[From Shelly Palmer, Managing Director, Digital Media Group at Landmark Ventures/ShellyPalmer; the original post includes additional pictures] BeamPro: From Parlor Trick to Paradigm Shift October 5, 2014 This picture of my family was taken last week. You may notice that one of my sons looks like a talking head on a video monitor. Three weeks ago, he moved to Hong Kong. This is the story of how he attended a very important family gathering (from 8,047 miles away) using his iPhone as a 3G hotspot, his MacBook Air and a remarkable device called the BeamPro from Suitable Technologies. I became…

[From The Wall Street Journal, where the story includes a different image] [Image: John Gerrard, Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada), 2014. Simulation, installation view, Lincoln Center, New York. Courtesy of the artist, Simon Preston, New York and Thomas Dane, London. Photo by Iñaki Vinaixa. Source: The Creators Project] John Gerrard’s ‘Solar Reserve’ Comes to Lincoln Center ‘This Is as Handmade as Painting or Sculpture; We Have to Build the Entire Terrain’ By Andy Beta Oct. 2, 2014 On a sunny day last week, John Gerrard was wondering how the solar power plant he was installing at Josie Robertson Plaza in Lincoln…

[Something a little different: From ACM Digital Library and being presented October 4-5 at the 27th ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii; be sure to watch the 0:30 minute video at ACM DL or on YouTube. More information (and the image below) are available here.] RoomAlive: magical experiences enabled by scalable, adaptive projector-camera units Abstract: RoomAlive is a proof-of-concept prototype that transforms any room into an immersive, augmented entertainment experience. Our system enables new interactive projection mapping experiences that dynamically adapts content to any room. Users can touch, shoot, stomp, dodge and steer projected content that…

[From TechRadar, where the story includes another image and the 2:38 minute video] Lexus built an Oculus Rift driving sim from real car part Drive the Lexus RC F in virtual reality By Michael Rougeau October 2, 2014 The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has a big problem that even its creators don’t know how to solve: no existing control methods feel adequate to use with virtual reality. One solution is to create highly specialized controllers that resemble specific objects like guns or, in the case of a tech demo car maker Lexus has created, the cockpit of a new…

[From the Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog, where the post includes more images; more information is available from Zwift] Zwift Is Trying to Turn Indoor Cycling Into Virtual Reality Sep 30, 2014 By Reed Albergotti For serious cyclists, cold weather is a time of dread filled with numb fingers and foreheads. Cyclists who want to stay in shape often retreat to indoor “trainers” that turn road bikes into stationary ones. But there’s a big drawback: indoor biking can get boring. That’s why Zwift, a London-based startup, is launching a “massively multiplayer online game” where cyclists compete against one another in…

[From CNET, where the story includes more images. For more information including a video interview see the Designing Interaction web site, and the Rekimoto Lab web site (the Projects page is in English)] [Image: Rekimoto speaking at this week’s research symposium. Scott Gries, courtesy of Sony] This Sony researcher wants to put you in someone else’s head Jun Rekimoto, who studies augmented reality at Sony Computer Science Labs, is using cameras, drones and sensors to capture and share what others are seeing and feeling. by Ben Fox Rubin September 27, 2014 Jun Rekimoto envisions a future in which sports spectators…