[From Credit Union Times] Virtual Reality Comes to Ohio Credit Union Beam Up the Cash, Scotty By Missy Baxter July 24, 2013 The latest technology popping up in credit unions seems almost as futuristic as Star Trek’s holodeck. Imagine having a real-time conversation with a life-size, 3D image of a credit union staffer who can answer questions about everything from car loans to savings rates. Plus, throw in theater-quality sound and eye contact. That might sound a bit like science fiction, but members at the $194 million MidUSA Credit Union in Middletown, Ohio, will soon be able to tap into…

[From Fast Company’s Co.DESIGN, where the story includes an image gallery and a 4:03 minute video] Disney’s Crazy Invention Lets You Feel Phantom Objects Floating In Air You know how Kinect lets you interact with virtual objects? A groundbreaking project called Aireal lets you feel them, too. July 19, 2013 By Mark Wilson Microsoft’s Kinect is an amazing device. It can track virtually any motion you make, allowing your real body to interact with an amazing invented world. There’s just one catch: You can’t actually feel anything. Aireal is the result of research by University of Illinois PhD student Rajinder…

[From psfk, where the story includes a 2:05 minute video] 3D Dissection Table Helps Students Explore Rare Medical Cases [Video] Explore the body like never before with high resolution, life-sized medical images that you can cut, uncut, rotate and label. Libby Garrett on June 19, 2013. @libby_garrett The Anatomage Table is the world’s first life-sized 3D interactive virtual dissection table, allowing people to interact with high resolution anatomical models and perform detailed dissections by using a virtual scalpel. The table features an interactive multitouch screen that allows users to turn, grasp and cut life-sized anatomical models and view the organ…

[From Scientific American; there’s much more about Jeremy Bailenson and his work in the July 11, 2013 PBS NewsHour report How Virtual Reality Games Can Impact Society, Encourage Prosperity and an accompanying extended interview] If You Know How a Cow Feels, Will You Eat Less Meat? Inside a lab on the Stanford University campus, students experience what it might feel like to be a cow By Anne C. Mulkern and ClimateWire STANFORD, Calif. — Inside a lab on the Stanford University campus here, students experienced what it might feel like to be a cow. They donned a virtual reality helmet…

[From Shelley Palmer’s blog, where there are several more images] glasses.com — A New Online Shopping Experience You Need to See By: Shelly Palmer on 7.14.13 While shopping online is commonplace, the experiences people have while online shopping vary greatly. Forgive me for oversimplifying, but companies that offer goods and services for purchase via connection to the public Internet tend to favor the web or mobile (wap or app). And, they tend to be hardcore commerce or hardcore experiential, but not both and, to be honest… I have rarely seen any electronic shopping environment that literally “turned my head” until…

[From The Mill; watch the 90 second ad on Vimeo; for more on the making of the ad see a 2:43 minute ‘Behind the Scenes’ video on YouTube; for information about the controversy surrounding the ad see the Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia blog and a 4:50 minute video from The Run List] Johnnie Walker Change the Game (Bruce Lee) Enter the CGI: The Mill helps Johnnie Walker, BBH China and director Joseph Kahn bring martial arts master Bruce Lee back to the screen Johnnie Walker’s latest spot “Change the Game” features a fully CG facial performance from legendary Bruce…