October 2010
2 posts
Adobe opens virtual museum for digital media →
September 2010
4 posts
2010 - 2nd Virtual Conference on Counseling (2VCC) →
Drawing with eyes... →
Human Unconscious Is Transferred to Virtual... →
reblogged from ScienceDaily: “Virtual characters can behave according to actions carried out unconsciously by humans. Researchers at the University of Barcelona have created a system which measures human physiological parameters, such as respiration or heart rate, and introduces them into computer designed characters in real time.”
June 2010
1 post
Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture... →
May 2010
5 posts
West Virginia To Use Second Life For Teacher... →
via Virtual Worlds News…
“The West Virginia Department of Education has created a space within the virtual world Second Life for use in teacher training. The virtual space is being administrated in conjunction with West Virginia University’s College of Human Resources and Education. The space is part of the Teach West Virginia initiative, a training push designed to help get...
Mesh Imports Coming to Second Life →
Linden Lab announced that mesh imports, or the possibility to import models created in external 3D modeling apps will be available in 2010 - and planning to launch beta test of mesh import in Q2 2010… Exciting.
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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
April 2010
6 posts
Q&A: Eric Gordon on Community Planning with Second... →
via Metropolismag…
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Learning in Virtual Worlds
Avatar II: The Hospital
BY STEPHANIE SIMON
The nurses have been told there’s a crisis. But they’re hardly prepared for the chaos that awaits.
Dozens of patients, stricken with a debilitating flu, crowd the emergency room. Some slump mutely in chairs. Others wander, moaning or calling out for blankets. Just as the nurses begin triage, part of the...
$900 million facility prototyped in Second Life... →
Cross posted from The Arch Network main site:
“These are the latest construction progress photos I could find of new Palomar West Medical Campus in San Diego, which is currently under construction – scheduled to open in 2011. When the virtual architectural simulation was completed in early 2008, it attracted the attention of The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Forbes, as the...
Function Follows Form →
Essay on the social role of virtual architecture. By MIT Media Lab.
An interactive gallery installation to catch or hit Second Life avatars…