New video technology gives football fans a ‘personalized camera on the field’

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Virtual reality experts at Washington State University are allowing fans to essentially become their own live sporting event producers with some interesting new technology. 3D-4U Solutions, a virtual reality engineering company based in Pullman, Wash., launched its own interactive viewing system at WSU’s renovated Martin Stadium. Guests in the 26 suites now have access to… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Vertafore’s Eric Danas, from petrophysics to user-experience design

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Eric Danas has worked for more than 15 years in the field of user-experience design — currently working with Vertafore, a Bothell-based company that makes software for the insurance industry. How did he get his start? As an exploration petrophysicist in the oil industry, of all things. The experience interested him in the challenges of using technology… Read More…

Virtual reality visionary Jaron Lanier on his Microsoft gig: Kinect is ‘beautiful, exciting’

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A while back I got a chance to sit in on a session with Jaron Lanier, the guy credited with popularizing the term “virtual reality” almost three decades ago. Did you know he worked at Microsoft now? Yeah, I didn’t, either, and the experience was, well, more than a little mind-altering. So I was happy… Read More…