Another month, another version of OpenSpace3D : version 0.2.2 is available!

We have done a huge work on HCI (or Human-Computer Interactions) interfaces. Now you can easily manage the well known Joypad (by the way, Wii Mote was already supported), plus a bunch of less known interfaces, like the Text to Speech generation, Voice Recognition, and the innovative brain-computer interface NeuroSky Mindset headset.

And, as usual, all of those news functionalities are easily usable in your applications without coding, thanks to OpenSpace3D’s PlugIT system.

On the visual side, we are now supporting Ogre’s particles scripts (work is in progress to make a particle editor available), and you can also render the scene in wired mode. We also added a tool-bar that let you test an animation or a particle system within the editor interface.

Furthermore, the editor now allows panel resizing, multi-selection on PlugITs, and much more !

And last but not least, we have greatly optimized the OpenSpace3D object management system (scene loading time, physics, etc. are improved).

Go to the download section to give it a try. You can also check our online demos, Kid Kitchen (a serious game on home safety), Car Showroom (if you got a microphone, you can now change colors by voice!) and a Virtual Tour.

On the occasion of the Laval Virtual trade show, I-Maginer will release a new application demo : Kid Kitchen, a serious game on home safety for children in the kitchen aimed for young parents.
Based on a universe inspired by cartoon, Kid Kitchen includes the concept of crash test applied humorously to the child in the kitchen (test different hazards situation).
The scenario is based on both the dangers of kitchen for children and the world of crash testing, thus, the camera, tinted windows, adapted logos, will be part of the decor. It takes place in several stages:

• Preparation of the room by the parent. Using cameras, he/she will place the appropriate tools to secure his/her environment.
• Opening a door, which lets the child, equipped with his crash test helmet, enter.
• Child’s walking in the area of the kitchen, monitoring the child is done by an automatic change of cameras to the best viewing angle.
• The child tries every means possible to hurt himself and test the security of the kitchen. If successful:
• The view changes to the cameras that show a predefined cinematic / animation, in which an accident happens to the child.
• The animation freezes on the injured (or weeping) child and displays a small message explaining the behavior (preventive or curative) to have this type of situation. The message needs to be checked to disappear.
• After having finished his tour, a small animation starts (depending on the number of errors found), then the child is released.

This new application uses the latest version of Openspace3D, an open source user friendly platform for the development of interactive 3D environments.

Kid Kitchen online demo

Scene 3D virtual tour online demo

Car Showroom online demo (if you got a microphone, you can now change colors by voice!)