Archive for the 'Metaverse' Category
Web 3D on the way?
Attaching 3D models to Google Earth has been achievable for a while. It’s interesting since to you can ‘fly’ though cities, explore spaces etc. Its adoption has been somewhat sporadic but recently the city of Berlin released around 44,000 3D building models (approx 10 percent of the city). The video below is essentially a recorded […]
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Photosynth and the 3D web?
Very interesting demo (from the recent TED event). Essentially Photosynth is a new way of looking at photos and images on the computer. You can display a huge collection of photos, view particular images from different angles and zoom in to minute detail. So far so good. However the software is able generate a collection […]
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Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds
By Karl M. Kapp
If you want to gen up on virtual worlds and their possible applications to learning this article is good starting point.
Second Life of course gets a mention together with some examples. IBM for instance use it for mentoring and orientating new employees. IBM have more than one island and am currently having […]
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