Comments for International Society for Presence Research

Comment on A mirrored installation lets you crawl up walls like Spider Man by timur maskayev

timur maskayev — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:56:15 +0000

this looks amazingly fun. i wonder how potentially strong the vertigo effects may be as a result of this…i bet it would be surprisingly fun to walk through this installation after having a few beers haha.

Comment on TelyHD: Real bonding with family around the TV via Skype by Bi-Hsuan Chien

Bi-Hsuan Chien — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:54:34 +0000

As an international student, Skype is an essential tool for me to bond with my family. It is great that some companies are trying to improve the experience of telepresence either for business use or for family. However, this product does not particularly interest me as it does not completely change the way we Skype. It’s bigger, yes, but bigger screan doesn’t mean that your relationship with your family will become closer. Of course it allows a HDTV to be a “smart” TV. But it still lacks interactivity that a more advanced TV should have. Besides, to have a high resolution and satisfying user experience, one needs to have broadband internet connection (7M is not fast enough).
I would say I will be happy to equip this kind of device to my TV if its fuction and apps are more complete. And let’s forget remote controller. It should consider to use the same technology as a Kinect does–air touchscreen!

Comment on Man plays with dog from work with robotic surrogate by Darren Bau-Madsen

Darren Bau-Madsen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:59:02 +0000

If the sound quality is good enough, I would guess that the dog recognizes the owner’s voice. Is the voice a strong enough cue for the dog to recognize the bot as its master? If so, how do the dog’s interactions with the robot relate to its “real” interactions with its master?

In response to Gino, even if the dog only recognizes the voice as familiar–and not as its master’s–I’d guess that would be sufficient to elicit an emotional response. Moreover, my experience has been that dogs have some pretty strong emotional responses to playing fetch or receiving food–it might not matter to Darwin that the bot can’t reciprocate. Guess we’d need to ask Darwin.

Comment on Man plays with dog from work with robotic surrogate by Gino Canella

Gino Canella — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000

Does this strengthen the assertion that dogs (or most animals) do not need emotions or feelings in their interactions? As long as they are fed and entertained, a sense of connection is not necessary.

Comment on Report on military applications of neuroscience examines technologies and ethics by Starsha Frierson

Starsha Frierson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:51:42 +0000

I found this article to be very interesting. I had no clue that you could do so much with the brain. However it does not sound too ethical in my opinion. There just some lines you should cross, especially when it comes to dealing with our troops.

Comment on NAVIgoid lets human get immersed in remote robot’s actions by timur maskayev

timur maskayev — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45:08 +0000

Advances in robotics and virtual reality will undoubtedly create a situation similar to many sci-fi films today. However, I don’t necessarily think controlling a robot remotely to visit family or friends will be highly popular. Rather than control a robot to visit your grandmother 500 miles away, wouldn’t it be simpler to log into a virtual world and visit your grandmother in a virtual home that is identical to her actual home? Still, I can envision robots being used in all types of manufacturing, mining and construction situations. Rather than endanger a person by making them work in a mine, that individual (much like in Surrogate) will be able to control the robot to do all the work for him or her. Will private industries provide this technology to the workers to assure their safety or will it be an option available to them at a certain cost and/or contract?

Comment on Corning video presents new vision of the future of glass and other tech by timur maskayev

timur maskayev — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:35:27 +0000

One interesting idea in all of this is how readily available will all this technology be to lower and middle class income families. We look at electronics that are available today, and based on the cost (especially Apple,) there is still a pretty big digital divide between the people who have the money to purchase such versatile equipment and those who do not. It will be interesting to see how this new technology will be incorporated into today’s modern world and whether everyone or only some will be able to enjoy its benefits.

Comment on Virtalis supplies advanced visualisation for Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre by timur maskayev

timur maskayev — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:19:32 +0000

If I read this correctly, this is a really amazing idea that can help tremendously with gigantic projects of such nature and others. Through virtual reality systems, we will be able to create real life space identically…but digitally. Imagine building a bridge or skyscraper…but first getting the measurements exactly right by simulating it within a virtual setting. This will not only reduce error, but save money and time as well!

Comment on Call: Workshop on Human-Centered VR, AR and Gaming (VRCAI-VRAR 2011) by Diablo3

Diablo3 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:34:57 +0000

I do wonder when 3d pc monitors will become mainstream to see the effects on rpg’s and other similar games. Exciting the thought of adding another to dimension to the play of those games. Who knows the time scale on such a release though

Comment on Photographer Lisa Frank’s exhibition uses 3D CAVE to blur lines between art and technology by Tom Coffin

Tom Coffin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:21:00 +0000

total blast to the past – I would love to do caveart again….