Although it may not be the Holodeck on the Enterprise just yet, Virtual Reality is about as close as you can get.  Virtual Reality represents one of the coolest areas of the 3DVIA product line and it will be on full display at the center of the VR world in this year’s Laval Virtual Reality International Conference in France, April 22nd-24th.

3DVIA Virtools @ Laval Virtual
BOOTH A3-A6

Our very own David Nahon’s video tour from our 2008 Laval Virtual show.

3DVIA will demonstrate the Virtual Reality capabilities provided by the newly released 3DVIA Virtools 5 at booth A3-A6 and there will also be over 30 partners and customers demonstrating [.pdf] their 3DVIA-based VR applications.

Download a map of 3DVIA Virtools Partner applications
on display at this years Laval Virtual 2009!

3DVIA Virtools is a complete development and deployment platform for virtual environments, game and interactive 3D applications. In addition to many other enhancements, this new version also brings new VR capabilities geared toward consumer markets, by supporting Samsung and Mitsubishi DLP TVs, Philips WoW auto-stereoscopic screens and anaglyph stereoscopy.

Follow Updates Live From the Show

Kate will be blogging directly from the show floor.  Follow her updates on 3D Perspectives, the official blog of Dassault Systèmes.  Kate already posted this excellent interview with David today.

You can also check back here next week for updates – or watch the live video stream from the booth.. . .