Leonar3Do

Leonar3Do is an integrated software and hardware platform, which is capable of creating an entire three-dimensional virtual reality environment. It enables the transformation of the traditional configuration of desktop computers (or other devices) into an interactive complete three-dimensional work environment. By using this virtual reality kit, creation, manipulation and analysis of three-dimensional objects are feasible in a real three-dimensional space. The solutions, products, and applications based on Leonar3Do platform are developed and marketed by Leonar3Do International Inc. (founded by the inventor of Leonar3Do, Daniel Rátai, Budapest, Hungary).
About the technology and structure.
Leonar3Do has the following main hardware components:
developed for the 2D flat dimension of desktop computers. The bird has six degrees of freedom; thanks to this feature, the user of Leonar3Do can not only grab and move the entire space or the object but rotation is also possible.
The three sensors' task is to track the position of both the 3D glasses and the input device (bird) and send this information to the central unit. The central unit transmits the received data to the computer and the Leonar3Do system software which generates, manages and displays the virtual reality environment produced in accordance with the data processed. The result is a complete 3D virtual reality environment. The user perceives the virtual object from any angle, as if it were real. Leonar3Do also has a complete software development kit, which allows the development, in the generally known programming language, of new applications, based on the Leonar3Do platform. By Leonar3Do's modeling software, users can give physical attributes to virtual objects like changeable mass, gravity, impeccability, and rebounding.
Versions of Leonar3Do and additional applications.
Leonar3Do hardware kit.
This box contains the following components:
Further solutions and software applications are available, based on Leonar3Do platform:
Software applications.
Software applications require a 3D monitor and a Leonar3Do Professional Edition Kit or a Vimensio Kit, including the Leonar3Do system software and the hardware elements.
Services.
Personalized services are also available. (e.g. trainings, development support, etc.)
History of Leonar3Do.
Even in his childhood, Daniel Rátai was already interested in the construction of spatial 3D drawing. He wanted to break with the 2D drawing and modeling method in which all designing methods are rooted. This motivation has led to the creation of the first edition of Leonar3Do, which won him the second prize of National High School Competition in Innovation (2004). In 2005, the Hungarian Association for Innovation asked Daniel to represent Hungary at the final of Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) (May 2005, Arizona, PX). Daniel Rátai and the Leonar3Do project was awarded six first prizes at the fair (details below). In the same year Daniel founded 3D For All Ltd. (the present Leonar3Do International Inc.) as a family business. The development team and the entire company succeeded by 2010 to turn Daniel Rátai's invention into a finished 3D virtual reality product. In 2011, venture capital was invested into the business by PortfoLion, enabling the company to make further developments and to start the mass-production of Leonar3Do virtual reality kit.
Awards.
The inventor, Daniel Rátai, and his Leonar3Do project was awarded with the following six first prizes:
In the same year, a planetoid was named after Daniel by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory. In addition, he won the György Oláh Young Scientist Award.
September: The Tech Award (San Jose, Tech Museum of Innovation)
In the category of education, the Leonar3Do project was awarded to be among the five most significant innovations of the world. This Tech Award was the first to be was won by a Hungarian project.
December: Patronage was taken over the Leonar3Do education project, by the Conference of Hungarian Rectors.
December: Hungarian Heritage award 
In December, Leonar3Do inventor Dániel Rátai received the Docler Holding New Generation Gábor Dénes prize in the Hungarian Parliament.