| Virlink This site provides an overview of virtual reality, current VR applications, and several VR potential applications. |
| Virtual_Environments A list of resources hosted by the Center of Advanced Learning Technologies at Insead in France |
| Virtual_Reality_Resources Provides information on all aspects of virtual reality, 3D computer graphics and real-time simulation technologies. |
| Virtual_Terrain_Project Aims to foster the creation of tools for easily constructing any part of the real world in interactive 3D. |
| Virtual_Worldlets_Network Working to advance all areas of the sphere, from MUD immersion and fantasy development, to CAVE research and scientific visualisation. |
| VRSource_org News, information, resources, and discussions on all topics related to virtual reality technology and its uses. |
| Bit-Tech_net_Forums Focuses mainly on modding of computer items. |
| Bleeping_Computer Resource site for answering computer, security, and technical questions asked by the newbie or novice computer user. |
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| Computing_Net One of the largest and oldest technical support web sites with active discussion boards. |
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| Hack_Your_Mind Run by students for students to learn about computers. |
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| Tek-Tips_Forums Windows 2000 Server Forum. Interact with others in this and over 800 other forums aimed at computer professionals. |
| Ultimate_Tech Online discussion for PC hardware & Software. |
| UNIX_Forum Range of topics such as Networking & TCP/IP, Web Servers & FTP Servers and Security Issues / Firewall Problems. |
| Aurix_Speech_Technology Bespoke speech solutions for the legal, media/broadcast, call centre and professional markets. Products include speech recognition, text to speech and a range of speech content analysis products inclu |
| Breveon Develops and markets medical speech-recognition tools for healthcare professionals to use in dictation, transcription, and clinical data management. Product information, services, news, and support in |
| CatchWord_Language_and_Speech_Technologies Develops multi-lingual voice portals. Products include speech recognition, audio-mining and speech corpora in South African languages. Services, product information, and employee profiles. |
| Conversay Computational Computing Corp. sells application specific speech enabled products including voice responsive browsers, office messaging system, speech SDK's for mobile devices, telephony speech servers |
| Disaggregate_Consulting Consulting services for speech technology: architecture, technical advice, software development, and education. Technology information, services, books, and publications. |
| Excellence_in_Embedded_Speech Provides text-to-speech based speech output solutions for the automotive and mobile industries. Product and services information, technology overview, and news and events. |
| G2_Speech Provider of customised speech recognition and digital dictation systems for the medical and legal sectors. Has operations in Holland and the UK. |
| Game_Commander Speaker independent (no training required) voice control software for Windows games replaces keystrokes with voice commands for popular games. Template files, patches, message boards, downloads, free |
| Grover_Industries,_Inc_ Provides command and control applications for internet and desktop contexts. |
| Guardian_Business_Solutions,_Inc_ Warehouse applications using voice, wireless, and wearable technologies to provide automation and productivity solutions for warehouse management, distribution, and manufacturing systems. Partnered wi |
| GyrusLogic,_Inc_ Provides solutions in automating conversational dialog and natural language understanding applications either in voice and/or text. References, partners, and news. |
| HAL_Hits_the_Home Voice recognition software (with product names HAL2000) for Windows 95/98 that supports air conditioning, telephony, infrared, Internet, X-10 and security - for use in home systems. Site gives audio e |
| Hand_Held Site sells a large-vocabulary continuous speech recognizer that runs on a PDA. Current offering (free beta download) is a voice enabled address book for Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win CE, Pocket PC. |
| HighBridge_Communications Provides speech recognition solutions to small and medium-sized companies. Offers technology overview. |
| IBM_Software__-__Speech_Recognition Big Blue's ViaVoice offerings in the desktop continuous speech dictation arena. Competes with Dragon Systems. Has mobile dictation and telephony products as well. Has continuous speech recognition for |
| IMSI_Software IMSI Utilities Group licenses IBM ViaVoice technology to produce their own line of "VoiceDirect" dictation software. |
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Video games have been entertaining us for nearly 30 years, ever since Pong was introduced to arcades in the early 1970s. Computer graphics have become much more sophisticated since then, and soon, game graphics will seem all too real. In the next decade, researchers plan to pull graphics out of your television screen or computer display and integrate them into real-world environments. This new technology, called augmented reality, will further blur the line between what's real and what's computer-generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell.
Augmented-reality displays will overlay computer-generated graphics onto the real world.
On the spectrum between virtual reality, which creates immersible, computer-generated environments, and the real world, augmented reality is closer to the real world. Augmented reality adds graphics, sounds, haptics and smell to the natural world as it exists. You can expect video games to drive the development of augmented reality, but this technology will have countless applications. Everyone from tourists to military troops will benefit from the ability to place computer-generated graphics in their field of vision.
Augmented reality will truly change the way we view the world. Picture yourself walking or driving down the street. With augmented-reality displays, which will eventually look much like a normal pair of glasses, informative graphics will appear in your field of view, and audio will coincide with whatever you see. These enhancements will be refreshed continually to reflect the movements of your head. In this article, we will take a look at this future technology, its components and how it will be used.
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