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2009-10-02T04:40:00.000-07:00

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How large is the Virtual Reality Market Size ?

2009-09-25T04:07:00.001-07:00

We get often the question, " How large is EON Reality's Market market size? "
There is not an easy answer to this question as Interactive 3D technology represent an emerging innovative market that is at the crossroads of several different growth areas. However this document may be useful as a market indicator for the following market areas; 3D Customer Interaction Management, Interactive 3D Virtual Meeting , Simulation Based Learning  and Immersive 3D solutions.

3D Customer Interaction Management has a larger potential number of end users than the traditional design oriented CAD market as there are significantly more people in sales & training, MRO and support vs. design. Still the 3D Customer Interaction Management market segment is in an emerging stage and the adoption rate will take some time. The total CAD market is estimated to reach $8.2B by 2012. (Jon Peddie Research)
We estimated, based on our experience of conversion rate from existing customers, that the 3D Customer Interaction Management market will be 10% of the CAD market by 2012, approximately $800 M.

Interactive 3D Virtual Meeting is a subset to the traditional online meeting market. According to Wainhouse Researchers project, the online Web presentation sessions and various video meetings logged their first $1 billion quarter in 2007. They predict that in North America alone, revenue from audio, video, and Web collaboration services will reach $4.4 billion by 2011. Karen Keeter, marketing specialist at IBM research, believes that, "at this point, no single platform is the magic bullet for all 3D virtual business demands". This technology is currently in high demand - as no other solution merges video, voice, virtual world and interactive 3D functionality into one single environment. EON Coliseum, EON's Interactive 3D Virtual Meeting solution is addressing these areas and adding unique competitive advantages.

Simulation Based Learning - As an extension of e-learning solutions and changing learning environments the market is rapidly expanding in education for more advanced, simulation based 3D learning experiences. Simulation Based Learning environments allow learners to be activity engaged in the learning experience moving them from isolated, high-end, yet static tech centers to engaging, scalable, Internet connected networks. The video game industry is fueling and setting the expectations for Simulation Based Learning with interactive experiences through new technologies like Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
If we look at the market for both corporate and education, another term often used when referencing SBL is Serious Games. The Serious Games market in 2007 was estimated to be around $400 million per year - just in the US (mostly educational and military) The same demand applies to health care providers, which will bring the overall figure for the serious games to a projection of $ 1.5 billion by 2012.

Immersive 3D solutions - EON's software tools are seamlessly integrated with a wide range of immersive and stereoscopic display systems. From portable tablet PCs and glass free stereo displays to curved-screen and immersive rooms consisting of multi-channel projection walls. These new technologies are allowing people to move away from purely physical communication to "augmented/mixed" reality communication and interaction. Enhanced visualization will become ubiquitous, as it will provide added contextual information to functions like communication, product development and R&D, and medical imaging. Augmented Tele-Presence is one of these technologies - where real-time display of 3D information and images assists and enhances collaboration and interaction.

Mobile Immersion Market - In the longer perspective we see the Mobile Immersion market rising significantly. New Ultra mobile devices with virtual glass displays overlaying and augmenting the real world to provide real time guidance and explanation. Augmented reality is the capability to link the virtual world with the physical world through for example a "superman vision" where a video image is superimposed with a 3D model of the same environment and adding hidden information accessible from sensors like RFID. Target use:

Assisting difficult tasks
Installation & support
Medical visualizations
Education/Tourism, location based information & cultural heritage,
Construction and infrastructure

This adoption of Ultra Mobile devices may take some time but is reasonable to expect that it will be a multimillion market within the next 5 years.

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The Icube at University of Louisiana Lafayette

2009-09-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

The Mechanical Enginering Faculty conducted by professor Dr. Suren Dwivedi, Mechanical Engineering and director of the Virtual and Product Realization Laboratory at University of Louisiana Lafayette, has implemented a 4 wall immersive environment, the EON ICube (Cave) as a part of their R&D facility.

3D Training for Emergency Response at St. Clair County Community College

2009-09-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

The students at St. Clair County Community College, Michigan learn about emergency response using interactive 3D visualizations, on an EON ICatcher projector. This system, based on virtual reality technology, allows learning objects to pop out in the middle of the room and is responsive to the user's actions. Steven L. Fosgard, Associate Dean of Instruction Department has conducted the development of the emergency response presentation that has been used for teaching aids in the classroom to visualize ways of handling hazardous materials in case of a chemical plastic disaster. "With 3D technology users view a person, place or thing as it would appear in real life, says Marly Bergerud, education expert at EON Reality, virtual reality and interactive provider based in Irvine, Calif. "This allows students to learn by having real-world experiences in the comfort of a classroom."

The HIVE, 3D for Education

2009-09-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and Discovery World Museum (DWM) teamed up to develop Wisconsin's most progressive center for research and education in multimedia and other emerging interactive technologies. The HIVE (Hybrid Interactive Virtual Education ), located at DWM features a cluster of futuristic pods that provides teaching space for MATC and an attraction for Discovery World visitors. The HIVE is an enclosed chamber that uses computers, projectors, screens, 3-D technology plus motion tracking and uses EON Reality's software to create about 30 simulated virtual environments to run in the HIVE, such as the solar system and a Portuguese landscape. Museum experts and MATC faculty and students are designing other simulations.

The HIVE didn't just convey a few astronomy facts to the students. It also got them interested in learning more about the topic back in class. That impulse to keep learning after leaving Discovery World is what the museum is all about," said Discovery World CEO Joel Brennan. “We want the public to take advantage of this technology. It's a unique learning opportunity, and it's pretty amazing."

2009-09-15T05:11:00.000-07:00

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This tech demo shows the new real-time fluid simulation and rendering feature in EON 7.0, which will allow you to visualize oil and other fluids with varying viscosity in a realistic way.

The $1.5 billion Simulation Based Learning Market

2009-09-08T11:45:00.000-07:00

Simulation-Based Learning (SBL) represents the next evolutionary stage of e-Learning where learning is conducted with a computer or mobile device with the added benefit of the interactivity available in an online environment. While e-Learning has depended on visualization in 2D, SBL creates interactivity, not only for 2D but for 3D visualization applications for educational experiences, that dramatically enhances learning and knowledge transfer. SBL is being integrated not only into e-Learning programs but into classrooms and new immersive environments, as well. Programs utilizing SBL range from biology, engineering, and astronomy to such disciplines as automotive, allied health, manufacturing, energy and mining, to name a few.

The video game industry has not only fueled the market for SBL but has set the expectations of today’s learners for Simulation-Based Learning as a result of their use of interactive experiences through technologies like Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. As a result, the education market is rapidly expanding and incorporating more advanced, simulation-based 3D learning experiences, enhanced e-Learning solutions and immersive learning environments. Interactive SBL environments allow learners to be activity engaged in the learning experience moving them from isolated, high-end, yet static tech centers to engaging, scalable, internet connected networks.

SBL Market Size
If we look at the market for both corporate and education, another term often used when referencing SBL is Serious Games.
- The Serious Games market in 2007 was estimated to be around $400 million per year - just in the US (mostly Educational and Military)
- The same demand applies to Healthcare providers which will bring the overall figure for the Serious Games to a projection of $1.5 billion by 2012
- Additionally, Serious Games are gaining solid traction in Europe and the video game industry is finding more and more business outside the entertainment sector – both indicators of a growing demand for interactive experiences from the consumer to the learner to the corporate environment
The interactive, game-like education and training environments significantly increase the engagement of today's learner compared to traditional training methods, thereby motivating students to become instantly engaged.

Interactive learning offers a more effective and visual communication, collaboration and accelerates knowledge transfer. Educational institutions and organizations who have adopted EON's SBL technology solutions include: the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, Texas State Technical College Waco and Honolulu Community College, to name a few.

EON Reality and the City of Clermont-Ferrand Establish the First Interactive Digital Center in France

2009-09-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

The launch of the first Interactive Digital Center (IDC) in France has been announced. IDC France aims at becoming the leading institute for developing simulation-based learning applications for the industrial and educational domains. Although the grand opening ceremony is scheduled in October, the IDC is now fully operating and engineers are already working on the first projects. IDC France is located in Clermont-Ferrand, right in the center of France, with air, train and motorway connections to all main cities in France. Clermont-Ferrand hosts various competitive clusters, including biotechnologies, information technologies, mechanical industries and medical research, which will all be heavy users of the IDC resources.
“This Interactive Digital Center based on a public-private partnership is a unique opportunity to provide our local economic system with a state-of-the-art interactive 3D platform. It will benefit not only our industries but also our educational institutions, at the regional and national levels.” said Pierre-Charles Romond, Vice President of Clermont-Ferrand University.
http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=106141328

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Virtual Reality will become A Main Stream Technology by 2014

2009-09-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

Picture your self walking or driving down the street, with augmented reality displays which 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.

For years, virtual reality has been associated with head mounted displays, gloves and bleeding edge technology. Many companies have come and gone – failing to create a sustainable business model that can help customers increase their sales or reduce their costs. Some venture capitalists have given up on pursuing such companies or business models. This VR path follows the well known Gartner curve where in the beginning many overestimated the potential and under estimated the challenges of the new technologies which led to a peak and then a crash of the VR market. This has been experienced by virtual reality companies in the mid 90s to early 2000s and then development the VR market was suppressed again – after the dot.com bust. However, EON Reality has since taken the lead in business focused virtual reality and is becoming the market leader in a niche that is now rapidly growing.

Why is this happening right now and why will Virtual Reality become one of the most important disruptive technologies over the next ten years?
Simply put, bulky and cumbersome computers, as we know them today will shortly cease to exist. The future is already here consisting of portable mobile devices such as the new ultra mobile devices being by Intel, Samsung and Sony.

These portable mobile devices are: ·

Wirelessly connected 
Have graphic power that is increasingly fast  
Provide context relevant information GPS and have built in tracking systems – six degrees of freedom

Why are portable mobile devices important? 
Because such devices are helping us in our daily mobile lives and Virtual Reality is the best way to interact in the new Internet and mobile environments as such environments depend on context relevant intuitive input. We soon will always be carrying our “computer” with us and getting information when we need it - as we need it – on demand! The question then becomes – what kind of software provides the best interaction method or capabilities – given this new world of portable mobile devices? The level of abstraction with computer software has continued to simplify – this began with very old text based user interfaces in the 1970s and then advanced to primitive graphical user interface systems in the 80s and 90s, and, now, the 2D interface. This trend of technological advancement will continue until the computer interface virtually mimics or mirrors the real world, meaning a 3D interactive environment that blends with our physical reality - the dream many have talked about in the past – augmented reality.

These technology solutions are not science fiction any longer
EON Reality’s contributions in today’s technology marketplace will take virtual reality from a geeky niche to one of the world’s most important computer interaction and knowledge transfer technologies (See example). At EON we have initially focused on things that provide Integrated Product Content Management (3D Customer Interaction Management) which helps companies increase their sales and lower their maintenance and training costs. Also the blending of video, tele presence communication with 3D is integrated as a component part of EON’s launch of Augmented Tele Presence devices. Furthermore, the aspect of using interactive 3D worlds online is probably the largest application area where Internet is converted from a 2D world to a fully interactive 3D world and that of Rich Media Publishing. Additionally, Location Based Entertainment assists in spreading the technology to the volume masses. Our prediction is that by 2014 virtual reality will be one of the key interaction modality for computer communication and thus finally become a main stream technology for business and education. See reference: http://www.cyberedge.com/mkt_r_vr.html

Entertainment Focused Interactive Digital Center Opens in Asia’s Entertainment Mecca

2009-08-31T12:36:00.000-07:00

Asia’s Entertainment Mecca; Busan makes Korea a Tech Pioneer Again
Joint collaboration forms Interactive Digital Center to further strengthen Pusan as the leading Asian entertainment mecca. EON Reality Inc, Busan Metropolitan City, Dong-eui University, Youngsan University and VR Korea today announced an agreement to create an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) in Centum Venture Town in U 2-dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea. Busan, the second largest city in Korea with approximately 3.7 million residents, has a very strong presence with the movie industry and the focus of the IDC will be in the application for entertainment. It will also be a research center for Virtual Reality. Busan Metropolitan City will provide the administrative support for the establishment and EON Reality, Dong-eui University, Youngsan University, and VR Korea will establish and run the IDC. The center will hire over 50 employees from Busan Metropolitan City within 5 years of its establishment to nurture local VR experts and create new jobs. The total investment of the IDC is $2.5 million. “We are honored to be selected by Busan Metropolitan City, Dong-eui University, Youngsan University, and VR Korea to develop an IDC,” said Dan Lejerskar, chairman of EON Reality. “Our software tools and applications provide the ability to create realistic and authentic experiences based on 3D visualization technology, and we are confident the IDC will give the region additional advantage within the entertainment industry.” The Center will strengthen Busan as the leading entertainment capital of Asia. Pusan hosts the most significant film festival in Asia, the annual Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) and they will, upon completion, host it in the new Busan Cinema Complex, the world’s largest outdoor curved movie screen. The new building concept will be a new intersection between public space, cultural programs, technology and architecture to create identifiable landmarks within the urban landscape.

Prototype-driven management

2009-08-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

What does successful corporate and governmental management have to do with the design of Boeing’s 787 “Dreamliner" ?

It all has to do with modeling and prototypes. Paul Schimpf at Washington State University and Hesheng Liu, Martinos Biomedical Imaging Center, describes prototypes as the key to understanding all creativity and innovation. "Virtually every significant marketplace innovation of this century is the direct result of extensive prototyping and simulation" . "Consider, the airplane, the animated motion picture, the transistor, the microprocessor, the personal computer, the software spreadsheet, recombinant DNA biotechnology, the Internet and its World Wide Web, financial derivatives, and synthetic securities, and index funds and yield management."

The engines that drive innovation and performance

Why do models make the difference? Wherever you look for the fundamental dynamics driving innovation, you find innovators managing models - and the essential means is massively integrated computer modeling. By shifting from physical clay to virtual clay, every major automobile company has radically reengineered its design and production process. Boeing’s breakthrough 777 jet was built around the breakthrough digital prototypes. Walt Disney can’t produce feature-length animations without storyboards. Microsoft could not enjoy the market share and margins it does without its strategic deployment of beta-version software.

How the world’s best companies are creating value through advanced prototyping

Today, the Boeing Dreamliner example demonstrates that organizations create value best through visionary planning that, like the brain itself, places prototyping right up front. Boeing 787’s predecessor, the Boeing 777 was the first commercial aircraft to be designed entirely on computer. All design drawings were created on a 3D CAD software system known as CATIA, sourced from Dassault Systemes and IBM. This allowed a virtual 777 to be assembled, in simulation, to check for interferences and to verify proper fit of the many thousands of parts, thus reducing costly rework. Boeing was initially not convinced of the program's abilities and built a physical mock-up of the nose section to verify the results. The test was so successful that all further mock-ups were canceled. The rapidly evolving prototype of the 777 “floating” inside the interactive 3D world of CATIA, was arguably the most widely and completely shared mental space of all time— it was a great worldwide, digitally mediated “mind-meld” involving thousands of 777 stakeholders—the ultimate in innovative means strategies. According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Michael Schrage, prototype-driven management provide governmental bodies and companies with socially shared mental spaces that guide and amplify the efforts of their innovation. As world competition becomes tighter and tighter both governments and companies are being forced to operate in accordance with progressively higher and higher levels of human capacities for organizing and planning. "Prototypes and Ends policies are the key to success Michael Schrage says. "First in the creation of ideas and then in turning those ideas into value- producing products" Extracts from the article "Sky-High Innovation in the Boardroom" The Public Sector Innovation Journal, Volume 11(2), article 5 by Larry Vandervert Researcher in psychology and the neurosciences.

To help design the 787 Dreamliner Boeing used a fully immersive mixed-reality studio. The tools needed for this work include technology developed by companies such as EON Reality. EON Reality is at the forefront of developing visualisation systems that allow data from real and virtual objects to be combined, creating virtual prototypes in ‘immersive’ studios with a high degree of detail. With these systems, firms and their customers can experience products and services before they are produced in reality.

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3D Learning - A smarter way for education

2009-08-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

Kentucky Community Technical College System (KCTCS) is leading the way in 3D education by providing real-world experiences in the comfort of the classroom.
Coal miners go through underground safety inspections while others learn to size and install solar panels on a residential structure. Potential nurses perform IV maintenance, or adjust surgical tables with the wave of a wand. "With 3D technology users view a person, place or thing as it would appear in real life, says Marly Bergerud, vice president of education development at EON Reality, virtual reality and interactive provider based in Irvine, Calif. "This opens the door to a world, where students can learn about science anatomy, geography, architecture and astronomy by interacting with the content rather than reading about it in a textbook". " The students today grew up with gaming technology," said Bergerud, also a former educator. "Now in the classroom, they're looking at the talking head and saying 'I have to dummy down to go to school.'"

After the coal mining tragedies in 2006 in West Virginia, we decided a project could be built to provide instruction on the self-contained self-rescuers that miners use to improve training and increase safety," said Jamie Justice, director of visualized learning and innovation at KCTCS. "This simulation-based training application takes miners through daily inspection, has them go through parts and demonstrates how the breathing process works in addition to the actual donning process." Training simulations can be viewed on a laptop, a 3D stereo projection, which allows learning objects to pop out in the middle of the room, or in a 4 wall space called the CAVE. "Advances in technology and public awareness has bolstered these breakthroughs, Justice said, which will enable more colleges to integrate and use this technology in classrooms and programs". From the article "Welcome to 3-D Learning" by Russell Nichols Convergemag.com

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Table of Contents
EON Textbook Flash Preview
Interactive 3D Application Development: Using EON Professional for Creating 3D Visualizations will guide you through the application development process using EON Studio or EON Professional. This book contains interactive hands-on tutorials that will allow you to practice as you learn to use this very powerful software application. The content in the book is arranged in modules and developed in such a way that it enables you to choose specific topics to study on an as-needed basis which makes this book an indispensible tool for developing simplistic interactive objects to very high-end visualization applications.

Increasing influence of computer vizualisation software and virtual reality technology on cabin design

2009-08-28T02:51:00.000-07:00

Computer visualisation software and virtual reality technology are impacting VIP and bizjet cabins as never before – but what are the implications of such change now and in the future, and what are the potential pitfalls with this avalanche of new data? The way EON Reality’s business development director Pierre- Julien Barraud tells it, only adecade or so ago he knew of an aircraft manufacturer that would make up to 30 physical models before its flying machine would be deemed ready for manufacture. How things have changed – in an age when computer software systems are now so advanced that whole aircraft interiors can be sketched in 2D programmes, designed, engineered and analysed for safety in 3D and marketed to the client in an immersive virtual reality environment before a single part ever gets made, the time consuming and costly old way of making things seems nothing short of antiquated.

So what does all this advanced technology mean for the customer?

In simple terms it allows them to see what they’re buying much more clearly. “What’s changed is that you can now get from a design that looks quite simple to something that is very realistic, says Son Tran, senior designer at product design expert Priestman Goode. "Especially in terms of material use and lighting, and spin it round to look at all the angles in minutes. In the old days you’d press the render button have to wait a week and it would still not be right".

One step further on from photo realistic designs and animations are interactive virtual reality (VR) environments where the customer can use VR goggles and ‘step inside’ their future business jet. EON Reality manufactures and sells the software tools that provide the ability to convert CAD data into an interactive 3D stereo model. It can also be configured in real time and viewed on the internet or via a display as big as a 3D stereo theater. Current biz jet clients include Bombardier and EON is also involved. This article is picked up from "Digital dreams" September 2009 Business Jet Interiors International.com
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Why The Oil and Gas industry likes to Play

2009-08-28T02:26:00.000-07:00

The Oil and Gas industry knows how to turn play into serious business. When big companies like Aramco are looking to improve their training and retention of drilling procedures they use advanced 3D game technology from EON Reality, The company has been leading the advancements in industrial gaming providing big fortune 500 companies like Exxon and Boeing with interactive training and virtual reality solutions. "Simulation based training is not only a cost effective way of learning in real-time processes but it can also save lives and improve environment" says Dan Lejerskar, CEO and virtual reality expert at EON Reality.

2009-08-26T03:41:00.000-07:00

Upcoming Event 2009 EON Reality Keynote
International Conference
on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry
September 29-30 2009
Trondheim, Norway

Join EON Reality Chairman Dan Lejerskar, for the key note at the 5th International Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry 29-30 September 2009. In his speech Dan Lejerskar will address the applications of novel VR technology focusing on safety and environment aspects.
IO 09 is an international meeting place where players from oil companies, suppliers, research laboratories and universities around the world presents the latest trends and opportunities for research and business in integrated operations.
Highlithed Topics and Session:

IO solutions for improved safety and environment
Smarter oil and gas world – experiences and solutions
Industrial gaming applications for IO in the oil and gas industry

There will also be a “SME Innovation Forum” (SME IF09) on Thursday 1st October.

What is required for the next generation of Virtual Collaboration?

2009-08-24T06:51:00.000-07:00

• Easy creation of realistic virtual environments
• Crystal clear Voice-over-IP (peer-to-peer/conference)
• Real-time streaming video
• Virtual Presentation Surface that allows users to present information (PDF, PPT) in a 3D environment
• Datalink that connects to external software via TCP/UDP
• Multi-user capability for collaborative work in remote, interactive virtual environments
• Support communication of complex concepts in a clear manner without the need to switch between many applications
• Proprietary network management technology that supports optimized and scalable multiplexed communication for large numbers of concurrents

Enhancing on line communication

•   Not just sound, but real-time voice communication
•    Not just localized simulation but modularized remote simulation
•    Not just static visual information but dynamic updates
•    Not just localized content but shared virtual worlds
•    Not just video but live feeds

EON 7.0 - New Realism, Interaction, Avatars and Shared Virtual Worlds

2009-08-22T21:50:00.001-07:00

A technical preview of the next generation EON 7.0 family, a true game changer in interactive 3D software, was presented at Siggraph 2009 in New Orleans, August 4-6, 2009. EON 7.0 allows you to create ultra realistic interactive 3D content with real-time physics in minutes and communicate your content in a shared multilayer environment.

New EON 7.0’s features:
Improved Visuals, Physics and Avatars with Faster Online Experience

• Photo realistic shader based light and an easy to use light editor. Completely rewritten lighting system which uses the programmable pipeline in the graphics card to give you more lights than what can be handled by the standard OpenGL light system. It also allows you to create more sophisticated shader-based materials and visual effects.

• Real Avatars, capturing humans in 3D, full body integrated with 4D View Solutions’ real-time scanning technology.

• Brand new physics engine and much faster downloading. A new Rigid body Dynamics and Fluids system based on the Nvidia PhysX engine has been introduced, that replaces the old Dynamics nodes in EON Professional. Currently the fundamentals with manager, rigid body and collision geometry types are implemented and ready for testing in this technical preview.

• Smaller EON Viewer for faster online experience. In EON 7.0 we have reduced the size of the free web down loadable viewer with over 70% to 5MB to improve the web based experience.

• New features for EON Coliseum, EON‘s pioneering multi-modal communication tool, includes real scanned 3D Humans, additional interaction features, easier session management, live video streaming etc. "The EON 7.0 release marks a new chapter in EON's software history by offering the user the possibility to install and use many different versions of EON on the same computer at the same time, side by side. This means we can progressively remove the support of old, seldom used functionality and introduce fundamental changes without jeopardizing the stability of the existing EON applications"

Real People in Virtual 3D Meetings

2009-08-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

For a long time humans have dreamed to virtually teleport people from one location to another in a realistic way as an alternative to today’s computer generated avatars. By combining EON Coliseum’s online interactive 3D meeting and EON Icube multi-sided immersive environment technology with 4D View Solutions’ unique capability of 3D capturing people in real-time with its 4DV Interactive platform, this solution has now become a reality.
EON Icube Presenter™ fully 3D captured presenter “appears” in a immersive environment
For the first time ever users are able to participate in virtual meetings as full photo realistic 3D video images of themselves. Participants can view their counterparts in real-time 3D video as if they were in the same room and interact with them as real human beings. Virtual meeting communication has become meaningful as users are able to express not only words and graphics but also facial expressions, gestures and physical reactions. With 4D Views’s 3D capture technology virtual meeting users can finally “beam themselves” in 3D Video to remote meetings to get business done without paying the cost of traveling.

New Realism in 3D Training
Presenter in a 3D Video Capture stream appears” in a Interactive 3D Virtual Meeting.
Brain Training Curriculum video based on EON Coliseum,
developed by Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)

EON Reality and 4D View Solutions are also revolutionizing 3D simulation-based training environments with 3D Capture technology. Virtual environment trainees have real 3-dimensional people guiding them through their learning objectives, instead of stale and emotionless avatars. During the sessions 3D images of the trainees themselves can be inserted in real-time into the virtual training sequence. Trainees have real-time 3D video body positioning and movement feedback. Other trainees are able to watch the simulation in full 3D and replay key segments after the fact during post-session analysis. The new 3D video capture technology is improving training simulations, making them about real people achieving real results.
For the full News Release.

EON at Angelbeat 10th annual 2009 tour

2009-08-22T21:45:00.000-07:00

Visit Us At Angelbeat August 11 th 2009
Sheraton Mission Valley, San Diego and
August 12th 2009 at USC Davidson Executive Conference Center in Los Angeles.
A ngelbeat is the largest IT event company in North America based on its 56-city geographic coverage. Content is updated annually and focus on the related areas of security/compliance, virtualization/storage/infrastructure/data center and networking/wireless/voip.
About EON Reality
EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality software provider. Industry leaders, including Atlas Copco, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Hon, Intel, Lexus, Lufthansa –Teknik, Peterbilt, Samsung, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Toyota and Whirlpool, use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and decrease the cost of service, training and technical support.

Education - Teleport people from one Location to the Other

2009-08-22T21:44:00.000-07:00

A dream has been for a long time to be able to teleport people from one location to another or at least scan persons in real time and transmit them in 3D. By combining EON Coliseum technology along with EON’s software and 4D Views unique capability of scanning people, this solution has now become a reality.
Consequently, users can not only experience the training and communication with an immersive environment, but can also in different locations have a full 360 communication or tele immersion with people in other locations, thus being able to train and present combining virtual reality and real time solutions.

About EON Reality
EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality software provider. Industry leaders, including Atlas Copco, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Hon, Intel, Lexus, Lufthansa –Teknik, Peterbilt, Samsung, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Toyota and Whirlpool, use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and decrease the cost of service, training and technical support.

Simulation Based Training for Oil and Gas

2009-08-22T21:43:00.001-07:00

Aramco is improving safety and training with VR

EON Reality and Aramco has worked closely on the development of realistic and detailed environment for demonstrating and interactive 3D training on how to create a Vertical Seismic Profile Acquisition and Rock Outcrop Simulation. The Virtual Reality Training System (VRTS) visually simulates the processes with real-time feedback in a scalable 3D environment. It is used to improve the training and retention of drilling procedures as well as safety while reducing the associated costs.

A Working Lab for New Technology

2009-08-22T21:42:00.001-07:00

Depot Maintenance of the Future (DMOF)
EON has just completed the installation of an Interactive Communication facility for defense to Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania. The highlight of this facility is EON's comprehensive solution to utilize the integrated interactive 3D Stereo virtual environment as a Customer Experience Center as well as a portal to the US based location abroad for design and engineering collaboration. As a production work tool, the center has the ability to share complex ideas and engineering concepts in a virtual environment with business partners and customers throughout the world at a fraction of the time and costs associated with the work done in the real world environment. Visitors at the DMOF will experience the many uses of three dimensional holographic projection systems, such as The Power Wall, (I Cube) the Holographic staging and the Touch Light Displays, and be able to interact with 3D models of Tobyhanna-support equipment.

EON Brings New Boeing Design To Life

2009-08-22T21:40:00.000-07:00

EON is continuing to provide Boeing with a significant product differentiation through interactive photo and realistic mixed reality solutions. From Dreams to Reality.

EON Coliseum - Pioneering Multi-Modal Communication in Virtual Reality

2009-08-22T19:13:00.000-07:00

While the Internet has significantly reduced communication barriers across geographical boundaries, effective communication remains a challenge when there is a lack of consistent, scalable and illustrative environment. EON Coliseum™ fills this gap by providing a platform where people can present their ideas, communicate complex concepts and collaborate using rich media objects such as web pages, presentation slides, video, live feeds and interactive 3D content. Leveraging on EON Reality’s core rendering technology, EON Coliseum™virtual classrooms to key boardroom meetings, presentations come alive with EON Coliseum™ smart networking engine that cleverly optimizes quality of multi-modal communication on different systems so that connected parties can enjoy a seamless experience in every session. Users can select from a wide range of multi-media options which EON Coliseum™ offers to realize the most demanding presentations in efficacy and style. empowers the individual with the full freedom to create virtual environments that packs powerful communication capabilities. From

What is EON Coliseum?

EON Coliseum is a technology platform that provides communication capabilities for virtual environments developed in EON Reality's suite of products. It is built on EON Reality’s flagship product, EON Studio, through several new nodes and auxiliary tools. Using EON Coliseum, developers enjoys a broader scope of interactive virtual reality application designs that goes beyond traditional visualization.

Gabriyel Wong, Technical Director EON Reality

EON Coliseum Technical demo

2009-08-22T19:10:00.000-07:00

EON Coliseum, Interactive 3 D virtual meeting.
Immersive environment with avatars, Live video streaming, Voice-over-IP, Data connectivity to other software, Virtual presentation surface (VPS), Scalable to immersive solutions such as Icube, (The Cave)

EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality software provider. Industry leaders, including Atlas Copco, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Hon, Intel, Lexus, Lufthansa –Teknik, Peterbilt, Samsung, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Toyota and Whirlpool, use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and decrease the cost of service, training and technical support.

Brand new Features for EON Coliseum

2009-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

We have added new features to EON‘s pioneering multi-modal communication tool, EON Coliseum. This includes real scanned 3D Humans, additional interaction features, easier session management, live video streaming etc. Read also the newly release EON Coliseum White Paper.
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About EON Reality
EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality software provider. Industry leaders, including Atlas Copco, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Hon, Intel, Lexus, Lufthansa –Teknik, Peterbilt, Samsung, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Toyota and Whirlpool, use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and decrease the cost of service, training and technical support.

Affordable 3D To Classrooms

2009-08-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

A monumental shift in pricing affordability and quality is taking place in the 3D projection space. EON has partnered with Texas Instruments and developed a new software that provides 3D projection with a significant reduction in cost. This new technology has been integrated with EON’s immersive solutions such as EON Icatcher and EON Icube. The immediate impact is that high end 3D interactive stereo solutions can be offered to target markets such as education, business, and entertainment starting quarter 3 and 4 this year and allow improved immersion and quality.

2009-08-22T19:01:00.000-07:00

EON 7.0 New photorealistic shader based light.

Real Avatars, capturing humans in 3D, full body integrated with 4D Views.

2009-08-22T18:59:00.000-07:00

Real Avatars, capturing humans in 3D, full body integrated with 4D Views.

A true game changer in interactive 3D software – the next generation EON 7.0 family

2009-08-22T18:55:00.000-07:00

You can now create ultra realistic visual interactive 3D content with real time physics in minutes, while inserting real avatars in a shared multiuser environment. In short, the EON 7.0 family is taking a leap forward with respect to realism, interaction, avatars and shared virtual meeting places.

During Siggraph 2009 EON Reality will showcase, in booth # 3430, the new EON 7.0 with its new features such as:
• Real Avatars, capturing humans in 3D, full body integrated with 4D Views.
• New photo realistic light including new shader based light with an easy to use light editor.
• Brand new physics engine and much faster downloading.
• Improved version control etc.

EON Raptor – The free software for serious games

2007-04-01T15:19:00.000-07:00

Download EON Raptor™
Install the software and go to http://www.eonreality.com/licensing/ and get a free license.
Finally, now you can bring your models to life for free. What we’ve got is a bit of Virtual reality software we want to give you. It’ll let you bring all your models to life in full interactive, real-time 3D and allows you to view and share them with anyone on the web live for free.
The software is called EON Raptor™. The same way our parents grew up with movies, our generation has grown up with games, internet and 3D. We expect and in fact deserve to share our information in a real-time three dimensional, fully web enabled environment. Why look at a static picture, a prerendered animation when you can explore and share your models in full Virtual Reality for free. Still undecided? This is what CAD Digest is saying about our little piece of software: "EON Reality’s Raptor has, in my opinion, succeeded in creating a piece of software that makes the creation of the virtual content completely effortless. I think this software is a "must have."
H. Edward Goldberg AIA is a practicing Industrial Designer and an architect. He is also coordinator of industrial design at Towson University in Towson Maryland. Ed is the Author of The Autodesk Architectural Desktop 3 Book published by Prentice Hall. "Discreet 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ artists can publish their content for high-quality 3D interactivity on-line or off-line using the EON Raptor, all within the familiar 3ds max environment. The EON Raptor controls provide an easy-to-use, GUI-based click and point authoring environment, and free publishing," said Jon A. Bell, Discreet Developer Relations Manager. For full review see http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/reviews_sw/eon_raptor.htm
Test some interactive demos right now!At EON reality we like games, serious ones. We have taken Virtual reality beyond simulators, video games and digital prototyping to provide companies around the world with the most effective compelling sales and marketing visual communication tools.

The hottest trend in Visual communication
In the 1930 the movies inspired innovative companies to create the first commercials. Today’s generation have grown up with games and expect information to interactive, 3D compelling and real time like in a game. They do not want to be fed passive information they want to try, enquire, explore and configure. Smart companies like Toyota/Lexus, Boeing, Suzuki, Siemens are quickly adapting their communication to this new and rapidly growing trend by using EON’s software.
Serious Games are not only fun but REALLY profitable, providing clear measurable ROI:
• Consistent product sales presentation approach and improved salesperson performance
• Up to 72% Increased visitor retention on trade show floor
• Decreased product returns - get it right the first time
• Up to 15% increase in option and configurable parts sales
• Up to 90% cost reduction in service training
• Doubled sales on line
• Valuable customer feedback by tracking behavior and choices, excellent market research tool

"With EON's holographic display solutions and content development, we were able to communicate on a new level in our ongoing Lexus marketing campaign," said Jennifer Weinberg, project leader for Team One. "The excitement this program has generated in over half a dozen major U.S. locations is unprecedented. EON's 3D has helped differentiate our branding in a fun and entertaining way."

"With the support of EON technology and outstanding staff we were able to put together a presentation like none before giving Siemens a crucial edge over competition using traditional presentation techniques. EON Artifical I and EON Interact are not future technologies but they are definitely here to make a significant impact for businesses today. I have rarely worked with such a devoted and competent team as EON and despite an "impossible" deadline they came through with flying colors," said Diana Zimmerman, President of CMS and Siemens' Tradeshow Coordinator.

“It is like having all products in front of you and the best sales person by your side.” Michael B. Berman, Product Manager Dell

“The Suzuki Sales P.R.O. is not only for sales people, the unique reports and tools will assist owners and managers with increasing salesperson performance and increasing profits." Mel Harris Vice President of Suzuki Motorcycles and ATV's

“Sales for the products that use EON´s 3D Content solution have doubled over 12 months compared with average sales for the products that use normal pictures”. Henry Sauls, Director of Furniture Office Depot

For a complete set of products including full real-time photo realistic features, advanced physics, more interactivity, sales applications and advanced 3d Displays etc. please visit: http://www.eonreality.com/products/products.html http://www.eonreality.com/products/products.html

The EON Vocabulary

2007-04-01T15:17:00.001-07:00

In this new Virtual Reality world you actually need a new set of vocabulary to help you navigate. Here is a bit of help:
Holofy™: Verb, comes originally from creating a hologram and means that you take your product presentation to a 3d dimension. Typically this is done by using EON Artificial I™ technology an EON holographic stereo solution without any glasses using large flat screens
Eonize™: Verb, means bringing your digital products and environments to life. Today’s digital products are dead /static like pictures, or prerecorded like animations / movies. By Eonizing them life is injected and they are awaken to full 3D real-time interactivity. EON Professional is normally used for the Eonizing process resulting in full real-time photo realism, advanced physics, interactivity, complete product functionality, configuration and even realistic human behaviors.
Digital Replica™: The outcome of an Eonizing process, a smart digital copy of the physical product that contains all attributes of the physical product which can be explored, studied and shared in a virtual Reality environment. The Digital replica has a significant additional attribute that the physical products normally lacks namely the capability to provide vital information about it self such as bill of materials, price, text description, support information etc. something also referred to a Reality Object™ or Knowledge Object.

Streamed Video Presentation about EON Reality

2007-04-01T15:09:00.000-07:00

Streamed Video Presentation about EON Reality

EON Launches User Generated 3D Tools

2007-03-31T17:28:00.001-07:00

One the largest Obstacle for Web 3D is how to enable User Generated 3D content Creation that is as simple as taking a picture or uploading a Movie.EON Human and EonExperience Creator are the Free On line Services/Tools that will overcome this obstacle. These tools will be released during 2007 as apart of the EonExperience launch.

EON extends IDC’s scope within Simulation Based Learning

2007-03-31T17:27:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Why extend the IDC with Simulation
Based Learning?

Within five years, Simulation Based Learning based on Reality Objects™ will be the dominating standard for transferring knowledge and information The reason is simple: Reality Objects provide a simulation based learning environment with more information, richer hands-on experience thus increasing the speed of learning and retention

The future belongs to Educational Organizations and local governments that are first movers to create segment specific Reality Objects content libraries thus owning valuable Intellectual Property protected assets that can be licensed world wide while strengthening their Simulation Based Learning activities

There are significant future economic incentives and new revenue opportunities around creating Reality objects (for example using a Google search 3D engine approach, where we are seeing a transition within five years from bidding for search words to bidding for Reality Objects)

At the same time there is interest from Global 1000 companies to sponsor Reality Objects™ creation and attach their brands to them

What is the extended IDC approach?

The idea is that part of an IDC workforce (30%-40%) focus on creating Reality objects and simulation based learning curriculum that are strategically selected in the area of strength of the Centre to support regional industries.

For example, California might focus on aerospace, Scandinavia on telecoms, Kentucky on coal mining etc

The IDC is backed up by local governments to create a leading edge simulation based learning and Reality Objects activity in a specific segment and are supported initially by grants etc to build a minimum asset base of Reality Objects / simulation based curriculum

Once the vision is clearly communicated within the region the IDC seeks IPCM sponsorship from local industries for example:

Engine training sponsored by GE

Computer training sponsored by HP & IBM

Vehicle training sponsored by Toyota etc

The RO & SBL curriculum is also put to work not only in the Educational network of the IDC, but also then licensed throughout the educational group regionally, and potentially worldwide

An Experience Object™ is:

1. A highly structured, interrelated set of interactive 3D/2D data

2. That contains embedded information and knowledge often put in context of an environment or process.

3. Transferred through Rich Computer Mediated Communication Technologies (including Internet, Tele- Presence, Tele-Immersion etc)

4. Generating a Sensory Interactive Experience (Visual, Audio & Touch)

5. Which provides an effective approach for

knowledge transfer and decision making

An Experience Object provides the user with:

• Information (what is it?, when?, where?, who?)

• Knowledge (how does it work?, a foundation for viable action),

• or Wisdom/Decision (why should I use it?, with implications of action

Which are the Experience Objects Characteristics?

• Reusability - Reality Objects™ are modularized into small units of components suitable for assembly and reassembly into a variety of contexts. Reusability is defined in terms of findability and usability.

• Findability: the ease with which an existing object can be found by someone when they need it.

• Usability: the extent to which a user is able to understand and use the object to address their situation.

• Interoperability - Reality Objects™ can interoperate with each other regardless of developer or management system

• Durability units of Reality Objects can withstand ever evolving delivery and presentation technologies without becoming unusable

• Accessibility – Reality Objects that are available anywhere, any time—content that can be discovered and reused across networks

Experience Objects Benefits

• Effective Knowledge Transfer: Simulation based learning is improved and users remember the content longer

• Enriched Experience: The users can often interact with the Reality Object in real-time by view, audio, touch and sense reactions

• Exciting Presentations: Reality Objects grab immediately viewers attention generating wow reactions, thrilling experiences and joyful interactions

• Faster Communication: Users understand much faster complex messages due to the sensory enhancing computer mediated communication capabilities

• Brings life to Learning & Innovations: New products and concepts are enlivened and unleashed with Reality Objects™

• Interactive Digital Reality: Imagination can be materialized and knowledge shared in a dynamic, responsive and hands-on fashion

How to secure this revenue and make it happen?

In the short term, the motivation is that the local government and the Educational institutions (sponsors of the IDC) will have access to more effective learning curriculum which will facilitate the work force development in the region

Get funding and Grants from local government

Immediate benefits include :

Reduced training costs compared with traditional training methods.

Quicker Roll Out, Reduced Classroom Time, Increased Retention and Self Study capabilities

Effective knowledge transfer Sell the Reality Objects as simulation based learning components to other universities, IDCs, EON's network, customers

Sponsorship from Industries

Longer term license assets potentially to virtual e-Bay facilities such as Turbo Squid and as the market for 3D search engines develops yield royalty revenues from usage

RMP – Rich Media Publishing Experience More On Line EonExperience.com

2007-03-31T17:26:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Moving from static 2d presentation tools (pictures, videos & animation to interactive 3D, professional & user generated experiences - state of the art in Rich Media Publishing:

EonExperience: “EonEx”, World’s Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service & 3D Library integrated with the following solutions:

EON I-Search: modular server based solution for search, management and distribution of large 3D digital asset repositories over the web

EON Experience Creator: The Free 3D Content Creation tool for EonExperience
Building your Online 3D experience fast, simple and scalable

EON Human Creator: EON Human Creator: Automatic 3D Face & Body generator on line
from a single picture

EON Coliseum: On line 3D Virtual Reality meetings

EON Visualizer™ (release Q1 2007) & EON 3D PowerPoint plug-in that generate photorealistic interactive 3D presentations for web, print, movies, and real-time presentations

Target Market

Public Volume market Consumer market, user generated content a la “YouTube” drives traffic

Academic Simulation Based Learning (Subscriber based) market

Corporate catalogue specific Enterprise (License based) market

Go To-Market Strategy

• Initially promote EE through EON’s network including: Eon’s 36 million Viewers, Distributors in 37 countries, EON’s partner, Eon’s 400 High end corporate customers, 180 academic institution customers and EON IDC Consortium • Address Corporate demand for On line Experience among EON customers

Create a viral marketing traction for EonExperience similar to “Skype/ YouTube self propagation killer application with User Generated content based on EON Human & EE Creator and the Large web based 3D repository (over 30,000

Based on EON’s partnership with Microsoft EonExperience aims at also being connected with PowerPoint Vista as on line 3D clips to access the larger volume market (web link)

Growth factors

We have solved the User Generated Dilemma for 3D

Large Support from IDC Consortium IBM & Microsoft

Web distribution model capitalize on existing 36 million EON Viewers

Go to Market roll out with Microsoft Vista 2007 – EON 3D PowerPoint plug-in

Volume license sales of “off the shelf” box software product

EON Viewers growth potential from today 36 millions to 100 million by 2010

Use EON’s 3D repository for Virtual “E-bay” transaction revenue model

Google 3d object visual search with Web advertising revenue as a driver

ATP – Augmented Tele Presence Mixed Reality Distance Communication

2007-03-31T17:25:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Moving from physical communication to “augmented/mixed” reality communication & interaction - state of the art in information transfer

Combines, immersive 3D displays, tele presence, superimposed live video & intuitive interaction techniques EON I-Presence, EON Touchlight, EON Virtual Presenter, EON I-Portal (not released)

Global 1000 for distance product collaboration & R&D (EON I-Presence)

Exhibitions, HQ presentations, retail and dealership sales applications (EON Touchlight, I crystal)

Educational Institutions for distance learning

Long term potential in consumer applications and games

Users can interact with their bare hands with 3D content that floats in space (EON Touchlight no glasses, no gloves)

Enables the long-distance transmission of life-size, 3D environments that seamlessly merge with live HDTV video (EON I Presence™)

Enhance reality see through “Superman vision” VR augmented reality information device system (EON I-Portal)

Reduces travel costs, exciting presentation, enables hands on experience and customization of products & provides context relevant information

Short term Direct Sales and Indirect Channels, predominantly IDC

Mid & Long Term OEM with large Technology Partner for volume applications

Large demand for ATI solutions due to Innovation & Competitive Advantage benefits

IDCs roll out can rapidly create awareness globally about ATI solutions and benefits

ATI solutions have strong communication component, content is created by end user

Revenue potential based on end user time utilization (similar to tele communication solutions) provides exponential growth potential

EON Expands the market for SBL – Simulation Based Learning Experiential learning

2007-03-31T17:24:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

SBL – Simulation Based Learning is an Experiential learning solution that is advancing teaching from e-learning to s-learning - state of the art in knowledge transfer for education:

· Simulation/VR based training, interactive experiential learning

· Software and display solutions with scalable licensed curriculum development model:

• EON Professional, EON Studio, EON SDK EON Server

• Customized licensed curriculum development

• Relevant end user publishing software / display solutions

Target Market

Community colleges, CTE Career and technical education & universities for workforce development & critical knowledge transfer

Key Benefits

Mix between high end flight simulator & latest interactive 3D games

learn faster, remember longer & resonate with what users are expecting for effective knowledge transfer (games & internet)

Go To-Market Strategy

Direct sales and indirect channels, predominantly through IDCs

Build generic SBL content for education & industry partners in SBLC

Function as a demonstration site & faculty development site

Roll out IDCs content with correspondent license fees

Scalable Growth factors:

Indirect Channels IDCs can rapidly duplicate the validated business model

EON software end user licensing structure provides exponential growth once account implements SBL

EON expands its operations in the area of Augmented Tele Presence, Rich Media publishing and Location Based Experiences

2007-03-31T17:23:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

By using Rich 3D Computer Mediated Communication solutions EON generates Sensory (Visual, Audio & Touch) Exciting Interactive Experiences that more Effectively Transfers Information, Knowledge and facilitates Decisions. Eon’s vision is to become a global leader in 3D Sensory (sight, hearing, touch) Based Computer Mediated Communication that allows users to Experiences more.

The Company is in a strong growth phase and has during 2006 significantly expanded its operations in the area of Augmented Tele Presence (allows Mixed Reality Distance Communication) , Rich Media Publishing (launching during 2007 EonExperience world’s Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service & 3D Library) and Location Based Experiences ( launching the Experience & Discovery Center concept).

Interactive Digital Center Singapore

2007-03-31T17:22:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Organization: Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is a significant contributor to the field of para-professional education in Singapore. It is a pioneer in Problem-based Learning (PBL). The PBL concept forms the cornerstone of the Polytechnic's educational philosophy to prepare school-leavers adequately for the world of work and a future of dynamic change. The Polytechnic is a firm believer in forging partnerships with industry to keep students close to current industry practice. TP currently offers 38 full-time diploma courses in the areas of Applied Science, Business, Design, Engineering and Information Technology and over 40 part-time courses, up to the Advanced Diploma level. For more information, please visit www.tp.edu.sg.

Location: Singapore

Established: 2006

Focus: "The Singapore and ASEAN markets have enormous growth potential in the interactive and digital media space and EON’s solutions offer a strategic fit. EON’s solutions will not only help to accelerate the widespread use of interactive 3D lessons in classrooms but also propel more companies in this region to introduce revolutionary applications to increase sales, enhance marketing and reduce cost of training and maintenance as product life cycle shortens,” said Vincent Ong, the Managing Director of IM Innovations

Quote: Lay-Tan Siok Lie, Director of Engineering School of Temasek Polytechnic, envisions that “the IDC will be a major milestone in grooming students and professionals from different disciplines to collaborate, explore and develop exciting real-time interactive 3D VR applications. Industries that can benefit include automotive and aerospace; architectural, engineering and construction; medical equipment; arts, culture and heritage, and many more.”

EON has signed 9 new IDC MoU locations to be launched during 2007

2007-03-31T17:21:00.001-07:00

Nine new Local Partners in Asia, Europe and USA have signed Memorandum Of Understanding to launch IDC in partnership with Eon and the IDC Consortium. For More information on how WHY customers are using IDC, WHAT do they use for and HOW EON/IDC does deliver this as well as HOW the IDC can generate revenues and provide services to other companies, Please see attached presentation: PDF http://www.eonreality.com/files/presentation/Interactive_Digital_Center_built_in_PP.pdf (25 MB)
PowerPoint http://www.eonreality.com/files/presentation/Interactive_Digital_Center_built_in_PP.ppt (170 MB)

EON launches a 100,000 squere feet Experience & Discovery Center EDC in Arizona

2007-03-31T17:19:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON launches a 100,000 squere feet Experience & Discovery Center EDC in Arizona
As an extension of location-based display solutions (for example, kiosks at trade shows, or rides at amusement parks), the market for more advanced, immersive 3D experiences in entertainment, edutainment and discovery is rapidly growing. EDC integrates hardware, software and services creating next-generation 3D environments that enhance entertainment, edutainment and learning experiences. Please find the detailed EDC presentation at http://www.eonreality.com/files/presentation/EDC.pdf (5 MB

EON Signed in December ned Contract for the Arizona Experience & Discovery Center. The first phase consists of the Virtual Reality design of the upcoming EDC attraction.

EON has a great chance to redefine Location Based Entertainment & Edutainment with the EDC’s new VR experience focused approach:

The customer demand is clear and strong, people crave experiences & lack today a physical location based experience that matches their expectations ( video games have set the expectations)
Retailers, malls etc need a customer pulling attraction that resonates with the existing demand
Amusement parks like Disney make tons of money and are scouting for new 3D applications
The total 10 MUSD/EDC price tag can be covered to a large portion by Corporate sponsors that endorse the respective themes of the EDC

EON Coliseum On line 3D Virtual Reality meetings - Innovation in Interactive 3D Virtual Reality Web conferencing

2007-03-31T17:18:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007

EON Coliseum is the leading interactive 3D Virtual Reality online meeting application on the web with the vision is to use the VR and Interactive 3D to bring people together from around the world to collaborate and work collectively in one environment called the My 3D Space™ (part of EonExperience)

EON Coliseum is designed to integrate with existing traditional on line meeting applications such as Webex, Go to meeting etc.

Target Market

• EON Coliseum is developed for marketing, sales, training, support and play including:

• Coliseum Meeting ™ to keep teams coordinated with face to face communication in 3D

• Coliseum Sales™ to accelerate sales cycles and close more deals with hands on 3D demonstrations

• Coliseum Event ™ to maximize the impact of large online 3D VR events with Avatars

• Coliseum Training™ to deliver engaging interactive hands on simulation based learning experiences

• Coliseum Support™ to support remote users as easily as if they were on site

• Coliseum Play™ EON Coliseum Edutainment & lifestyle solution allows you to virtually meet with colleagues with an easy as point and click—making it effortless to virtually meet with anyone, anywhere, at any time in a 3D space

Overview

• EON Coliseum is the innovation in commercial 3D Virtual Reality web conferencing that combines face-to-face meetings with interactive 3D product interactions.

• EON Coliseum can either by used on a normal web connected PC or together with EON I-Presence displays that combines Tele-presence with Interactive 3D immersion

• EON Coliseum web conferencing will become the preferred web communication medium as it mimics daily live physical meeting experiences by combining 3d interactivity, audio and sensory feedback

• Interaction with 3D environment can either be done by Avatar or Live Video connection providing the capability to:

• Demonstrate your products and services, in real-time 3D.

• Get the impact of live events with interactive 3D multimedia presentations.

• Deliver interactive Simulation Based hands on training when you offer on-demand and live online classrooms.

• Resolve technical issues faster— Increase productivity while you reduce support costs and increase client satisfaction with 3D hands on simulation

• Shorten your sales cycle— Connect with anyone, anywhere with dynamic 3D online sales presentations and close deals faster.

• EON Coliseum requires no significant up-front costs, no servers to maintain, and no software to install or support.

• With just a web browser and a telephone, you can start using EON Coliseum

EON Human Creator: Automatic 3D Face & Body generator on line from a single picture

2007-03-31T17:17:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON Human Creator: Automatic 3D Face & Body generator on line from a single picture
Preserve your self for eternity in 3D on the Web, Improve your looks without plastic surgery, Mingle with the VIPs & Bring past celebrities & Paintings to life

Product Offering

People are fascinated with faces, preserving or improving their looks and mingling with celebrities. EON Human combines all these aspects. EON Human Face & Body 3D generator web service allows AUTOMATIC FREE user generated content creation from a single picture “Create your own face in 3D on line”

Scope

• Creates a viral marketing traction for EonExperience similar to “Skype/ YouTube self propagation killer application that anyone with a web browser can use

• Provides EDC’s Experience & Discovery Centers experience with unique attraction & content generator for 3D holographic screens

• Increases EON Viewers traction (goal 100 million Viewers)

• Accelerate the establishment of the EDC franchising of EON Virtual VIP Pass

• Create the worlds largest repositories of 3d faces

Technical Approach

• .Create the basic EON Human Face 3D Morphing Service (free), On line VERY simple the User only NEEDS a JPEG picture and “Voila” automatically create his own 3d Image and upload it to the web “do it your self”

• The user can also manipulate the 3D face: Improved looks, weight loss, younger and animated morphable face, happy message, animate speech etc, which will costs a fixed fee/session

• EON Human will also be released as an Enterprise High End Tool and licenses

Business approach

• Create the initial EonExperience VIP Pass (face library, Virtual Madame Thousand of on line Interactive & morphable faces using pictures)

• Launch the weekly Miss Virtual Universe competitions (submission of “natural” face is FREE but “improved” face costs momey, weekly winner Wins a prize

• License Technology to Madame Tussaud's & Ripley's believe it or not

• Create celebrity gallery from Forbes The Celebrity 100,People's World's Most Beautiful People, The TIME 100 the most influential people of the 20th century

• License Technology to Model agents, Fashion industry, Movie industry, Amusement parks (Disney, Universal), Cosmetic/Plastic surgery application, Dating service companies (e-harmony), Celebrity websites, Night clubs

• Game companies where they can customize on line games with YOUR own face..

• Arts & Museums - Bring paintings and sculptures to life

• Feature in EON coliseum – on line avatars, this will have a significant advantage versus Second Life

• Mobile phone applications

• Create the Virtual assistant applications

• Google 3d search by 3D face

EON is launching the EON Experience Creator: The Free 3D Content Creation tool for EonExperience

2007-03-31T17:14:00.002-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON is launching the EON Experience Creator: The Free 3D Content Creation tool for EonExperience - Building your Online 3D experience fast and simple
EE Creator provides a fast consumer generated 3D content creation capability by using a LEGO building approach of existing 3d basic component objects that can be 3D Searched with EON I-Search.

The Creation process is simple: the user searches for the 3d sub components in the EE library (4.000 to 30,000 are provided by EON) than drags and drops it to a 3d scene and can visually configure, combine, subtract, scale, color and manipulate the content thus creating a new 3d experience than saves automatically uploads the new experience to the web.

Target users are Volume consumer end user, children, teenagers or non technical adults

Feature List

• EE Creator has access to the worlds largest 3D Libraries – EON has teamed up and integrates with existing 3D content providers such as Turbosquid , Zygote, Stanford Medical library etc

• In EonExperience you can create anything you can imagine with a simple, intuitive interface.

• Build live, in real-time, right in EonExperience.

• Building is easy to learn, yet robust enough to inspire your creativity.

• A powerful but fun-to-learn and use EE Visualizer advanced tool provides Openness & Scalability with import interface to 120 formats and partnered with largest 3D library providers and further enhances your creations by allowing you to add behaviors to the objects you build

• And once you've built something, you can easily begin selling it to other residents, because you control the IP Rights of your creations.

• What if you want something but don't quite have the time or skills to make it? Just do a quick search to find and buy what you want.

• Amazing things are created everyday in EonExperience, but the depth and power and capabilities of EE mean that we have just scratched the surface - join and become one of the explorers

• Intuitive interface with drag and drop for 3D viewing, exploration, 3D materials, 3D object and environment library, 3d sound, configuration & interaction, animation & free publishing

• Large web based 3D repository

• Visual search of objects & components

Dali: the new Innovative EON 3D Kernel kernel launching june 2007

2007-03-31T17:14:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
• Dali is EON’s brand new kernel with improved scalability and flexibility

• With the new user interface EON Visualizer, Dali creates the most powerful 3D content editing tool the world has ever seen.

• Provides major time saving and make it a lot easier for anyone to create rich 3D content.

Target Market

• Many of these users do not have programming knowledge of real-time 3D applications

• If the user has programming skills, it will be possible to further add advanced features

Overview

• Based on Windows Vista latest platform

• Intuitive interface with drag and drop for 3D viewing, exploration, 3D materials, 3D object and environment library, 3d sound, configuration & interaction, animation& free publishing

• Large web based 3D repository

• Visual search of objects & components

• Non linear presentation, web connected, intelligent with context relevant information

Feature List

• 64 bit CPU support

• Windows Vista support as well as Windows XP with Service Pack 2

• Web distribution support

• Linux support

• Macintosh support

• Multiprocessor support

• Log

• Physics. Full dynamic engine support

• A new advanced authoring tool

• .NET support

• Openscenegraph built in support

• Software Development Kit.

• Stereo Rendering.

• Event system.

• Object Model. The objects that build an EON Application will be objects and will

EON Visualizer: the new easy to use EON 3D tool, launching April 2007 - Take your presentations to a 3D Dimension

2007-03-31T17:13:00.001-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON Visualizer: the new easy to use EON 3D tool, launching April 2007 - Take your presentations to a 3D Dimension
Product Offering

• Moving from static 2d presentation tools to interactive 3D, non linear presentation - state of the art in Rich Media Publishing

• EON Visualizer™ (release Q1 2007) & EON 3D PowerPoint plug-in (not released) that generate photorealistic interactive 3D presentations for web, print, movies, and real-time presentations

• Easy to Use authoring tool that allows non technical to generate 3D presentation materials for print, movies, web and event marketing Photorealistic, interactive, customized marketing, event and sales support materials

Target Market

• Volume end user market , non technical PowerPoint, multimedia & web users Easy-to-use, of the shelf tool with free 3D publishing

Overview

• Intuitive interface with drag and drop for 3D viewing, exploration, 3D materials, 3D object and environment library, 3d sound, configuration & interaction, animation & free publishing

• Large web based 3D repository

• Visual search of objects & components

• Non linear presentation, web connected, intelligent with context relevant information• Slick User Interface based on MS New Vista fully integrated with MS new 3d GUI features, the new VistaGUI and easy to use work process

Feature List

• Seamless CAD import (EON CAD and EON Raptor comes as a part of the software bundle)

• Magic 3D Viewer button - automatic content generation: default settings can generate Interactive model automatically.

• Magic One Step buttons that guides you through selection of features

• Magic Print One Step Buttons to print Image to PowerPoint, PDF, Word etc

• Extensive 3D Objects and Showroom library containing over 12 high quality show rooms and 360 landscapesettings, Image backdrops, and several hundred 3D Objects and products.

• EON I-Search™ functionality (Google search supported engine) users can search additional EON supported content available on the Internet

• High resolution Print materials:

• EON I-Photo™ images with backgrounds and functions in print material resolution (5-10K).

• EON Photogenic - Esthetic Shots with creative characteristics and emotional positioning

• EON I-TECH™- Tech Shots focus from schematic displays to illustrations, cross-section etc. Drawing & CG features

• EON Virtual 360™ Virtual Shoot around and angle, ideal for researching and preparing real shots or films.

• Automatic Animation generation with EON I-animation™ “highlight” scenes and “smooth path” generation.

• Seamless scalable deployment from internet , laptop to stereoscopic screens

• Smartest 3D edit Configuration & Interaction creation tool in the market

• Magic Physics feature made easy (Version 2.0)

• Automatic real-time Optimization tools

• Fully integrated with the new Vista PowerPoint

• Graphical Window Interface library

EON I-Search, searchable 3D Experience launching March 2007

2007-03-31T17:11:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON I-Search, searchable 3D Experience launching March 2007

EON I-Search provides a modular server based solution for search, management and distribution of large 3D digital asset repositories over the web.

EON I-Search is an Interactive 3D Digital Exchange solution that facilitates an ecosystem for the digital media sector including IPCM, SBL, RMP and ATS

The target market

· Global 1000 companies for IPCM

· Educational Institution for SBL

· 3D library clips for PowerPoint & RMP

· Application areas for EON Server include:

· Sales/marketing, dynamic loading of product catalogues

· Support/training, dynamic loading of training materials/objects

· Maintenance/support, e.g. dynamic access of 3D maintenance manuals

· Education and learning

· Later version includes consumer 3D Web search Engine

Overview

· Four modules in this product suite: EON 3D Search, EON Dynamic Load, EON Track, EonExperience connector

· 3D Interactive Visual Search of products & components

· Works like Google earth but for products

· Digital replicas for interactive product content management

· Learning Objects for SBL

Feature list

· Can manage 3D, 2d movie , image and text

· Characteristics are real photo realistic, behavior, visual, functional, searchable

· Web advertising Interactive 3D Visual

· Protected corporate or open web based hub option

· Can be used on any type of web-server very similar to e.g. how regular html pages or gif files are served up.

· Configurable, Virtual products could connected with physical ones through electronic tags

· Objects are streamed into the scene, allowing extremely small file-size and full interactivity from the first downloaded component

· The parts can be launched automatically through dynamic load, or by triggering any of EON sensors within the 3D environment or by load the objects through an html page by clicking on a button, text or image link from a 2D catalog

Posted by EON Reality at 6:56 PM

EonExperience, the World’s Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service & Interactive 3D Library launching 2007

2007-03-31T17:09:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EonExperience, the World’s Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service & Interactive 3D Library launching 2007
Searchable – Interactive - Realistic

The EonExperience is an online Interactive 3D Experience streaming service & library that allows users to experience and share 3D Experience content that have been uploaded by content providers, companies, academic institutions or members. The site will be launched in 2007 and aims at becoming the World’s Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service & 3D Library that is Searchable, Interactive and contains High Quality 3D experiences. For a sneak preview of the sites “look & feel” see http://www.eonreality.com/eonexperience/index.html

Launch of the extended EonExperience will include on line 3D Virtual Reality meetings capability and deployment of 30,000 Interactive 3D models prioritized on customer requests

EonExperience is supported by the IDC Consortium and several high profile EON commercial customers and Academic institutions. EonExperience will build on the already existing 36 million EON Viewers downloads and the extensive existing 3D library.

EonExperience (EE) Key Features & Benefits

Experience – takes the Virtual world to the Next Dimension with Photo Realism, 3D Streaming, Augmented Reality & The Largest 3D library

1.1 Realism – EE uses real 3D data that is geometrically correct and supports photorealistic CG effects “Render-to-texture" feature & advanced multi-pass rendering techniques, such as real-time reflections camera blooming effects, HDR effects and GPU computations pixel/vertex shadows, light maps etc

EON Physics replicates how Objects & Systems behave in the Real World Physics and Behavior: Access to features like gravity, mass, friction, kinematics and physical constraints between objects

Eon Human provides the most photorealistic faces based on actual photos along with facial expressions

1.2 3D Streaming & large data capacity - Eon Server 3D Streaming uses the next generation Streaming technologies with patented dynamic loading making the navigation experience extremely fast with real-time download. Access through EON Dynamic Load & Server patented technology

1.3 Augmented Reality Support – EE combines Streamed Video & Tele-presence support with animation text and 3d thus blending VR & reality in Tele-Immersion

1.4 Quality & Stability – EE is based o a very robust 3D software Viewer platform with over 150 Man years Software development and 36 million viewers downloads

1.5 Library Size – EON has already access to over 30,000 objects through its customers and partners

2. Simplicity – EE provides User rated experiences, Fast content creation & smart 3D search Engine

2.1 User Rated Experience & Navigation: EE is using a Intuitive 3d Interface and provides users rated experiences (similar to Google & YouTube the most popular links come first so that Users can easily find the popular places)

2.2 Fast 3D Content generation – EON provides simple & fast consumer generated content capabilities by:

2.2.1 EE Creator that is a FAST 3d content builder tool based on LEGO building of existing FREE 3d BASE objects (30,000 are provided by EON)

2.2.2 EE Human AUTOMATIC 3d model generation based on 2d pictures (extremely easy to us)

2.3 3D Search - EON I-Search provide a modular server based solution for searchable 3D Experience objects (Search within components and EACH individual sub part of an EON Simulation is enabled)

3. Openness & Scalability – EE has an open import interface to 120 formats and partnered with largest 3D library providers

3.1 3D Import & Integration EE allows Import & Integration of 3D Models from the 120 most popular 3D formats that exists including 55 native Advanced Native CAD and 3D animation formats such as CATIA V5, Maya, Unigraphics, Pro/E, STEP, Microstation..

3.2 Partnership with 3D Libraries – EON is teaming up with existing 3D content providers such as Turbosquid , Zygote, Medical library etc

3.3 Scalable Experience - The EE created content can be reused in Multiple publishing formats, e.g. laptops, Immersive 3D Stereo Displays, digital signage Kiosk, exhibits etc

4. Robust Corporate Business & Revenue Model – established brand & references, connection with the real world and multiple supporting revenue streams

3.1 Established Global 1000 references – EE has already over 400 corporate customers and 180 universities / educational institutions that use Eon’s 3D content for facilitating Sales and marketing

3.2 Connection with Physical IDC & Experience Center locations– Compelling Connection between Physical and Virtual World – Existing Interactive Digital Center (local support ) & franchising model for Experience & Discovery Centers (experience more) that are rolled out around the world

3.3 Fast roll of NEW products - Compelling time to market advantage for product catalogue creation as 90% of the 3D content already existing the CAD models that EE can import

3.4 Strong Corporate Brand control – EON has an established brand for corporate 3D marketing and sales with Fortune 500 companies (compared with existing 3D chat environments where dating and sometimes even sex on line can occur)

3.5 Supporting Target Markets – EE provides both a public area (FREE drives traffic), an academic Simulation Based Learning area (Subscriber based with quality 3D content) and a corporate catalogue specific Enterprise area (License based revenues with Strong corporate demand for 3D catalogues) connected with EON ISearch/Server/Coliseum

3.6 Extensive EON network Support - Eon’s 36 million Viewers, Distributors in 37 countries, EON’s partner, Eon’s 400 High end corporate customers, 180 academic institution customers and EON IDC Consortium, EON’s partnership with Microsoft and IBM etc.

3.7 Multiple revenues streams – License based Enterprise revenues, Subscriber based academic revenuesm, consumer driven On Line 3D Advertising Revenues, 3D Search related revenues (Google, Yahoo etc) &3D Content related Revenue (Both revenues for Internal Content Creation and Commission on Syndication of 3D models

Posted by EON Reality at 6:57 PM

Eon Technology puts holograms at hand

2007-03-31T17:07:00.001-07:00

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Eon Reality specializes in gee-whiz 3-D displays for businesses.
COLIN STEWART
Innovation
Register columnist
cstewart@ocregister.com Tom Cruise in the 2002 movie "Minority Report" tracked down criminals by calling up 2-D images on a transparent screen and controlling the display with hand gestures in the air.

That was science fiction, set in the year 2054 in Washington, D.C.

In science fact, I called up 3-D images on a transparent screen and controlled them by moving my hands in the air. That was last week in Irvine.

I could enlarge the images, rotate them, or even make my way through a three-dimensional landscape.

I was using the Eon TouchLight, one of the newest products from Eon Reality, a company whose software powers gee-whiz 3-D displays for down-to-earth business purposes.

VIDEO: Click here to see Eon's products in action.

Eon's specialty is 3-D, but it was founded on a different type of vision – an insight into where technology is heading – which is crucial for innovative entrepreneurs. In 1999, for Eon co-founders Dan Lejerskar and Mats W. Johansson, that meant buying the rights to early-stage 3-D software for PCs, betting that the power of personal computers would grow fast enough to make the gamble pay off.

"People looked at us funny when we told them what we'd done," Johansson recalls.

It turned out to be a good bet, at least to the point where Eon has been profitable for four years and now has a wide array of PC-based three-dimensional display products.

THE BIG TIME
Eon still has just 46 employees, yet it can claim many Fortune 500 companies as customers. Its clients include Toyota, Boeing, Airbus, Suzuki and Bechtel.

Eon also has big partners. Microsoft invented the hand-gesture controls for the TouchLight. Christie Digital in Cypress supplies digital projectors for many 3-D displays. Nvidia makes the graphics processors; Hewlett-Packard, the computers; and Philips, the monitors.

In cooperation with Microsoft and Philips, Eon joined with HP, Christie and Nvidia to form the Interactive Digital Center consortium, which markets products and coordinates the design of new ones.

"If a company tells Eon it wants to do a high-class visual display, Eon says, 'Christie is our partner.' We do the same for them," says Dave Fluegeman, vice president of Christie's simulation and visualization division.

"We're starting to see the fruits of that."

So far, Eon still can claim only a sliver of a large and growing market.

The Insight Media market research firm estimates a total of $43 billion was spent worldwide in 2003 on all kinds of interactive 3-D technologies, including games and military simulations. It projects $77 billion in sales by 2007.

Eon focuses on what it calls "interactive visual content management software" and projects that this year's revenues will total $17 million. Its primary direct competitor is publicly tradedViewpoint Corp. of New York, which had $26 million in revenue last year, both from business displays like Eon's and from its software for Internet graphics.

FUTURISTIC DEVICES
Eon's products include the ICrystal holographic display, which Lexus used to unveil the IS model last year in Times Square. Another is the IPresence teleconferencing tool, which lets users make eye contact. And there's the HoloPodium, which creates the image of a speaker on a transparent panel.

"Our main markets are companies with complex things to show – aerospace companies, medical companies, vehicle manufacturers," says Lejerskar, chairman of Eon. "The pain we're trying to address is how to display products that are difficult to transport."

As examples, he shows 3-D images of a Pratt & Whitney jet engine, a Honeywell turbocharger, and an interactive view of Serra de Estrela National Park in Portugal, complete with a model of a castle that a cybertourist can walk through.

"We can show people the inside of airplanes that don't exist yet," says Johansson, Eon 's president.

That's what aircraft maker Bombardier did at a trade show in May, using Eon 's ICatcher.

The ICatcher display looks like a standard 3-D movie and is viewed through special 3-D glasses. But unlike a movie that's the same each time it's shown, the ICatcher uses Eon software that lets viewers choose how to redesign the image.

"Bombardier would sit customers down and show what they could do with the interior of the aircraft. That's powerful stuff," says Christie Digital's Fluegeman.

Eon software is designed to simulate real-life effects, such as objects that fall to the ground if they are dropped and doors that must be opened to enter a room. The result sometimes looks like a 3-D computer game, but the 3-D objects in an Eon display are based on physical reality, not on a tightly controlled fantasy environment.

Eon most often bases its 3-D objects on the computer-assisted design data that companies already have.

"The CAD data of a business is a hidden asset," says Lejerskar. "We use it to bring a product catalog to life."

From idea to reality

Who: Eon TouchLight
What: Interactive 2-D/3-D display controlled by hand motions.
Why: For business presentations, marketing, training.
Price: $50,000
When: Conceived August 2005. Launched July 2006
Who: Dan Lejerskar of Eon Reality; Andy Wilson of Microsoft; support staff.
Where the idea came from:

Wilson invented TouchLight as a system of infrared sensors so a computer user could control a computer cursor with hand gestures. Microsoft presented it at the 2005 Siggraph Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies in Los Angeles.

"They had the patent but didn't know what to use it for," said Lejerskar. "We saw it as a natural to use with 3-D."

In August 2005, Lejerskar proposed to Microsoft that Eon Reality develop such a system.

The go-ahead:In January 2006, Microsoft expressed interest and attended a presentation of Eon's holographic technology. The deal was signed in May.

Eon staff time dedicated to the project:Minimal, because Eon software works with many display systems. Microsoft delivered its demonstration model in June and explained the algorithm that Eon software would need to work with. Software revisions took only a few days, so Eon TouchLight was launched the next month.

Crucial decisions:Wilson and Eon staff met to choose which hand gestures would be most intuitive for users.

What's the competition?Specialized gloves that control 3-D displays, mostly in a research setting. Touch-screen technologies, mostly controlled by one finger or one control wand.

Protection against matching innovations:Microsoft patent; Microsoft license to Eon.

What remains to be done? Survey early customers, seeking ways to improve the product. Seek to improve hand gestures for different types of imagery. Launch version that works with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Sales: Since the launch in July, six have been sold; more are in negotiation.

What's next? Combine the Eon TouchLight interactive display with the Eon IPresence teleconferencing tool and the Eon ICrystal holographic display so two people in a teleconference can control a holographic 3-D display that appears to float between them.

A glimpse of 3D in Orange County

2007-03-31T17:06:00.001-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007
A glimpse of 3D in Orange County
April 28, 2006
A glimpse of 3D in Orange County
http://blogs.ocregister.com/gadgetress/archives/2006/04/

Last night, I watched in awe as a virtual Suzuki motorcycle spun in front of me on a giant silver screen. It was an animated, 3D image showcasing technology from Eon Reality in Irvine.

The motorcycle looked so real, yet my mind knew it was just an illustration. Still, the 3D was so good, I felt like I could reach out in front of me and touch it.

Eon Reality set up a bunch of 3D demos at its new office off Alton Parkway last night. Truly fascinating. I haven't kept up with 3D technology so an hour of my time got me caught up.

Like this car I'm "holding." It's an image projected on a glass so it looks like it's hovering. I'm standing behind it, but I can't see anything in front of me except, a flat car on the screen on the table.

Dan Lejerskar, Eon's chairman, showed me how the company created these interactive kiosks for Suzuki dealers so customers can customize a motorcycle, add accessories and see the result in a 3D image immediately. The next step, he said, is to add a 'create' button so one pops out of the factory and they drive home with it right away. During a trial run among 200 or so Suzuki dealers, accessory sales increased dramatically because people could see exactly what they wanted in front of their eyes.

This isn't limited to Suzukis of course. Eon works with the government, educators, major aircraft companies and small businesses that want to stand out. The company says using 3D helps people understand better, remember longer and decide faster.

I'm hoping to look into this more, and this is just an FYI to curious readers. Check out Eon Reality. The company recently decided to make its low-end 3D software kit free to anyone. Read more about it HERE. There's also a free viewer on the site. If you want to see some of the company work sans 3D glasses, take a look at its online demos. You'll need the Eon's free viewer to see this.

Posted by EON Reality at 3:27 PM

Microsoft Licenses 3D TouchLight IP

2007-03-31T17:05:00.001-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/190900007

By Laurie Sullivan , TechWeb Technology News

Microsoft Corp.'s research lab has developed technology that lets people navigate through 3D holographic-like computer images projected on a glass screen with a wave of their hand.

The ToughLight technology was developed at Microsoft Research, the software maker's arm devoted to futuristic ideas, and licensed to startup EON Reality Inc.

The deal allows EON to build platforms and sell the technology. In fact, Dan Lejerskar, EON's executive vice president for development, said the Irvine, Calif.-based company has sold the first system to Technicum CAST, a research and development firm in Bangor, Whales, which serves the aerospace industry.

Lejerskar said EON will integrate the technology into its existing product lines for aerospace, automotive, commercial and defense industries. The initial focus is on product launches. For example, vendors could use the technology to demonstrate a product or provide detailed views of different components at tradeshows or on showroom floors.

Retail stores could benefit from the platform, too. "Imagine the possibility of trying on different outfits without getting undressed," Lejerskar said. "The technology lets you capture an image of your face and superimpose the picture on various garments to get an idea of how the outfit looks."

The technology combines three cameras to capture motion and photograph objects, as well as projection system with screen, computer, and software. The high-end application will cost about $60,000.

Interactive media gives companies the feedback to measure if the influence on consumer behavior. "I'm not aware of another company working with this type of technology," said Nikki Baird, senior analyst for consumer markets at Forrester Research Inc. "There's an interactive floor display at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square developed by GestureTek and Epson, but that's as close as I've seen."

The technology is similar to the one captured in the movie "Minority Report," in which Tom Cruise's character prevents crime by pulling up information on a glass screen using a wave of his hands. But unlike in the movie, TouchLight doesn't require headset, gloves, or glasses.

Thirty-one-year-old Boston-based technology enthusiast Mike Brown plans to take a vacation soon to either Bermuda or the Bahamas and would find it helpful to see the hotels in 3D prior to making a decision on which to book. "I can also see real estate companies using this technology to give prospective buyers a way to view the property before you physically go to see it," he said.

Microsoft IP Ventures senior director David Harnett said video game companies and movie theaters could also potentially adopt the technology to interact with consumers.

Microsoft licensed the technology through its IP Ventures program, which gives emerging companies a jump start in developing their own products by allowing them to license fledgling technologies.

IP Ventures was launched in May 2005 to expedite commercialization of new innovations generated from the company's significant research and development investment. Companies licensing the IP include Enterprise Ireland, the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra), Inrix, Skinkers, Softedge-Systems, Vimio plc and Wallop Inc.

A demonstration of the technology is available here.

Posted by EON Reality at 3:29 PM

IDC AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY

2007-03-31T17:04:00.003-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

09 October 2006: IDC AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY

http://3dms.tp.edu.sg/events/

EON Reality, Inc., IM Innovations Pte Ltd & Temasek Polytechnic signed a partnership agreement to setup the Interactive Digital Centre, Asia (IDC Asia) on 9 Oct 2006.

The establishment of IDC Asia will offer training and services in interactive product content management, in line with the goverment’s plan to focus on Interactive Digital Media as one of the many areas of Research and Development.

The follow parties were the signatories of the IDC agreement:

Mrs Lay-Tan Siok Lie, Director/Temasek Engineering School
Mr. Vincent Ong, Managing Director/IM Innovations Pte Ltd
Mr. Dan Lejerskar, Chairman/EON Reality Inc.
Witnessed by Mr. Boo Kheng Hua, CEO/Temasek Polytechnic.

Posted by EON Reality at 3:32 PM

IDC AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY

2007-03-31T17:04:00.001-07:00

No-Contact Technology Wall Street Journal

2007-03-31T17:03:00.001-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

No-Contact Technology
Wall Street Journal (08/31/06) P. B3; Cheng, Roger
http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2006-09-sep/sep-01-2006.html

Microsoft researcher Andy Wilson has developed a technology that enables users to manipulate computer images with their hands. The technology, which Microsoft calls TouchLight, uses three cameras placed behind a large semitransparent screen. The system compares the infrared left and right cameras, which capture the depth and height of the user's hand movements, with human eyes. The middle camera remains focused on anything facing the screen. The person facing the screen can manipulate the images, which appear to be floating in space, that are projected on it. The system can also superimpose an image on both sides of the screen, and eventually multiple people might be able to work on the same design. Eon Reality, a maker of three-dimensional computer models, recently licensed the TouchLight system from Microsoft and intends to market the technology as a new mode of interactive advertising. "It's a way to interact with 2D and 3D data with your bare hands," said Eon's Dan Lejerskar. "We're trying to find a new way to define things." While Eon says the technology has drawn considerable interest, the one taker so far has been the United Kingdom's Technium CAST, a university affiliate that helps develop young technology ventures. CAST will use the system as a training tool and a method for developing visualization and communication programs. Auto mechanics could peruse virtual car diagrams without touching them with their oil-stained hands, for instance, or surgeons could flip through medical instructions in a sterile environment without touching anything.
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Posted by EON Reality at 3:33 PM

Göran Malm, a Samsung Non Executive Board of Director has accepted the position as an EON Advisory Board Member.

2007-03-31T17:02:00.000-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

2007-01-05]

IRVINE, CA. - January 5, 2007 - EON Reality Inc., the world's leading interactive 3D the world's leading interactive 3D software provider, today announced that Göran Malm, a Samsung Non Executive Board of Director has accepted the position as an EON Advisory Board Member.

Mr. Malm is a recognized Swedish Senior Executives with numerous international accomplishments including President at Dell Computer Asia Pacific and Senior Vice President at Dell Computer, President at GE Asia-Pacific and Senior Vice President at GE. He was responsible for GE's Asia-Pacific region encompassing all GE´s businesses. In this role, he drove the execution of GE's global strategy throughout Asia-Pacific. He joined GE in 1992 as president and CEO of GE Medical Systems Asia based in Tokyo , expanding that business threefold in five years. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Malm was deputy group managing director of SKF, a Swedish multinational company and a world leader in automotive and industrial bearings.

Mr. Malm will advise on EON's global strategy including:

• EON's market growth in Asia , He lives in Singapore and has a vast contact net in Japan , Korea and China .
• EON's IPCM technology to international Global 1000 companies
• EON's holographic / tele immersion technology deployment to the mass market – by forging development & manufacturing partners
• EON's establishment of IDC / R&D Center “We are honored to have Mr. Goran Malm on our Advisory Board, Mr. Malm's track record is phenomenal and his advise will be of a great value for EON during this expansive period”, said Dan Lejerskar Chairman, EON Reality Inc

About EON Reality Inc.
EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive visual content management software provider. EON's products have a high level of interactivity, simulation realism, rendering quality and integrated data exchange capability optimized for high performance on today's standard PCs and Internet. Many large corporations, universities and colleges are using EON's software and integrated system solutions, such as: Airbus, Atlas Copco, Siemens, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Hon, Intel, Kodak, Lexus, Lufthansa-Teknik, Peterbilt, Samsung, Sauder, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Tetra Pak and Toyota . For more information about EON Reality, Inc., please visit www.eonreality.com

Posted by EON Reality at 3:36 PM

Eon Reality Announces Strategic Partnership With Navigator Development Group Inc

2007-03-31T17:01:00.000-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

August 25, 2006 - The technology – “Touchlight, which was licensed by Microsoft to EON this month – is software that allows computer users to interact and move 3D objects around on screen with just a wave of the hand. The same technology previously imagined in the Tom Cruise film Minority Report.

Using this cutting edge Interactive 3D hardware and software, Navigator is capable of generating holographic and stereographic visualization of scenarios, terrain and equipment for collaborative and intuitive defense applications. This can all be accomplished at their newly installed visualization lab located in their Enterprise office.

“Navigator is leveraging its defense experience to create a reusable, indexable library of Interactive 3D objects and simulations,” said Al Patterson, president and co-founder of Navigator. “These 3D items will create a virtual object repository for re-use in training, procurement, technical manuals and rapid prototype functions enabling our customer’s maximum flexibility and optimal usage.”

Dan Lejerskar, chairman and co-founder of EON Reality, said the installation of a visualization lab at Navigator provides EON an excellent venue for demonstrating the company’s capabilities to the defense industry. “Navigator’s track record and credibility makes it all the more valuable - we are honored to call them partners,” he said.

Navigator is a service disabled veteran-owned small business that provides support tailored to our clients needs. This Alabama-based defense and industry consulting firm offers joint and interagency program, technical, analytical and logistical support.
As a provider of skilled consultants, Navigator offers innovative, problem-solving solutions for senior leaders and decision makers world-wide to achieve measurable, positive results. www.ndgi.com

EON Reality Inc, located in Irvine California is an Interactive 3D software and solutions company that provides photo realistic and physics based virtual reality technology that can be published for use on the Internet and large 4D display systems. www.eonreality.com

The two co-founders of Eon Reality

2007-03-31T17:00:00.000-07:00

Profiles of Dan Lejerskar and Mats W. Johansson
By COLIN STEWART
The Orange County Register
DAN LEJERSKAR

Chairman and executive vice president for sales, Eon Reality

Age: 44 years

Born: Romania

Lives: Cowan Heights

Education: Master's degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, Chalmers Technical University, Sweden.

Experience:

Chairman of Eon Reality since 2000.
Founder and president, interactive 3-D e-commerce company RealityBUY in Irvine, 1999-2003.
Founder and president, 550-employee publicly traded computer-simulation company Prosolvia in Sweden, 1987-98.
Founder and president, PFAB real estate development company in Sweden, 1985-92.
Design manager at Volvo Aero, 1985-87 – led design of main exhaust nozzle for Ariane 5 rocket.
Family: Married, two sons.

Favorite work-related book: "The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" by Ray Kurzweil ("a very positive view of technology's role for the future of human beings.")

Favorite book for pleasure: "Eon" by Greg Bear ("an interesting view of humanity's future and obviously a very good title")

Favorite movie: "Gladiator" (2000) ("combines history and a very interesting interpretation of the era.")

Hobbies: Painting ("the capability of capturing a moment.")

Hero:Leonardo da Vinci ("for his unique capability of inventing illustrated drawings, his boundless curiosity.")

Quote: "Let's do it!"

MATS W. JOHANSSON

Co-founder and president, Eon Reality

Age:41

Born: Sweden

Lives: Rancho Santa Margarita

Education: MBA, Gothenburg University; master's in mechanical engineering, Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Experience: 15 years of experience in 3-D interactive simulations, including simulation work for Volvo, GM. Previous work in oil and gas industry.

Family: Wife, three children.

Favorite work-related reading: Vistage articles focused on what I need at the moment. (Vistage is an organization for international CEOs sharing real company experience and networking.)

Favorite book for pleasure: "History of the World" by J.M. Roberts ("achieves the feat of summarizing all major human cultures and events in one massive work.")

Favorite movie: "Alien" (1979) ("I am fascinated by sci-fi. I like everything about the 'Alien' series. It still feels fresh even today.")

Hobbies: Skiing for the whole family. Soccer coach.

Hero: Alfred Nobel. ("Innovator and entrepreneur from Sweden who changed the world through his products and companies, as well as the Nobel prizes.")

Quote: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." – Archimedes

Eon reality Videos

2007-03-31T16:58:00.000-07:00

Saturday, March 31, 2007

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Eon Reality Touchlight
01:43
Touchlight is a technology that Eon Reality licensed from Microsoft that permits gesture based control of EON's 3D visualizations. More info at www.HumanProductivityLab.com
Tags:3D Virtual Reality VirtualReality Touchlight Microsoft HPL HCI touch EON EONReality
Added: 8 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: HSL
Views: 6,917

12 ratings

Engine Assembly
01:02
Here EON Reality shows off by providing a fun way to ensure learning to visually identify each part of a device for various equipment. Using EON Professionals new physics engine it is possible to assemble and disassemble any 3D assembly.
Tags:Eon Reality software Manufacture educational configuration instructional assembly
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 317

EON Holographic I
02:43
This is a holographic display that provided floating 3D images in space combined with real objects often defined as mixed reality or augmented reality.
Tags:Holographic Image Augmented reality Star trek Immersive Display Virtual Mixed Reality
Added: 4 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 6,672

3 ratings

3D Interactive Digital Constortium
04:07
NVIDA, MicroSoft, Christie Digital, HP and EON Reality create a consortium for the creation of Interactive 3D, Virtual Reality and Visual PLM
Tags:Virtual Reality 3D Interactive Holographic
Added: 5 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: seano1299
Views: 468

2 ratings

Virtual Anatomy Study
01:33
Studying the brain or anatomy is much more interesting and fun using the 3D interactive applications designed with EON Professional. Tour and interact with parts of the human body or brain for greater understanding and retention.
Tags:EON Reality Software Virtual Science Medical 3D display Anatomy study
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 276

Lufthansa Aircraft
01:31
The aerospace market benefits significantly from EON's photorealistic interactive applications. The business aviation community can by using EON based applications better communicate design concepts and various layout options. Special featu The aerospace market benefits significantly from EON's photorealistic interactive applications. The business aviation community can by using EON based applications better communicate design concepts and various layout options. Special features, options and functionality can easily be visualized on demand and market and financial risks can be drastically reduced. A potential buyer can design his/her own interior and exterior pre-the-purchase and configure the plane of their dreams. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Aircraft EON Reality software aviation design walk-through virtual tours
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 238

Portuguese Castle
01:01
Take a virtual tour of this real Portuguese town and walk around the town and make sure to take a visit on the hill. Courtesy of: SIQuant and INESC-ID were responsible for developing the application development and Caixa D'Imagens was respo Take a virtual tour of this real Portuguese town and walk around the town and make sure to take a visit on the hill. Courtesy of: SIQuant and INESC-ID were responsible for developing the application development and Caixa D'Imagens was responsible for creating the 3D models. The Serra de Estrella Virtual Reality System(SRV-SE) consists on an innovative and dynamic project that results from the collaboration of several entities, using the highest and most recent 3D and Virtual Reality Technologies. The system was developed for Seia Municipality to be part of the Interpretation Centre(CISE) of this important natural area. SRV-SE is an important example of the usage of geographical information and virtual reality technologies in the development of modern tourist applicaitons. Virtual Reality is a technology capable of bypass several limitations that characterize other information means by deluding the senses through a group of sensations like vision, hearing and movement, carrying the person inside a virtual "world, space". ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Virtual tourism
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 32

The Solar System
01:27
See all the planets in our solar system and fly inside a comet.
Tags:EON Reality Software Virtual Science 3D planets comets astronomy
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 645

Lexmark
00:58
Lexmark selected EON technology to develop a pilot sales force application that shorten the sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
Traditionally our sales force has to bring the products to the customers location in order to demonst Lexmark selected EON technology to develop a pilot sales force application that shorten the sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
Traditionally our sales force has to bring the products to the customers location in order to demonstrate key features & product benefits. This is a difficult and time-consuming task especially for our larger printers. With EON's technology we are now able to conduct a sales demonstration, painlessly and quickly just by digitally demonstrating the product on a laptop. It is like having the product in front of the customer and our best sales person on the side to provide guidance. Sales representatives can provide a consistent and compelling sales presentation and cover more prospects in the same time. This leads to shorter sales cycles and increase sales," said Paul R. Wilson Corporate Director and Global e-Business Manager at Lexmark International. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Interactive 3D Printer Demonstration Configuration Internet Digital products EON Reality
Added: 3 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 188

King Tut's tomb
00:43
Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into King Tut's Tomb! This Museum is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colo Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into King Tut's Tomb! This Museum is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colors and metallic detail. Warm glows and soft shadows flow on the walls and floors, add realistic reflections and you are there! Let EON help you deliver your viewers the world! ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Culture Museum presentations marketing virtual tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 72

Photorealistic interactive applications
01:02
EON provides scalable and affordable simulation and training for the defense industry and homeland security by combining the EONs leading interactive 3D software products with validated solutions from experienced defense partners.
Tags:EON Reality software Defense Military
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 63

Museum
00:38
Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into a virtual museum! Created for a Canadian Museum, one version of this 'trip to the past' is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation Imagine having the ability to go anywhere in the world. EON immerses you into a virtual museum! Created for a Canadian Museum, one version of this 'trip to the past' is chock full of multimedia enabling interactivity through self navigation or a virtual tour, enhancing the experience with rich colors and metallic detail. Warm glows and soft shadows flow on the walls and floors, add realistic reflections and you are there! Let EON help you deliver your viewers the world! ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Virtual tour EON Reality software self navigation interactive museums
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 19

Interactive Medical Human
00:48
Based on the successful implementation of EON's medical sales application, we can increase your sales and create a compelling and informative customer experience. The primary purpose of the interactive sales solution is to provide an effect Based on the successful implementation of EON's medical sales application, we can increase your sales and create a compelling and informative customer experience. The primary purpose of the interactive sales solution is to provide an effective sales assistant. EON's award winning Sales Assistant tool is providing sales personnel with a consistent approach, better product knowledge and understanding and higher closing performance. With the visual configuration and demonstration features they can better articulate the genuine value of the product. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:Science EON Reality software Medical presentations sales assistant
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 117

Bechtel Virtual Airport
01:05
Airport with people walking around showing a new design of a new not yet built airport.

Courtesy of: Bechtel
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Airport Virtual Tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 55

Boat
02:09
Take a guided tour of this boat built by the Swedish Marine about one century ago.
Tags:EON Reality software Virtual tour boat marine
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 21

EON Touchlight
00:22
EON Touchlight is a new revolutionary bare-hand 3D interaction virtual reality display system.
Tags:Interactive 3D Virtual Reality Holographic Immersive Displays
Added: 4 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 1,431

Interactive Italian Room
00:30
EON's new technology and fact-based interactive Product Content Management strategy is driving higher value and some surprising results for many furniture manufacturers and retail players. Using EON's solution retailers and manufacturers ha EON's new technology and fact-based interactive Product Content Management strategy is driving higher value and some surprising results for many furniture manufacturers and retail players. Using EON's solution retailers and manufacturers have been able to increase sales per sq ft, show all products not available in store and reduce inventory cost.
Interact and see the room in three different designs and lights. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Virtual Tour 3D interactive
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 55

Korean Museum
00:53
The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, capitvating and memorable visual presentation experiences. You don't even have to visit the real museum, just go online and take a virtural tour in thei The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, capitvating and memorable visual presentation experiences. You don't even have to visit the real museum, just go online and take a virtural tour in theis Korean Museum. ( more ) ( less )
Tags:EON Reality software Culture Museum presentations marketing virtual tour
Added: 1 month ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: EonReality
Views: 22

Taiwanese Students
01:36
The primary purpose of EON's Cultural Heritage VR applications is to provide effective, captivating and memorable visual presentation experiences.
Tags:EON Reality software Architecture Virtual Tour 3D interactive Culture
Added: 4 weeks ago in Category: Entertainment
From: EonReality
Views: 6

EON Touchlight - Minority Report
01:43
Very Cool Technology. Looks like Minority Report is already a reality
Tags:displays minority report 3d Interactive floating technology
Added: 7 months ago in Category: Howto & DIY
From: djc998
Views: 13,568

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EON NEWSLETTER MARCH 2007

2007-03-31T16:49:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 25, 2007
EON NEWSLETTER MARCH 2007
Eurocopter Successfully Launched EON 3D Stereo Application at the Heli-Expo

Eurocopter used a large stereoscopic screen display (EON ICATCHER technology), at the Heli-Expo 2007 trade show in Orlando at the beginning of March to display their latest helicopter in action. The visitors could interactively experience a take off procedure, experience an oil rig approach as well as see, zoom and explore the helicopter exterior in full photorealistic mode.

LBX Company Launches new Products with Support from KCTCS and EON Reality’s Expertise in Interactive 3D Stereoscopic Solutions

VERSAILLES, KY – March 1, 2007 - Technicians with Kentucky Community and Technical College System recently teamed with EON Reality, a global leader in interactive 3D technology, and LBX Company, LLC, to present an interactive stereoscopic display of LBX excavating products and their capabilities at a recent trade show in Lexington.

“The 3D presentation was the hit of the show,” said LBX Company President Robert Harvell. “It achieved the impact we were looking for during our new product launch. Not only did the presentation showcase our products to dealers and potential customers, but it also can be expanded in the future to include advance sales and service programs. The opportunity for this type of media is limitless.”
Read more>>>

The Perfect Storm Scenario - The 3D Wave is on its Way

The global interactive 3D market is rapidly growing into a 3D Wave. The trends are strong in Rich Media Online Publishing (RMP), Interactive Product Content Management (IPCM), Augmented Tele Immersion (ATP), Simulation Based Learning (SBL) and Location Based Experiences.

Here are a few trend highlights that create a perfect storm scenario for the upcoming 3D Wave:

IBM, Google and Microsoft are targeting “a 3D Internet” as the new Web 3.0
Strong ROI is driving the demand for Global 1000 companies
EON’s solutions provide a significant return (see attached Case Study Videos)
Here are just a few of EON's latest orders in the area of IPCM: Boeing, LBX, Matrix, SKF, GE Healthcare, Piironen, Deutsche Bank, Stryker etc.
The Game Industry is fueling and meeting the consumers' 3D expectations with new technologies (such as Nintendo, Playstation 3)
Companies, academic institutions and consumers crave user generated experiences ("YouTube" for 3D). Users today lack physical location based experiences that match their expectations (3D, interactive and immersive)
Hollywood is moving into the 3D arena, eager to embrace the 3D Experience
Several Amusement parks are in discussions with EON for different 3D application projects
TelePresence is now becoming mainstream – Cisco and HP are launching TelePresence solutions that benefit from EON's tele immersion technology components
Representatives from the hospitality, retail malls and gambling sectors are in discussions with EON to create half a dozen 10 MUSD Experience and Discovery Centers

NVIDIA, Christie Digital, HP and EON Reality have Formed a Strategic Consortium

NVIDIA, Christie Digital, HP and EON Reality have formed a strategic Consortium with the goal of establishing a de facto standard for real-time visualization solutions world wide. In addition, Microsoft has been selected as a leading technology provider for the IDC Consortium. See IDC Consortium video

A Sneak Preview of the World's Largest Online Interactive 3D Experience Streaming Service and Interactive 3D Library to be Launched Q3 2007 - EON Experience™

EON Experience is an online interactive 3D experience streaming service and library that allows users to experience and share 3D content that has been uploaded by content providers, companies, academic institutions or users. The site will be launched in 2007 and aims at becoming the world's largest online interactive 3D experience. It is streaming service with a 3D library that is searchable, interactive and contains high quality 3D experiences. For a sneak preview of the site's “look and feel”, please visit here.

EON ISearch™ - Searchable 3D Experience Launching Q3 2007

EON ISearch provides a modular server based solution for search, management and distribution of large 3D digital asset repositories over the web. EON ISearch is an Interactive 3D Digital Exchange solution that facilitates an ecosystem for the digital media sector including Interactive Product Content Management (IPCM), Simulation Based Learning (SBL), Rich Media Publishing (RMP) and Augmented Tele Presence (ATC).

EON Visualizer™: the new Easy to Use EON 3D tool, Launching Summer 2007 - Take Your Presentations to a 3D Dimension with a new Innovative EON Kernel

Moving from static 2D presentation tools to interactive 3D, non linear presentation - state of the art in Rich Media Publishing. EON Visualizer™ generates photorealistic interactive 3D presentations for web, print, movies, and real-time presentations. This easy to use authoring tool allows non-technical users to generate 3D presentation materials with photorealistic, interactive, customized marketing, event and sales support materials.

EON Human - User Generated 3D Face Capturing

One of the biggest hurdles for web 3D is how to enable user generated 3D content creation that is as simple as taking a picture or uploading a movie. EON Human will be a new free online service/tool that will overcome this hurdle. These tools will be released during 2007 as part of the EON Experience launch.

EON IPortal™ Augmented Reality Glasses & Tablet PCs - Overlaying and Augmenting the Real World to Provide Real Time 3D Guidance & Explanation

EON IPortal provides augmented reality with tablet PC or virtual glass displays. By overlaying and augmenting the real world EON IPortal provides real time guidance and explanation to enhance reality with context relevant data for example see through “Superman vision” by superimposing a video image with a 3D model of the same environment that contains additional hidden information.

Experience & Discovery Center is the Main Attraction with over 100,000 Square Feet Area at the Center of the Development in Arizona

As an extension of location-based display solutions (for example, kiosks at trade shows, or rides at amusement parks), the market for more advanced, immersive 3D experiences in entertainment, edutainment and discovery is rapidly growing. The Experience & Discovery Center (EDC) integrates hardware, software and services creating next-generation 3D environments that enhance entertainment, edutainment and learning experiences.

EON News Tags
Matrix has selected EON as its interactive software provider.
The SKF Group has selected EON for their Interactive Product Content Management
GE Healthcare invests in EON TouchLight Technology
World third Asset Bank, Deutsche Bank invests in EON Technology
EON breakthrough order with French Ministry of Defense
Stryker develops Medical Operation Room Planner based on EON Planner
New Interactive Digital Centers in:
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) in Kentucky, USA
- Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SIMT) in Florence-Darlington, South Carolina, USA
- Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
New R&D Centers in:
- The Department of Design Science & Humanities Lab at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Doncaster Digital Knowledge Exchange (DKE) in Doncaster, United Kingdom

For more information about EON Reality, please visit www.eonreality.com

© EON Reality, Inc. 2007