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Marketing On Second Life: Think $100K Plus Per Year by Brian Haven, Jaap Favi...
16 May 2008
Many firms have purchased an island in Second Life and built a venue to engage a target audience, raise funds, test products, educate users, or sell virtual or digital goods. High initial investments, short life cycles, and the need to keep a constant wat
BR-Online: Fantasiewelten (Dossiers)
15 May 2008
Fusion Man - I wish I could fly
15 May 2008
'Fusion Man', aka Yves Rossy, flies with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. An ancient dream comes true... (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Human Interface Technology Laboratory
14 May 2008
Google Cities in 3D Program
14 May 2008
Filtertraum - Scouts im Cyberspace
14 May 2008
YouTube - Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
13 May 2008
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen.
The World Wide Panorama
12 May 2008
HCI 2008: Culture, Creativity, Interaction - Liverpool, UK
11 May 2008
HCI2008 Culture, Creativity, Interaction - September 1-5, 2008 HCI researchers, students and practitioners are invited to HCI 2008 to be hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, UK, next September (1st - 5th). Submissions are now open for the remaining categories . HCI 2008 is the 22nd running of the British HCI conference; one of Europe's largest and longest running HCI conferences. Accepted p... continues
Foldit
11 May 2008
Via Technology Review Players of a new online game called Foldit will help design three-dimensional protein structures for HIV vaccines, and enzymes for repairing DNA in diseased tissues. David Baker, a leading protein scientist at the University of Washington, teamed up with computer scientists to create the game. 
Robert Anton Wilson's Prometheus Rising FREE eBook Download
11 May 2008
Robert Anton Wilson's Prometheus Rising FREE eBook DownloadLink for this Post: Robert Anton Wilson's Prometheus Rising. Robert Anton Wilson passed on last year but his ideas live on in large number of books, essays and interviews. Prometheus Rising was one of his most influential books during his life and now has been made available to the public in a...Read the full post from Bruce Eisners ... continues
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Extreme Skydiving @ Etopia Prime
10 May 2008
Extreme Skydiving @ Etopia PrimeI visited Etopia Prime to try out the skydiving experience. Very exhilarating, especially extreme skydiving with a bike....Read the full post from ~C4ChaosTags: Kosmic Aperture, Virtual Reality via Blogdigger blog search for subject:(virtual reality) NOT torrent -site:livejournal.com NOT crack NOT cracked NOT torrent NOT warez -blogID:28479 -blogID:133915 -blogID... continues
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Virtual Reality As An Addiction...Recovery Tool
9 May 2008
Virtual Reality As An Addiction...Recovery ToolThe virtual reality world is usually thought of as escapist entertainment. But a University of Houston researcher has found computer-generated environments can serve as an effective tool to help recovering addicts. Patrick Bordnick, an associate professor at the universityâs Graduate......Read the full post from Ethos-A Cultural Watercooler by Ra... continues
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Meditation with yoga, group therapy with hypnosis, and psychoeducation for lo...
8 May 2008
Meditation with yoga, group therapy with hypnosis, and psychoeducation for long-term depressed mood: a randomized pilot trial. J Clin Psychol. 2008 May 5; Authors: Butler LD, Waelde LC, Hastings TA, Chen XH, Symons B, Marshall J, Kaufman A, Nagy TF, Blasey CM, Seibert EO, Spiegel D This randomized pilot study investigated the effects of meditation with yoga (and psychoeducation) versus group thera... continues
The shape of music
8 May 2008
Via KurzweilAI.net Three music professors have developed a method called "geometrical music theory" that translates the language of musical theory into that of contemporary geometry. (Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University) They categorize sequences of notes, like chords, rhythms and scales into "families" that can be represented by points in complex geometrical spaces. 
Virtual Events in the Real World
7 May 2008
Virtual Events in the Real WorldIt has always tickled me that virtual world conferences take place in the real. I am not an aficionado of virtuality, but I do not understand why everyone has to catch a plane, rent a car, stay in a hotel and eat conference food to learn how to be successful in the virtual world. However, if virtual...Read the full post from The Power 150 - Top Marketing Blogs - By ... continues
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VMK Users Struggle to Save Their Community
5 May 2008
VMK Users Struggle to Save Their CommunityDisney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom players continue to struggle to stop The Walt Disney Company from evicting them from their online homes. They’ve started to get a bit more press and now they’re organizing for a street protest on Saturday May 10th. VMK Kids Unite plans to gather outsi...Read the full post from The Disney BlogTags: Online Com... continues
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AVATAR PROTESTING
30 Apr 2008
AVATAR PROTESTINGIn the Netherlands, an online protest of avatars raised awareness of poverty. [link to source article.]...Read the full post from SHARKRIDE!Tags: Virtual Reality, NON PROFIT via Blogdigger blog search for subject:(virtual reality) NOT torrent -site:livejournal.com NOT crack NOT cracked NOT torrent NOT warez -blogID:28479 -blogID:133915 -blogID:133792 -blogID:49981 -blogID:4352 ... continues
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11th Annual International Workshop on Presence
29 Apr 2008
PRESENCE 2008
11th Annual International Workshop on Presence Padova, Italy
October 16-18, 2008 Second Call for Papers
Submission deadline (extended): May 23, 2008
Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work
for presentation at the 11th Annual International Workshop on Presence, to be held in Padova, Italy, on
October 16-18, 2008.... continues
11th Annual International Workshop on Presence Padova, Italy
October 16-18, 2008 Second Call for Papers
Submission deadline (extended): May 23, 2008
Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work
for presentation at the 11th Annual International Workshop on Presence, to be held in Padova, Italy, on
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For Gamers, the Craving Wonât Quit
29 Apr 2008
For Gamers, the Craving Wonât QuitDuring the next two weeks, some five million couch jockeys are expected to plunk down $60 to buy Grand Theft Auto IV, the new release of a violent and episodic game....Read the full post from NYT > TechnologyTags: Sales, Computer and Video Games, grand theft auto iv, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Virtual Reality (Computers) via Blogdigger blog search for... continues
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Human area network (HAN) technology
24 Apr 2008
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A new product by NTT, called âFirmo,â allows users to communicate with electronic devices by touching them. A card-sized transmitter carried in the userâs pocket transmits data across the surface of the human body. When the user touches a device, the electric field is converted back into a data signal that can be read by the device. For now, a set of 5 car... continues
A new product by NTT, called âFirmo,â allows users to communicate with electronic devices by touching them. A card-sized transmitter carried in the userâs pocket transmits data across the surface of the human body. When the user touches a device, the electric field is converted back into a data signal that can be read by the device. For now, a set of 5 car... continues
Visiting Etopia Eco-Village on Earth Week
23 Apr 2008
Visiting Etopia Eco-Village on Earth WeekJust got back from Etopia Eco-Village in Second Life®. I quickly stopped by to observe some happenings during Earth Week. They're having a dance party as of this writing. Thanks to Ti10 Wiley for showing me around. I didn't know that there are more lots of exciting things to do at Etopia. Will make...Read the full post from ~C4ChaosTags: Environment, Vir... continues
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23 Apr 2008
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The effect of biofeedback training on affective regulation and simulated car-...
23 Apr 2008
The effect of biofeedback training on affective regulation and simulated car-racing performance: A multiple case study analysis. J Sports Sci. 2008 May;26(7):761-73 Authors: Edmonds WA, Tenenbaum G, Mann DT, Johnson M, Kamata A The foundation of this study was based on an idiosyncratic concept, which uses probabilistic determinations (Kamata, Tenenbaum, & Hanin, 2002) to verify the utility and... continues
Neural activation in cognitive motor processes
23 Apr 2008
Neural activation in cognitive motor processes: comparing motor imagery and observation of gymnastic movements.
Exp Brain Res. 2008 Apr 19;
Authors: Munzert J, Zentgraf K, Stark R, Vaitl D
The simulation concept suggested by Jeannerod (Neuroimage 14:S103-S109, 2001) defines the S-states of action observation and mental simulation of action as action-related mental states lacking overt execution... continues
Exp Brain Res. 2008 Apr 19;
Authors: Munzert J, Zentgraf K, Stark R, Vaitl D
The simulation concept suggested by Jeannerod (Neuroimage 14:S103-S109, 2001) defines the S-states of action observation and mental simulation of action as action-related mental states lacking overt execution... continues
Will Apple Open a Store in Second Life? [Voices]
21 Apr 2008
Will Apple Open a Store in Second Life? [Voices]By Jack "Neo" Purcher, Senior Patent Editor, MacNN On April 17, 2008, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published Appleâs patent application titled Enhancing Online Shopping Atmosphere. Appleâs patent generally relates to improving the experiences that online-shoppers may have at an online...Read the full post from All Things DigitalT... continues
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Stanford camera chip can see in 3D
29 Mar 2008
Stanford University researchers have developed an interesting new image sensor. Instead of capturing a single planar image it captures multiple overlapping image patches. Software can analyze the overlapping pixels to determine depth in the scene. Another potential use of the technology is to reduce image noise.
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Smart 'Lego' conjures up virtual 3D twin
19 Feb 2008
New Scientist recently ran a story about a "Smart Lego" digital modeling interface developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Posey is a research project that allows the user to model and animate a character or object in real time. In 2000 MERL had a similar project that was more Lego-like in that it actually used blocks.
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3-D Design for the Masses
9 Feb 2008
Recently Stanford University announced a project called Dryad. It's a free program allowing users to create three-dimensional tree models for use in virtual worlds and games. Technology Review has a write up on the innovative program.
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MIT Media Lab's Installation project
9 Feb 2008
MIT's Media Lab is experimenting with augmented/mixed reality. Check out the video of their "Installation" project.
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Real-time three-dimensional television capture
9 Feb 2008
"A researcher from Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (Cambridge Mass.) explains a complete real-time three-dimensional television capture and display system. It's complex but well explained."
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ZCam depth sensing camera targets games
5 Jan 2008
A few years ago 3dcgi reported about 3DV Systems and their ZCam product. At the time it was targeted at television studios with the goal of replacing or augmenting chroma keying. Now the company is attracting attention with a consumer version of ZCam. 3DV is looking for partners so there's not a product for sale yet, but the prototype is the size and shape of a webcam. This time around 3DV is tar... continues
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Brown University demonstrates Drawing on Air system
17 Dec 2007
It's been a tick since we've heard any news on the 3D drawing front, but a number of computer scientists from Brown University are putting the art back in the proverbial foreground with its Drawing on Air installation.
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Panoram's 24-Inch Display Does Hi-Def in 3D
2 Dec 2007
If you’re shopping for a monitor in the 24-inch range, now you have a new spec to consider along with resolution, color range and refresh times: 3D capability. Panoram Technologies, a provider of large-scale displays for business and government, released its PSP 2400 desktop monitor on Tuesday, which not only spans 24 inches at 1920 x 1200 resolution, it can display images in full 3D.
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Who shows the best view of 3D 'Beowulf'?
1 Dec 2007
Cnet answers this question with a detailed article comparing Imax 3D, Real D, and Dolby 3D. The article briefly covers the technology behind each approach. I won't spoil the surprise of who's best so read the article!
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Adobe shows off 3D camera tech
4 Nov 2007
Today, if you want to trim all the distracting background out of a picture--say, the crowd behind your daughter playing soccer--you have to do a lot of artful selection with high-powered software such as Photoshop. But what if your computer understood the depth of the image, just as you did when you took the picture, and could be told to just erase everything that's a certain distance behind your ... continues
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