VirtualEnvironments

July 31, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Photosynth from Microsoft Live Labs

If you are at all interested in 3D virtual reconstructions and immersive technologies, then you have to check out Microsoft Live Labs’ Photosynth. It is too cool, although it’s not […]
June 27, 2006general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

Urban Planning – Sim City style

BBC News has a nice article about MetroQuest, a software application that uses a Sim City-like visual interface to allow users to model how urban planning decisions might affect the […]
June 20, 2006Gadgets, general, VirtualEnvironments

Use tablet instead of table to control GE

Inspired by the Smackbook demo and the tabletop Google Earth at the Where Fair, I am trying to use my Toshiba M200 tablet to control Google Earth (and others). Unlike […]
June 13, 2006general, Hardware, VirtualEnvironments

Table top control of 3D space

A Phd student at the University of Calgary’s Interactions Laboratory has come up with some pretty cool new interactive tools for Google Earth and Warcraft III (not at the same […]
June 13, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Hurricane Simulator

For people in the interior of countries, the difference between a category 2 hurricane and a category 3 hurricane might not be all that aparent. That’s why the good people […]
June 12, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

Google Earth City Data for the UK

While there is already some GE 3D city data for London, 3pointD posted a news release from Cities Revealed that suggests they will be making portions of their building data […]
May 31, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Harvard Business Review discusses Avatar-based Marketing

We-Make-Money-Not-Art posted about an article from the Harvard Business Review about avatar-based marketing in virtual worlds like Second Life. The article argues that, while the real-world subscribers to online virtual […]
May 29, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Talkin’ About the Metaverse

Mark over at 3pointD posted a link this morning to an article at CNNMoney from David Kirkpatrick, a FORTUNE senior editor, that is written in the form of a conversation, […]
May 26, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

World of Warcraft Online Google Map

I blogged this way back in January when it first came out. It’s a World of Warcaft Online Map using the Google Maps API. They’ve added a bunch of functionality […]
May 22, 2006general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

Google Earth and Virtual Worlds

Stephan over at OgleEarth links to a post by Avi Bar-Zeev, one of the Keyhole co-founders who also worked for Linden Labs (makers of Second Life), about Google Earth, what […]