Tag Archives: Fashion Research Institute

ScienceSim land grants announced

ScienceSim land grants announced

Press release: Fashion Research Institute Announces ScienceSim Land Grant Program Awardees New York, NY  – Fashion Research Institute has been collaborating with Intel Labs since 2009, helping to push... 

Grants available: free regions, up to 100,000 prims, 1,000 avatars

Grants available: free regions, up to 100,000 prims, 1,000 avatars

Press release: Fashion Research Institute Oversees a Third Round of the Science Sim Land Grant Program with Intel Labs NEW YORK — Fashion Research Institute is pleased to announce the third round... 

Paper: OpenSim may help fashion industry

Paper: OpenSim may help fashion industry

Using tools built on the OpenSim virtual world platform could transform fashion design, Fashion Research Institute, Inc. CEO Shenley Winkler said in a paper released yesterday, by saving money, reducing... 

ScienceSim expands land grant project

ScienceSim expands land grant project

OpenSim’s ScienceSim grid is expanding its land grant program, with an offer of super-powered regions of up to a million primitive objects and 1,000 simultaneous avatars per region. ScienSim and... 

Fashion Research Institute brings premium content to Science Sim

Fashion Research Institute brings premium content to Science Sim

Press Release: Fashion Research Institute Collaborates with Intel Labs to Bring Premium Digital Content to Science Sim New York, NY – “Content is King” has long been the mantra of the gurus... 

Treatment center gets $865,000 for OpenSim project

Treatment center gets $865,000 for OpenSim project

• Clients three times as likely to complete virtual treatment program as face-to-face program • Outcomes ‘as good or better’ as at physical treatment centers • Private OpenSim grid... 

Virtual design group formed

Virtual design group formed

Press release: Professional Virtua Designers Society Announced An integral part of the Fashion Research Institute is the Fashion Research Foundation, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization located... 

Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

The New York-based Fashion Research Institute, Inc. is giving away five copies of its ground-breaking butterfly exhibit to researchers or educators. The exhibit, available in the form of an OpenSim archive... 

Fashion Research Institute Launches Virtual Runway

Fashion Research Institute Launches Virtual Runway

Press Release: Virtual Runway Helps Fashion Designers Accelerate Their Sales and Marketing Fashion Research Institute launches immersive, interactive runway show for apparel industry NEW YORK —  This... 

Germans set half million prim record

Germans set half million prim record

Germany’s Talentraspel virtual worlds Ltd.  announced they reached a record number of prims this week, with half a million separate objects in a single OpenSim region. According to the company,... 

OpenSim in Intel spotlight

OpenSim in Intel spotlight

Intel CTO Justin Rattner introduced OpenSim superstars Shenlei Winkler and Crista Lopes to the world yesterday at the at the SC09 supercomputing conference in Portland, Ore. According to Rattner, super...