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Hello, goodbye and a new project!

Digado — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:38:30 +0000

It’s alive! Well sort of :) Ever since I finished my research I must confess my interest in virtual worlds has taken a rather dramatic nose-dive. I was seeing a lot of ‘noise’ and very little progress. Maybe I got impatient, maybe after a year of reading paper after paper and blog after blog on virtual [...]

Dan Farber asks the tough questions

Digado — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:01:54 +0000

In a recent interview with ZDnet, Linden Lab’s VP, platforms & technology Joe Miller get to show the corporate face of Second Life. A platform for collaboration for companies such as IBM and… well… IBM. Though the interview itself is not all that remarkable, I did get excited when Dan Farber asked the tough question: Dan [...]

There.com beats sluggish Linden Lab

Digado — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:33:16 +0000

In August Linden Lab announced their intentions to build SLim. Though specifics are still unclear, it is likely to be a ‘light client’ - filtering the social functions such as instant messaging from the full experience of Linden Labs main virtual world Second Life. This to create a more smooth, more accessible social platform, and [...]

The Augmented Magic Mirror

Digado — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:40:13 +0000

More blending of the real and virtual. While virtual worlds tend to emphasize their digital nature, augmented reality will do anything to hide its bits and bites background by blending almost seamlessly into reality. One of the most interesting applications of this augmented (or projected) reality was recently showcased by the Fraunhofer Institute. Gizmodo: The best [...]

Edwards Invention

Digado — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:46:35 +0000

‘Whether it’s casting magic spells using your mind or relaying expressions in real time, EmoKey links the Emotiv technology to your applications by easily converting detected events into any combination of keystrokes. EmoKey is a nonintrusive, lightweight, background process that runs behind your existing games or applications. EmoKey lets you create profiles that define how [...]

University W has researched X amongst Y people and found Z. Gasp!

Digado — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:34:47 +0000

BREAKING NEWS The University of W has conducted a survey amongst X residents/people within the Y demographic and found Z. Virtual World analyst/University professor A is not surprised by the outcome saying: “Result Z has been a trend for the past 12 months, and our research confirms this. However Result Z counters the predictions made in article [...]

Fictional Narrative Evolved (part 1)

Digado — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:29:44 +0000

One of my key interests in virtual reality, or virtual environments is the way it is able communicate an experience, linear immersive experiences (otherwise known as stories) in particular. We use stories for more than entertainment, stories hold tremendous value for social progress and preservation of culture (history), the industry (advertising), creativity and inspiration (fiction), [...]

Too bad I just got an iPhone

Digado — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:57:33 +0000

…because this phone seems kinda fun. Well, the packaging is anyways.

10 Interfaces of the Future

Digado — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:23:34 +0000

With the recent Interface debate and competition I thought it was nice to bookmark and link the great overview of ‘futuristic interfaces‘ Smashing Magazine has posted recently. Amongst some of the things I posted about earlier, they list some prototypes that seek to improve the immersion into 3D, or bring virtual (3D) scenes to the [...]

Is Second Life being replaced?

Digado — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:11:31 +0000

With the recent launch of a number of virtual worlds such as Google Lively, Vivity and WebFlock virtual worlds inside the browsers seems ‘the way to go’. This poses many interesting questions, the most obvious one so far goes something like “Will browser-based worlds such as Google Lively replace virtual worlds requiring a download and [...]