Eon Reality
Encyclopedia
EON Reality, founded in 1999, is a private held US corporation with fully owned subsidiaries in Singapore and Sweden. EON Reality is focused on virtual reality
solutions from simulation-based learning and safety training to the creation of interactive 3D
product applications for a variety of business sectors including but not limited to energy, education, aerospace/defense, and the industrial and medical sectors.
The following is a list of Interactive Digital Centers:
Virtual reality
Virtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...
solutions from simulation-based learning and safety training to the creation of interactive 3D
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
product applications for a variety of business sectors including but not limited to energy, education, aerospace/defense, and the industrial and medical sectors.
Product Listing History
The following is a chronological list of products released by EON Reality.- 1999: The Company launched EON Studio as its first virtual reality software authoring tool
- 2000: The Company launched EON SDK its first software development kit
- 2001: The Company launched EON Server modular software
- 2001: EON concave was released as a three wall display system
- 2002: EON Raptor was released, a free 3ds Max plug-in for publishing interactive 3D content and environments
- 2003: The Company released EON Professional a high end extension of EON Studio
- 2004: The EON Icatcher a turnkey 3D stereoscopic projection solution
- 2004: EON Sales Assistant a 3D configuration tool that for product presentation sales
- 2005: The EON Icube was released as a turnkey CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual EnvironmentCave Automatic Virtual EnvironmentA Cave Automatic Virtual Environment is an immersive virtual reality environment where projectors are directed to three, four, five or six of the walls of a room-sized cube...
) - 2005: EON Planner a 3D planning tool that for product presentation and sales
- 2006: EON TouchLight, was released in collaboration with Microsoft Research
- 2007: EON Iportal Tablet was released as a tablet based augmented realityAugmented realityAugmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
solution - 2007: EON Artificial I was released, a glass free 3D display solution
- 2007: EON ICompass was released, a six wall reconfigurable immersive virtual realityVirtual realityVirtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...
system for multi-user environment - 2007: EON ICrystal was released, a three dimensional glass panel solution for virtual reality content projection
- 2008: EON IAuditorium was released, an auditorium size stereo 3D immersive virtual reality display system
- 2008: EON IPresence was released, a tele-immersion solution that combines tele-presence in virtual reality
- 2008: EON Holographic I was released, a three dimensional solution for virtual reality content projection
- 2008: EON IFloat was released as a multi-wall immersive solution
- 2009: EON Coliseum was released as an online 3D multiuser virtual meeting & learning platform with support for avatars, voice chat, and 3D objects, and integration with Eon Creator and Eon Experience
- 2009: EON Ibench a desk sized multi-wall immersive 3D solution
- 2010: EON Human was released, Avatar platform with real-time motion capture library
- 2010: EON Interact, body control solution with support for Microsoft Kinect
- 2011: EON Experience was released as a library of 3D virtual learning objects that may be imported into EON Creator to author customized virtual learning environments, which are also capable of being displayed in stereoscopic 3D
- 2011: EON Creator was released, a tool for the creation of customized virtual environments through the use of Eon Experience
- 2011: EON Iportal Tablet was released, a tablet based augmented reality solution
- 2011: EON Geo was released, a real-time 3D analysis tool of petroleum models for reservoir calculations
Awards
The company has received the following awards.- 2004: EON Reality was awarded two awards during the 2004 Excellence Kiosk Awards at KIOSKCOM in Las Vegas, NV for the Suzuki Sales P.R.O. developed with EON’s real-time 3D authoring software.
- 2006: EON Reality of Irvine is recognized for its 3D and holographic imagery systems.
Interactive Digital Centers
EON Reality partners with a wide variety of public and private organizations toward the establishment of Interactive Digital Centers (IDC) that showcase and promote the use of interactive 3D and stereoscopic visualization technologies while also producing simulation-based training applications and conducting virtual reality research.The following is a list of Interactive Digital Centers:
- Association Promouvoir la Realite Virtuelle maintains an IDC in Clermont-Ferrand,France.
- Centro Sviluppo Realta Virtuale (CSRV) maintains an IDC in Como Italy under an investment by COMONExT.
- Miami UniversityMiami UniversityMiami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
maintains an IDC in Oxford, Ohio. - Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemKentucky Community and Technical College SystemHeadquartered in Versailles, Kentucky, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System comprises 16 colleges with over 68 campuses. Programs offered include associate degrees, pre-baccalaureate education to transfer to a public 4-year institution; adult education, continuing and developmental...
maintains an IDC in Versailles, Kentucky. - IDC Galicia is part of the department of CIS Galicia and located in Ferrol, Spain.
- Interactive Digital Centre AsiaInteractive Digital Centre AsiaInteractive Digital Centre Asia is a strategic partnership among Temasek Polytechnic, IM Innovations Pte Ltd and global technology companies, focusing on 3D Interactive Digital Media solutions and services for various industries...
is located in Singapore and conducts 3D research and development. - The Media Development Authority of Singapore maintains an IDC.
- PsyTech Matrix Platform hosts an IDC as one of its several virtual reality laboratories for the purpose of researching virtual reality and cognitive psychology therapy. The IDC lab is managed by the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy / International Institute for Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health at Babes-Bolyai UniversityBabes-Bolyai UniversityThe Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca is an university in Romania. With almost 50,000 students, the university offers 105 specialisations, of which there are 105 in Romanian, 67 in Hungarian, 17 in German, and 5 in English...
(UBB) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. - SENAISENAIServiço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial , Portuguese language for National Service for Industrial Training is a network of not-for-profit secondary level professional schools established and maintained by the Brazilian Confederation of Industry...
inaugurated its IDC on 16 March 2011. - Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology maintains an IDC in Florence, South Carolina.
- Temasek PolytechnicTemasek PolytechnicTemasek Polytechnic is the third polytechnic to be set up in Singapore. The polytechnic was established on April 6, 1990. With a 30 hectare campus overlooking the scenic Bedok Reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, TP's campus places particular emphasis on the preservation of the natural...
hosts the first IDC in Asia.
Further Reading
- The Orange County RegisterThe Orange County RegisterThe Orange County Register is a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. The Register is the flagship publication of Freedom Communications, Inc., which publishes 28 daily newspapers, 23 weekly newspapers, Coast magazine, and several related Internet sites.The Register is notable for its...
, 7 May 2011, ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Star Trek’ science fiction meets reality in 3D - Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemKentucky Community and Technical College SystemHeadquartered in Versailles, Kentucky, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System comprises 16 colleges with over 68 campuses. Programs offered include associate degrees, pre-baccalaureate education to transfer to a public 4-year institution; adult education, continuing and developmental...
- 3D Virtual Reality Simulation Center - Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology - 3D Virtual Reality Center
- EON reality sets up regional HQ in Singapore
- Temasek PolytechnicTemasek PolytechnicTemasek Polytechnic is the third polytechnic to be set up in Singapore. The polytechnic was established on April 6, 1990. With a 30 hectare campus overlooking the scenic Bedok Reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, TP's campus places particular emphasis on the preservation of the natural...
Engineering School maintains Asia’s first IDC and launched by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. - Visualization technology improves lab experience
- Business Jet International Interiors, September 2009, digitaldreams
- The Wall Street Journal, 31 August 2006, No-Contact Technology