Greenbush Labs Blog

Augmented Reality vs Mixed Reality vs Virtual Reality

Rich White — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:54:17 +0000

I have Written and worked with this technology for several years now - here are videos defining the differences.

Augmented Reality

Mixed Reality

Virtual Reality & Worlds

Immersive Touch - Opensim on the Interactive Surface

Rich White — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:17:53 +0000

Our Opensim “Immersive Touch” implementation was demoed April 2008:

and has now influenced a Korean company “IMG512″ to explore immersive touch & Opensim

100″ Multi touch screen with Second Life from junhee, yeo on Vimeo.

The Mobile Immersive Learning Lab (without the mobile part) by EonReality.

Rich White — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:27:44 +0000

Its a start:

I like my cheap version personally !

Teacher Creates Edusim Activity for Their Class

Rich White — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:44:50 +0000

Very nice work Dale !

The Interactive Whiteboard, Handheld (IPod Touch), Edusim, and the Classroom

Rich White — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:51 +0000

3D virtual worlds on the interactive whiteboard & the student

handheld to collaborate with the boards content

The Edusim Advisory Group Announcement

Rich White — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:41 +0000

We are currently in the process of putting together an Edusim advisory group who will direct content development and design decision as we prepare to release the Edusim Beta 01 distribution of Cobalt mid 2010.

This group will meet twice a month virtually - initially via Adobe Connect, then as the Cobalt environment matures within a Cobalt environment.

The groups goals will be to:

(1) Establish 10 “pilot” lessons for Edusim and the classroom interactive whiteboard that address specific K-12 math, science, language arts, or social studies standards

(2) Establish a framework for a web based shared repository of user generated lessons.

(3) Identify key functions and features that will make Edusim - Cobalt more capable for the K-12 classroom teacher.

If you are interested in participating in this advisory group please email Rich White at rich.white@greenbush.org with your intent and I will forward you meeting times and dates.

Best Regards !

Rich

http://edusim3d.com

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THE REAL IMPACT OF THE IPHONE - ANDROID (repost from 11-13-2007)

Rich White — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:50:06 +0000

THE REAL IMPACT OF THE IPHONE - ANDROID (repost from 11-13-2007)The Iphone and the Google android interface are leading the charge for the direct manipulation interface ….. This will be huge in the fact that it is just the start of the direct manipulation movement (I think) on a grand scale … changing the way people interact with their technology (directly from the screen - its not a new technology but seem to be approaching the tipping point quick !)…. namely by using natural input and direct manipulation (their fingers to do natural thing on the screen) which we show with Edusim. Having these huge companies pushing the direct manipulation movement will undoubtedly work its way into almost everything in time …. and in time making things like our Edusim with direct manipulation and natural input our a virtual environment in the classroom very compelling… None the less many things are merging together to form almost a perfect storm in the coming years for the direct manipulation and natural input movement… It should be exciting to watch !

My Layar Augmented Reality Developers ID

Rich White — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:10:59 +0000

Got my Layar developers ID yesterday …. Let the tagging begin !

Virtual Worlds, Touch, & Ultra Mobiles

Rich White — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:42:40 +0000

(This post was first published on Dec. 10th 2007 and is re-published today)
As the stars start to align on the “ultra mobile internet revolution” a few things to monitor

(1) 700 mhz auction - providers opening up their networks (past labs posts - [rich.greenbush.us])

(2) “gPhone” Android runs the new phone (Linux on the low end)

(3) “Touch & multi-touch” starts in the phone - ends up everywhere - tables spawn a new life !

(4) Small powerful cheap “mini-laptops” - roll over, start to crawl [eeepc.asus.com]

(5) If its not mobile - its immersive (or its convenient)

Virtual Worlds in College Growing

Rich White — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:04:10 +0000

Via pixelsandpolicy.com

Colleges around the country are turning generic computer science and programming courses into studies in applied science. Instead of learning how to script or design from a textbook, professors are taking their students in-world across a variety of virtual worlds to practice their skills on real objects.

These courses aren’t just for kicks - as the article notes the skills required of successful designers and content/world creators have applications outside mere play. From educational simulations to military war games, video-game design is booming while other sectors of the economy continue to contract.

Immersive Education Presentation: The Greenbush Technology Conference

Rich White — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:17:46 +0000

From Edusim to the Virtual Autopsy - Immersive Touch Becoming More Real

Rich White — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:17:18 +0000

From Edusim to the Virtual Autopsy - Immersive Touch becoming more real ! ! !

The Virtual Autopsy Table from NorrköpingsVisualiseringscenter on Vimeo.

Edusim:

Immersive Touch Based Applications Starting to Make Their Way to Market

Rich White — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:01:22 +0000

-Going with the theme that “Imitation is the highest form of flattery” …. some of the first commercially feasible immersive touch products are finding their way into the market. Take a look at what Interknowlogy (http://silverlight.interknowlogy.com) is doing with “Immersive Touch” based applications!

“Plausible Interactive Copy” and a Twitter exchange with @Dr_Manhattan @JeffLowe @solidsmack

Rich White — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:57:34 +0000

Dr_Manhattan @RichWhite Mouse & keyboard are in my humble opinion the biggest albatross on any computer. When we go voice recognition & touch control wow

JeffLowe @dr_manhattan @solidsmack @richwhite future tech interface = magic-like technomage wave of hand and concentrated thought

@SolidSmack …. Virtual touch huh …. they are catching on ! …. Maybe we can get him to show http://tinyurl.com/2ccbtf

RichWhite And some day the surface will not only react to our touch (like today) but to the 3D content being displayed ! http://tinyurl.com/y8tavp8

AbobeAIR 2 as a “Universal HUD” for Virtual Worlds

Rich White — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:45 +0000

Watching the #AdobeMAX keynote live and just noted the announcement:

“… AdobeAIR & native code working together”

Perhaps this is a potential platform for “Universal Virtual World HUD” !

… the dual window user interface to seam FLASH and the virtual world browser.

Air developers want to work on this one with me?

What is “Immersive Touch”

Rich White — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:32:59 +0000

Immersive Touch, as it is defined in the Edusim wikipedia entry is:

Immersive Touch is defined as the direct manipulation of 3D virtual environment objects using single or multi-touch surface hardware. Coined first to describe and define the principles associated with Edusim. Now immersive touch is taking on a broader focus and meaning with the broader adaption of surface and touch driven hardware such as the Ipone, Ipod Touch, and a growing list of other hardware.

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Where does Intel see the future of the internet? (Hint: 3D)

Rich White — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:18:37 +0000

Where does Intel see the future of the internet? (Hint: 3D)

The Golden Age Of Touch

Rich White — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:50:46 +0000

Obviously I am more than a fan and observer of touch based computing. Having evangelized “Immersive Touch” for more years than I would like to admit, I read with great interest the latest TechCrunch piece “Touching: All Rumors Point To The End Of Keys/Buttons”

… Computing, as we know it, is on the verge of a transformation. The input devices of yesteryear finally look ready to be replaced by methods that are not based on technologies that are decades (the mouse) or even centuries (the keyboard) old.It won’t happen right away, but it is starting to happen already. We just need devices like the ones listed above to serve as gateway drugs to touch.

A great read !

The Edusim Distribution of Cobalt - Beta 01

Rich White — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:07:40 +0000

Still tweeking and preparing to release the Beta 01 version of the Edusim distribution of Cobalt.

The 3D Web Starts to Bloom

Rich White — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:19:43 +0000

A great article on MaxPing - IT giants back up open source 3D Web

First prototype of the 3D web is already run at thousands of Opensim servers all around the globe. The 3D Web bears similarities to 2D Web; Users can follow links to teleport from a 3D world to another one. 3D Viewers are used to browse the 3D content on the servers.

The 3D web software consists of Opensimulator server, comparable to Apache, and a 3D browser, comparable to Firefox. Today there are already many 3D browsers to choose from, the most advanced one called realXtend viewer.

The Opensimulator movement started early 2007 when Darren Guard published his C# reverse engineered Second Life compatible server. The Opensimulator (Opensim) project was born (read some history here).

Having been very cloesly involved for several years now in the field - its nice to finally see the big boys notice the promise of open source virtual world technology.