VirtualEnvironments

November 11, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds

Microsoft’s Photosynth Technology Preview now available

I have been waiting for Photosynth to come out ever since I blogged it back in the summer. On Thursday, the Photosynth Technology Preview was finally made available for download. […]
November 4, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Serious Games Summit 2006: Overviews

The folks over at Serious Game Source have overviews of the keynote addresses from last weeks Serious Games Summit. I was hoping for podcast coverage of the Summt, but the […]
October 20, 2006general, LBS, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

National Geographic’s Digital Places Special News Series

If you haven’t read them already, you should definitely check out the articles in National Geographic’s Digital Places Special News Series. They cover topics relating to Second Life, to mobile […]
October 7, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

SketchUp to Second Life Exporter

We haven’t talked about SecondLife for at least a couple of weeks, so here is a handy tool to help those of you who are building in SL. The tool […]
September 27, 2006Gadgets, general, VirtualEnvironments

Weblo.com – What is the point

When Sue first mentioned Weblo to me last week it seemed kind of cool. Weblo is a site that lets you buy virtual property, but unlike most games, Weblo is […]
September 1, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments, WebMapping

Google Earth Now For Booking Flights

British Airways is now using Google Earth to help book flights. It’s a pretty simple concept – you use Google Earth to zoom to where you want to go and […]
August 29, 2006general, VirtualEnvironments

Serenity recreated in Second Life

I just saw this on 3pointD, and it’s so cool I am definitely going to have to check it out. As you may already know, Jesse, Frank and I are […]
August 16, 2006Gadgets, general, VirtualEnvironments

Geospatial Augmented Reality

Check out this article about how Simon Frasier University is taking advantage of virtual environments and augmented reality in the classroom (and beyond). These technologies are flourishing in some areas, […]
August 10, 2006Events, general, VirtualEnvironments

Metaverse Roadmap Pre-Release Party

For those of you who are in the New York City area and interested in what’s going on with the Metaverse Roadmap project, Eyebeam will be hosting a Pre-Release Party […]
August 8, 2006Events, general, GIS_Software, VirtualEnvironments

So Many Sessions, So Little Time…..

This morning, we wandered through the ESRI UC Exhibit Hall (which really makes you think, hey, Segway rentals for touring the exhibit space would be awesome). We did a couple […]