Monthly Archives: March 2012

Imagine That 3D 360 Degree Virtual Fitting Rooms

 

One of the common complaints recorded about shopping clothes online is the dress being unfit, even with your personal measurements given. If only we have virtual fitting rooms that can help us order accurate dress sizes easily, to avoid the hassle of returns and exchange. But that’s in the past now…

 

Great we have Imagine That Online 360 Degree Virtual Fitting Room!

Imagine That Technologies | Commercial from Imagine That Technologies on Vimeo.
 
Utilizing smart augmented reality technology, Imagine That creates this cutting edge online fitting room where customers can try on swimwear, lingerie, dresses, jewellery,  accessories and keep your clothes on.

 

All you need? A webcam.

 

 

 

The system intuitively detects relevant points on the human body and accordingly aligns items and produce your fit in 3D/2D view on the device screen. It’s definitely futuristic with its interactive feature where users can move to adjust to different angles, click to change colour, rotate views in 360 degrees, and easy navigation from one size to another.

 

Imagine That 3D/360 Degree Virtual Fitting Rooms Features includes:

 

  1. 3D Models of the Product
  2. 360-Degree Views
  3. Hand Gesturing Controls
  4. More Accurate Sizing
  5. Social Media Integration

 

Other feature includes: Mix & Match

 

  1. Retailer chooses customized format and graphics
  2. upload a picture
  3. choose as many pieces including accessories as desired
  4. mix and match, add or subtract
  5. move items in front or behind for proper layering effect
  6. take a picture and engage social media for a friends opinion
  7. add choices to shopping cart or favorites lists

 

Try and experience the engaging Imagine That 360 Degree Online Virtual Fitting Rooms at www.zooandco.com.

 

 

Reference: http://www.imaginethattechnologies.com/default.asp?mn=1.262

Interactive 360 Degree Photos of Ancient Greek Sculptures Live

 

360 Degree Photos – To see people, locations, products from all angles is all the craze these days. In fact, almost every industry is now creating, incorporating, featuring, and launching products and services with 360 degree photography.

 

 

Hotels, Real Estate, Restaurants are creating virtual tours on their website. App developers such as SpinCam, GIFShop, and YouSpin are creating iPhone apps to let users capture interactive 360 degree photos on the go.

 

Another concrete example are museums creating online platforms where visitors can see and magnify paintings up to 20 times and to seamlessly rotate sculptures in full 360 degrees.

Here is a sample of Statue of Aphrodite, Louvre Museum Paris in 360 Degree View.

This statue famously known ‘Venus de Milo’ or Aphrodite of Melos; the Greek Goddess of beauty, was sculpted in the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC). It was found on the Greek Island of Melos in 1820. It is strongly believed this sculpture was created in circa 100BC.
This sculpture shows the contrasts of style, by the Classical Face and the Hellenistic naturalistic curves the body.

 

Now Spain-Based marble sculpture company, Granero, shows off their new 360 degree marble sculpture products online, Arte Funerario Esculturas:

 

 

 Reference: http://granero.com/Esculturas

360 Degree Virtual Tours of the Great Barrier Reef

360 degrees Virtual Diving, Is there really such a thing? I wonder off the top of my head being a sea diving enthusiast myself. If so, is the adrenaline the same? I don’t think so but the 360 degree virtual scenes are impeccable!

 

 

A marine conservation project partners with Google to create an interactive 360 degree virtual tour of Australia’s the Great Barrier Reef to provide free online access to ecology, sea exploration, and effects of global warming to the lives underwater. This is basically to raise awareness about the dramatic consequences caused by climate changes over the past years.

 

 

 

Richard Vevers of Underwater Earth, “The key is to bridge the gap between scientific understanding and public awareness. That’s where the role of Google Ocean is crucial. Normal scientific papers may be read by 1,000 people and then left on a dusty shelf and forgotten. The opportunity for millions to see this is enormous.”

 

 

 

These 360 degree virtual tours of the Great Barrier Reefs are a compilation of thousands and thousands of 360 degree, high definition panoramas taken by group of scientists and marine biologists in a six-day pilot mission commissioned and sponsored by the UK-based insurance company, Caitlin, giant search engine company Google, together with private and non-private NGOs.

 

 

 

360 Degree great barrier reef virtual tours – For people so scared of diving but badly wish to see life underwater, this is your chance to immerse and plunge in. According to lead scientist, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg in an interview, “This is like going to the Amazon in 1800. Millions of people will be able to experience the life, the science and the magic that exists under the surface of our oceans.”

 

 

 Reference: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/23/virtual-diving-online-great-barrier-reef

SA Navy : 360 Degree Video Camera To Track Sea Activities, Potential Threats

 

Another innovation of the 360 degree video camera technology has been realized at the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research or CSIR to further improve security and track potential threats at sea for the South African Navy. It is called the SAT or Stand Alone Tracker, a 360 degree video camera with multi-spectral high resolution digital sensor suite.

 

 

How can the SAT withstand unstable sea motion? How can it possibly provide stabilization on image results? The CSIR mentioned creating a platform that is pneumatics and mechanically designed for the SAT 360 degree video camera simulated ship motion. With the SAT, SA Navy can avoid deploying teams out sea just to make the SAT system work.

 

According to Defence Web, “The CSIR designed a camera-based surveillance system for the SAN comprising five high-resolution cameras, each capturing a section of the surrounding environment. Footage is then ‘stitched together’ to create a real-time, 360° video-based view of the entire area surrounding a vessel. If and when a potential threat is detected, the SAT sensor suite is designated from the 360° video image. The system uses a combination of a high magnification zoom, High Definition and Infrared cameras, to observe targets. For example, a commander needing to dock safely in a harbour or unknown area has the benefit of a 360° video view, all around his vessel, surveyed in real-time.”

 

On the other hand, we did have 360 degree surveillance cameras for ordinary citizens at land available today and to have it with 360 degree video camera feature has already become a standard specification and no longer an add-on or product privilege.

 

 

Check these products out:

  1. Aventura CCTV
  2. 360° Immersive Video Surveillance

 

 

Reference: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24327:360d-video-tracker-for-sa-navy-gets-is-sea-legs&catid=90:science-a-technology&Itemid=204

Walk Through Lonza’s Manufacturing Sites Worldwide Through 360 Degree Virtual Tours

Today, 360 Degree virtual tours is the newest tool for different industries to interact with their customers. Not only are they capturing a wider market margin but also they are able to keep up with their existing customers. And Lonza Group AG, world’s leading custom manufacturer of chemical and biological therapeutics find this interactive technology effective and futuristic that they even built a separate online website for customers to visit their worldwide locations: www.lonzavirtualtours.com

 

 

What can 360 Degree Virtual Tours do?

 

 

The Lonza Group partnered with creative agency, Enrich Media, to create an interactive video where viewers can see and experience Lonza’s development and production operations daily seamlessly. Their Lonza virtual tours are so intuitive that users can navigate their way through these plantations with ease – from Houston, TX to Cambridge, UK.

 

Once on their site, you pick which Lonza site you wish to visit virtually. Lonza’s 360 degree virtual tours include tours to custom manufacturing facilities, Early Target Analysis Services, Development, and Pilot Productions, Commercial Scale Manufacturing and Synthesis and more.

 

According to Dr. Karin Maag, Senior Director of Marketing, Lonza Custom Manufacturing, “Our new virtual tours provide a high level of transparency to our customers allowing them to fully experience and explore our facilities, globally, on their own schedule and from their own location. We value the importance of a strong global presence in today’s market, while understanding the limitations on travel for preliminary visitations.”

 

Who needs money to travel these days?

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Lonza Group Ltd
Media Relations
Melanie Disa
Tel +1 201 316 9413
Fax +1 201 696 3533
melanie.disa@lonza.com

 

About Lonza:

Lonza is one of the world’s leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries. Products and services span its customers’ needs from research to final product manufacture. It is the global leader in the production and support of active pharmaceutical ingredients both chemically as well as biotechnologically. Biopharmaceuticals are one of the key growth drivers of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Lonza has strong capabilities in large and small molecules, peptides, amino acids and niche bioproducts which play an important role in the development of novel medicines and healthcare products. Lonza is also the world leader in microbial control providing innovative, chemistry-based and related solutions to destroy or to selectively inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms. Its activities encompass the areas of water treatment, personal care, health and hygiene, industrial preservation, materials protection, and wood treatment. In addition, Lonza is a leader in cellbased research, endotoxin detection and cell therapy manufacturing. Furthermore, the company is a leading provider of value chemical and biotech ingredients to the nutrition and agro markets.

Lonza is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and secondary listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”). Lonza is not subject to the SGX-ST’s continuing listing requirements. Lonza is subject to the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange, which do not have specific requirements equivalent to the listing rules of the SGX-ST in respect of interested person transactions, acquisition and realizations, and delisting. In 2011, the company had sales of CHF 2.69 billion. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com.

Reference: http://www.4-traders.com/LONZA-GROUP-AG-2956013/news/LONZA-GROUP-AG-Lonza-Launches-New-360-Degree-Virtual-Tours-of-Worldwide-Custom-Manufacturing-Locatio-14213128/

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