Author: Sue

• March 8, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Sony’s PS3 upcoming online services to feature 3d virtual world

  At the Game Developers Conference yesterday, Sony offered a preview trailer of its new 3d virtual world, which will be part of its PS3 “Home” online services. The trailer has […]

• March 2, 2007Cartography, general

  Beijing to introduce computer generated driving maps for visitors

  According to ChinaDaily, the city of Beijing will soon be offering free customized maps for out-of-town drivers entering the city from certain entry and exit points. The maps will be […]

• March 1, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Shameless Plug – Our immersive visualization lab featured in ArcNews

  The Winter 2006/2007 issue of ArcNews arrived today, and we were excited to see that WVU GeoVirtual Lab’s newly-installed CAVE system with a custom connector for ArcScene and ArcGlobe, was […]

• February 28, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  New 3D virtual world Kaneva getting ready to launch

  While catching up on virtual world and metaverse news, I found this interesting little article about a startup virtual world called Kaneva, which is in beta testing. Its creator, Christopher […]

• February 27, 2007Cartography, general

  Digitized Russian Military Maps of the UK go on sale

  A couple of news outlets in the UK are reporting on Landmark Information Group’s recently completed project to digitize Soviet military maps of the UK, which include 16,000 square kilometres […]

• February 26, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Virtual Worlds 2007

  I was catching up on my metaverse news this morning, and realized I missed the announcements about Virtual Worlds 2007, a conference about the future of Virtual Worlds in a […]

• February 24, 2007Cartography, general

  Negations – Mapping NYC’s radical history

  I always like to see mapping projects that focus on topics and issues that are unexpected, but informative. That’s why I was intrigued by a project featured over at the […]

• February 23, 2007general, VirtualWorlds

  Virtual Earth 3D writeup in MSDN Magazine

  The March 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine in now online, and Duncan Lawler’s column features a short writeup on the development of Virtual Earth 3D. Duncan is Development Manager for […]

• February 21, 2007Cartography, general

  Mapographer – Art from Maps

  I was just catching up on some emails after a hectic couple of days of grant writing, giving an exam, and grading, and Elaine, one of our readers, sent me […]

• February 20, 2007general, Navigation

  Heads Up Display for In-Car GPS Navigation

  What with all the tech shows going on, new LBS and mobile hardware and software is just coming out out of the woodwork. One device that isn’t out yet promises […]