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Alex Hern: But really, What is VR?

“Presence,” as defined by the website VR Focus, “is the magic of virtual reality, the feeling that you’re actually in the virtual world.” Presence, then, includes the suspension of disbelief. Often we hear the term “suspension of disbelief” when referring to movies and television. But film and TV exists within a simplified realm where it’s precisely because the viewer is so immediately aware that what they’re seeing is not real, it gives them the mental room to buy into the ruse. VR is more psychically “expensive”, if you will. VR has to reach further and grip firmer in order to fool the average person.

The definition of Virtual Reality can be a bit slippery and can vary depending on who you ask. But all subjectivity aside, virtual reality is a computer-generated artificial environment. When done properly, VR transports users to an alternate simulated environment created to stimulate a user’s sight, smell, touch, hearing and vision to make them belief the experience is real. Achieving this goal hinges on whether the specific VR technology can make a user feel that they are “in” the experience. Of course, not all senses must be tapped to create such an allusion, but the more senses stimulated the better for total immersion. Here is where the VR community is at with stimulating the various senses.

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Augmented vs. Virtual

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Article source: https://hitechchronicle.com/2019/01/alex-hern-tsunami-xr-getting-better/

By Dominic Gates

The Seattle Times

EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing mechanic Ken Zabel is using a handy new tool that halves the work involved in one intricate job where the wing and fuselage of a 787 Dreamliner are joined together. Boeing says the device is so accurate it cuts out the need for a quality inspection.

That elimination of a check for defects is part of a sweeping transformation of Boeing’s quality system that’s now being implemented throughout its production lines. The ambitious revamp includes changing the design of parts to make them easier to build right, adjusting the sequence of work to make assembly simpler, and adding tools and automation to ease the jobs of the mechanics.

One element of what Boeing is calling its “Quality Transformation” has unnerved the machinists union and current quality inspectors: The company told the union last month it will eliminate thousands of quality checks as no longer necessary. Boeing said it will cut about 450 quality-inspector positions this year and potentially a similar number in 2020.

In the Puget Sound region, there are currently just over 3,000 Boeing Quality Inspectors. By the end of next year, Boeing’s plan would bring that down to not many more than 2,000 people. Nevertheless, the company insists the overall changes will improve quality and

Article source: http://www.bendbulletin.com/business/6869435-151/boeing-overhauls-quality-controls

Some Southland forest preserves are for hiking, some offer opportunities for canoeing or kayaking, and others are mostly for wildlife habitat. But one area preserve has been set aside for flying.

At the Tinley Creek model airplane Flying Field on Cicero Avenue south of Flossmoor Road, nearly a dozen pilots converge daily to send their hand-built aircraft into the sky, radio-controlled planes that cost from $500 to $15,000 for a tiny jet.

The largely retired members of the the Suburban Aeroclub of Chicago gather to socialize and take turns putting a plane through its paces—maneuvers like stunts and inverted flight over a paved runway and mowed grass on the edge of the forest. Sometimes members of the Tinley Creek Remote Control group turn up to fly helicopters, pricier craft that can run $3,000.

But on weekends, the 21st century arrives. Younger men, many of them members of Chicago Drone Racers FPV, take over a third of the field set aside just for them. Wearing bulky goggles and holding a radio transmitter, they stand still while their drones buzz and swoop. “It’s cool to see what pilots see when they’re flying, especially through trees or around obstacles,” said Brian West, who traveled from Plainfield to the Cook County preserve on a Saturday morning to fly his quadcopter.

Having just visited EuroBLECH 2018 in Hannover, Germany where there was a big emphasis by exhibitors on digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and Industry 4.0, I did not expect anything less at JIMTOF 2018, especially as the theme for the exhibition was ‘Connected by technology for the future’.

At the previous JIMTOF – The Japan International Machine Tool Fair – in 2016 I reported how those manufacturers of metalworking equipment that exhibited had embraced the beauty and concepts of the rapid move toward smart factories in which smart machines are fully networked.

JIMTOF is always held at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition grounds, officially known as the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre, which is conveniently linked to an efficient public transport system that will move you seamlessly to downtown Tokyo, and is close to a number of first-class accommodation choices

In one of the press conferences at JIMTOF 2016 that the international press attended I asked Dr. Eng. Masahiko Mori, President of DMG MORI Company Limited, what he thought was the ‘Wow!’ factor of JIMTOF 2016. He was unequivocal in his answer: “The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Smart Factory.” He certainly was correct and this was evidenced throughout the exhibition. Even the organisers JMTBA adopted IoT as the show theme with the title “The Future Starts Here.” The theme for the 2014 show was Monozukuri DNA. Loosely translated the phrase means: “An inspired approach to the art and science of making things should be at the core of our beings”. Now it is

Article source: http://metalworkingnews.info/accelerating-technology-through-iot-connection-at-jimtof-2018/