VirtualEnvironments

• October 12, 2007general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Japanese researchers continue to blur the virtual-real world boundary

  A couple of projects by Japanese researchers show that work in the area of augmented or mixed reality is really pushing the boundary between the real and virtual worlds. Michihiko […]

• October 11, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Sim City and Global Warming

  Ever wanted to know how Global Warming might affect your lavish Sim City models? Well the good folks at Sim City are letting you find out! You can choose what […]

• October 9, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Google in a day

  Talk about taking over the (virtual) world…Google has acquired Jaiku and is working with Multiverse and both were announced in a day. The Jaiku purchase is a curiosity as they […]

• October 5, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  $1 billion invested in virtual worlds

  Virtual Worlds Management, the organizers of the Virtual Worlds Conference this past March in New York and the Virtual Worlds Fall Conference next week in San Jose, CA, recently conducted […]

• September 26, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  Leica updates Titan

  Leica is rolling out the updates to Titan fairly regularly including today’s release which includes Terrain support, a custom drawing toolbar that includes KML export, and a navigational compass. I […]

• September 13, 2007Education, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Zula Patrol kids’ show to get its own virtual world

  The creators of the kids’ show Zula Patrol, which airs on PBS stations, are partnering with IBM to create an online immersive virtual world. Called Zulaworld, it will be targeted […]

• September 11, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments

  What Sue did the summer of 2006

  So after we met some of the SketchUp guys at the geoblogger meet-up at the ESRI UC, Sue showed off her presentation that she had given earlier that day on […]

• August 22, 2007general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

  Epidemiologists Turn to Video Game For Help

  Ars Technica (an excellent tech news site, by the way) has an interesting article concerning epidemiologists turning to the game developer Blizzard for help. Blizzard is the developer and publisher […]

• August 15, 2007general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

  Are We Living in The Matrix…?

  Ok, I’ll grant you this is a bit of a stretch for a Spatial post. However, it does have something to do with Virtual Worlds. Kinda. Sorta. And Metaphysics. Anyway, […]

• July 25, 2007general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

  CyArk 3D Heritage Archive

  Although this actually launched a couple of months ago, I wanted to point out the CyArk 3D Heritage Archive, which has a great story behind it and touches on some […]