We created a shoot-them-up in a infinite loop in VR using HMD and Razer Hydra.

>> http://globalgamejam.org/2012/insnaketion

MATRICE ACTIVE is a digital art research based on the work of the painter Wassily Kandinsky. A 3D canvas represents the world of the painter as a complex dynamic system where entities of the canvas react with each other and with the user. The immersive installation allows contact-free interactions, tracking the movements of the body and the hands.
Endogenous interactions in the painting are based on a physical model that keeps entities in a self-organized equilibrium and lets the user move and create new compositions. This research explores the concept of “Augmented Paintings” where the user is invited to modify the graphical composition – or states – of the canvas in real-time. In this way, anyone can define different states which produce new semantics in a collaborative process with the painting.

How does it work?

The user interacts in real-time with the canvas, using his left or his right hand; a white pointer appears and allows grabbing an object for a few seconds.
Head-tracking and moving close or far from the canvas is a way to observe entities in the foreground or the background of the composition.
At last, predefined key poses allow the user to pause the dynamic system, reset the canvas and create random composition as chaos.

Exhibitions :

• 01-02/03/2012 : Workshop on movement qualities and physical models visualizations, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou (Paris, France)
• 18-23/11/2011 : Cyberfest , International Cyber Art Festival, The State Hermitage Museum (Saint-Petersbourg, Russie)
• 28/11/2011 – 01/12/2011, Interactive Arts Exhibit ACM Multimedia 2011 (Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A)
• 23–26/06/2011 : Futur en Seine, Village des Innovations, Le Centquatre (Paris, France)
• 25–27/05/2011 : Journées Informatique musicale, campus universitaire Tréfilerie, (Saint-Etienne, France)

>> http://www.sophielavaud.org/?p=62

During my last Master Degree year, I participate in the implementation of the IHS10 Project at Ecole nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.

IHS10 is a new R&D tool that will be dedicated to the Human-System Interfaces (HSIs) for the automobile and consists of a Virtual Reality (VR) equipment, which will contribute to reduce development cycle time and cost of new vehicles and platforms.
It supports multi-mode interaction (visual, auditive, vocal, haptic) and will be used on the higher level of the requirements and the validation of the V-cycle, enabling actors to work in a collaborative way, replacing physical by virtual prototyping and improving quality of results.

This tool covers different fields such as geometry, styling, ergonomics, controls, displays, functions and associated software.The sensorial channels of this new VR equipment are: 3D vision, tactile / haptic and acoustic, in an immersive virtual environment for the user.

Partners:

PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Valéo, Visteon
Commissariat  à l’Énergie Atomique, Armines (Mines ParisTech)
Haption, Intempora

More informations:
http://www.systematic-paris-region.org/fr/projets/ihs10

IAM4Mime is a theatrical performance with a mime artist, which uses a folding screen as an interactive projection screen. Behind this moveable structure, the mime artist interacts with real and virtual objects and an interactive figure. The 20 minutes representation immerses ourselves in a magical world between real and virtual.

This show is a collaborative work between the contemporary performer Dimitri Rekatchevski from notable mime school Marcel Marceau and for the stagecraft and technologic parts, Adrien Gentils, Florian Girardot and Jean-François Jégo, students at Arts et Technologies de l’Image department, Université de Paris 8.

> IAM4Live.com

- The Neutral basis of the illusion of presence in virtual reality: a fMRI study (contribution: photorealistic modeling of a Kitchen, for a HMD in a MRI)
- Evaluation of a prevention and sensibilisation campaign on pathological gambling and development of virtual reality environments for pathological gambling (contribution: optimizations and shading, for 6-wall immersive room)

Using Autodesk 3DSMax and 3DVia Virtools

Copyright The Cyberpsychology Lab of UQO (Canada)

Reulf is a student project from University of Paris VIII directed by Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel & Jean-François Jégo as part of their graduate program at Arts and Technologies de l’Image department,
Music composed by Robert le magnifique & Olivier Mellano.

Short movie clip, available on DVDand on iTunes

> toutcourt.fr

AUDIENCE AWARD, granted by DREAMWORKS @ e.Magicien festival 2009
NATIONAL SELECTION, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2010

Expositions
Retrospective 25 ans ATI – Université de Paris 8, France
La Conciergerie – Motte Servolex, France
- LE CUBE Centre de Création Numérique – Issy, France
- Laval Virtual 2009 – Laval, France
- Bains Numeriques – Enghien-Les-Bains, France

Developped with 3DVia Virtools

> http://brick.break.free.fr/

In this interactive visit, furniture articulates randomly and totally depends on the user’s position. The placing of the furniture comes with a specific sound. In this way, the visitor can literally compose a sound and visual score, which depends on his moving choices.

JÉGO Jean-François, NERTOMB Rachel
M.A. digital image & virtual reality cand.
Arts et Technologies de l’Image, Université de Paris VIII

Laval Virtual International Conferences selection, 22 April ‘09

Developped with Autodesk 3DSMax and 3DVia Virtools
> http://jfcad.com/rubikhome

On a virtual crime scene, SiVIC allows for example to collect clues, to take picures,  to use a ballistic tool and to use an UV lamp and a pencil to reveal fingerprints…

> SiVIC.fr