industry was particularly hit by the coronavirus crisis. Closure of sport halls and lockdown have pushed people to imagine new ways to do sports at home. How to keep following sports programs at home? How to get motivation without a coach by our side?
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