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  • tum virtual assistant.automotiveIT
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    A virtual car manual does away with hefty tomes of yesterday

    2011-08-08T13:08:36Z

    An Avatar provides driver assistance in an Audi test vehicle (Photo: Technical University Munich)An Avatar-based virtual co-driver system (AviCoS) will do away with the multi-page driver manuals that traditionally hog the glove compartments of most cars.That's the vision of the Information Systems department of Munich's Technical University. The department has ...

  • frave.automotiveIT
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    From Munich, a better and cheaper virtual reality technology

    2011-05-31T15:39:50Z

    Researchers can get into the FRAVE for a total-immersion experience (Photo: TUM)Researchers at the Technical University Munich (TUM) have developed a virtual reality system that is more flexible, costs less and doesn't take up as much space as previous technologies.The so-called Flexible Reconfigurable Cave (FRAVE) allows full immersion by an ...