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Aspergers Syndrome Interactive Project Investigating the use of virtual reality to teach social skills to people with Autistic Spectrum disorders. http://www.virart.nott.ac.uk/asi

Cybersickness Includes an on-line database of literature and links relevant to the study of cybersickness. http://www.cybersickness.org

Experimental Motion Capture A simple implementation of motion capture using a single video camera. Project report and source code available. http://www.geocities.com/gautham_anil/mcp.html

High Performance Immersive Visualisation Group Learn more about the HPIVC and our IPT system also called CAVE. http://www.hpivc.rdg.ac.uk

Human-Computer Interaction BUILD-IT is a graspable interface for virtual environments based on real bricks. http://www.fjeld.ch/hci

Intelligent Virtual Environments Carlos Calderon's research combining virtual environments and artificial intelligence techniques to enhance the interactivity of a VE. http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/carlos.calderon/

The Modeling Virtual Environments and Simulation Institute (MOVES) Researches and provides education in modeling, virtual environments and simulation. http://movesinstitute.org

NICVE Salford Centre for Virtual Environments at the University of Salford, specialising in Collaborative Virtual Environments and Artificial Intelligence http://www.nicve.salford.ac.uk/

Optical Headtracking Technology Real time optical headtracking technology for virtual reality, military and cockpit applications. http://www.spicatek.com/HeadTracker/Headtracker.htm

Presence Research Resources An academic resource site on virtual reality, telepresence and advanced media. http://www.presence-research.org

Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior Multi-disciplinary virtual environment research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Uses immersive virtual environment technology to study numerous aspects of human behavior. http://www.recveb.ucsb.edu

ScienceSpace Project Explores the strengths and limits of virtual reality (sensory immersion, 3-D representation) as a medium for science education at GMU. http://www.virtual.gmu.edu/

SPIN - Spherical Projection Interface A Virtual Reality device designed by the Laboratory for the Construction of Experimental Situations. http://www.timesup.org/spin

TU Vienna Virtual Environments group This page gives an overview of current and ongoing research on virtual environments at the TU Vienna. Projects focus on real-time graphics, user interfaces and multi-user systems. http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/vr/

UNC Geometric and Physically-Based Modeling Projects on collision detection, solid modeling, visibility culling, and simplification. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~geom/

UNC Nanomanipulator Project A virtual-environment interface to Scanned-Probe Microscopes. http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/nano

UNC Pixel-Planes and Pixel-Flow Research in revolutionary hardware architecture for 3D graphics. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~pxfl/

The UNC Tracker Project 6D pose estimation for humans and devices. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~tracker/

UNC Walkthrough Project Long-running project, whose goal is to allow viewers to experience architectural models in a simulated fashion. http://www.cs.unc.edu/~walk/

USC Institute for Creative Technologies The ICT works collaboratively with computer scientists, entertainment and game development industries to advance the state of immersive training simulation. http://ict.usc.edu/

Virtual European Statistical Laboratory This paper describes the VRML implementation of the V.E.S.L. and examines a number of advanced applications in the field of shared virtual worlds. http://www.geocities.com/christian.guittet/papers/online_information_98/

Virtual Reality Laboratory in POSTECH University, Korea Specialized research fields include presence in virtual environments, three-dimensional multimodal interaction, and software engineering for virtual reality systems. http://vr.postech.ac.kr