Superscape are well known for their innovative 3D virtual reality software - in the past, they have produced 3D shopping malls, a virtual medieval garden and even a virtual graveyard.
Since drug molecules can also be represented by computer models, it will eventually be possible to throw a huge range of virtual compounds at a virtual heart to see which, if any, have the desired effect.
"This could mean buying a virtual gift for a potential love interest, buying a power-up to defeat your old classmate in a friendly competition, or buying a nice accessory for your virtual home, " Smith said.
The virtual heart can be inserted into a virtual torso to get a simulated electrocardiogram.
As detailed in the patent's claims, that includes controlling a virtual object on a screen with two simultaneous touch inputs, as well as virtual controllers displayed on the screen that can also respond to touch input.
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There is a lot of work on virtual heads, or avatars, at the moment - you can even use Microsoft's Xbox Kinect system to create a virtual you to put in a game.
At Munich Airport a virtual assistant of a different kind is being introduced.
"Every explosion that happens in a virtual world is a good thing, " says Forterra's Chris Badger.
Lashing together multiple processors to create a virtual supercomputer is a popular parlor trick in academia and government research.
It allows women to take a virtual tour of a suite, birthing pool room, special care baby unit and an operating theatre.
Android smartphone users can try Kids Shopping Calc, which teaches budgeting by shopping in a virtual store with a set amount of money.
It was a virtual version of a Black Friday stampeded as selected items disappeared from the shopping cart before the purchase could even be finalized.
At the same time as Colossus cranked through the messages a separate team used a virtual Colossus on a laptop to read the scrambled messages.
The stories have no one location but occupy a virtual space of a kind writers were using long before anyone had heard of the Web.
Growth in pivotal Guangdong province slowed and business on Hainan Island was brought to a virtual standstill by a real-estate bubble, now once more a problem.
To prove it, the company introduced a virtual lightsaber to a subject, tracking his swordsmanship perfectly and using his thumb extension to turn it on and off.
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Success in VC creates a virtual cycle: a VC backs a start-up, the start-up is a huge success and that success then generates publicity- both for the start-up and for the VC.
In this program, a person hooked up to the EEG sensors learned to maneuver a virtual cube around a screen using mental commands like those he or she might use when controlling a car.
Assembling a virtual mob is a big job.
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Technology allows everyone to see a virtual representation of a project before and during construction, to integrate changes, analyze the impact of the change, and communicate changes to everyone to better coordinate the building of a project.
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Were this to be happening to a Washington Post or New York Times reporter, does anyone believe that there would be a virtual blackout on a story where the reporter is threatened with jail time for protecting a source?
Pearman is calling for anyone who plays online shooters to take part in a cease fire on Friday, December 21st by not killing anyone in a virtual world as a sign of respect for the victims of the shooting.
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He has since scaled back his plans and is in the process of selling all but 300 or so of his pieces in an attempt to fund a traveling exhibit, a virtual museum and a national invention program for schoolchildren.
Venture capital is one of those rare businesses where past results are indicative of future results, as success in VC creates a virtual cycle: a VC backs a start-up, the start-up is a huge success and generates publicity- both for the start-up and for the VC.
Certainly, for one-finger hunt-n-peck typists, a virtual keyboard is probably little worse but for those of us who long ago took the trouble to learn how to type properly (I got my first typewriter at 13 and taught myself touch typing and can now type 60-80 wpm), trying to use a virtual keboard is like trying to run the 100 yard dash with your ankles tied together.
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Such a virtual organisation could be a crisis-management team dealing with an earthquake or chemical spill.
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If you rate doing something in a virtual world to be a meaningful achievement, so be it.
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In the end they pull up a virtual rainbow -- a match for their brightly hued traditional garments.
"If you're just sitting in a virtual world and watching a Web presentation, you're wasting your money, " Rozwell says.
This coupled with security such as an RSA key, a virtual private network and a whole host of other security measures.
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