Greenbush Labs demonstration of an interative 3D whiteboard application using Croquet
Really nice! This kind of thing will be commonplace – people will wonder how we did without it. More at Croquet 2 Play
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Intel and Virtual Worlds
Update: SimTeach has a nice abstract of the presentation as well as some additional screen shots
… just managed to squeeze in about half of the video from the Intel Developer’s Conference mentioned in Visualization Mesh – very impressive so far … more details later but this screen shot shows a virtual world with numerous live enterprise apps including a Qwaq forum
3D image recognition chip from Fujitsu
In Believe The Hype, I said that the iPhone would be much broader than just telephony because “A single device will be used for everything from household robots, toys and video cameras to sprinkler, entertainment and security systems. “. In the not too distant future, we’ll be using iPod/Touch devices to manage the many robots that will be in our midst given the new chip whose
… small size and low power consumption making it ideal for small, household robots in addition to those of the larger, more terrifying variety. Apparently, the entire system works in real time, and is said to be five times more efficient in recognizing images than similar system.
Fujitsu announces 3D image recognition chip for robots – Engadget
Virtualization To Ship With Hardware
Instead of being installed and run from disk, virtualization software is being built into hardware in the form of flash memory.
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Revamping TV News
Thinking about The People …
We live in a complex world, and many of us have minds and are educated, and want to understand what’s going on. TV is not a bad way to do it, but the medium needs an overhaul in the age of the Internet. Our attention has mostly been focused on print, probably because we haven’t felt we can do much about TV. But as yesterday’s mockup shows, we’re really not very far from turning TV news upside down much the same way RSS revolutionized written news.
See also Roland Tanglao
Censorship Does Not Mesh
“Recent moves against free speech on the Internet in a number of countries have provided a bitter reminder of the ease with which some regimes, democracies and dictatorships alike, seek to suppress speech that they disapprove of, dislike, or simply fear,” the report by the 56-nation OSCE said.
More Than A Game: Connecting The Dots Part III
Computer games, not scientific visualization, have been driving the design of graphics chips, some of which have more logic circuitry than state-of-the-art microprocessors. Games are also among the biggest drivers of new and creative software.
Sven over at reBang has valuable insights about this
Not so long ago high-end 3D graphics of the kind those PLM programs are now leveraging was the exclusive domain of U.S. DOD military contracters and a relatively small clique of multi-nationals. It was cutting edge stuff. As recently as seven or eight years ago those of us using the tools could only dream of actually owning them. That is until videogames and the hardware necessary to power them tapped into the mass market and fueled their rapid development; the companies behind them developing so much market muscle they simply swallowed the old guard. As someone interested and involved in both product design and videogame/virtual world modding, I had perhaps a rather unique perspective observing two communities first colliding in competition and then merging.
Business Innovation in Second Life
If you’re interested in how Second Life can be used in business, global engineering and electronics giant Siemens has a page with an excellent video and link to their even more informative island in Second Life.
Collaboration is the core of PLM and the heart of how UGS PLM Software does business. To enable collaboration through Global Innovation Networks, UGS PLM Software develops and leverages 3D modeling, visualization, and collaboration technologies. Virtual environments like Second Life are a natural and exciting extension of these technologies. Through Siemens Innovation Connection, our customers and our partners are experimenting with these new collaboration and visualization technologies. We are working together to explore how these technologies can be utilized to improve business processes and innovation. Siemens Innovation Connection also provides an exciting way to share some of our customer’s innovative products.Siemens Innovation Connection in Second Life
See also Siemens On The Road To Rhythmeering
Computational Ecology
The flow of ecological patterns of information across disciplines is part of what’s driving the emergence of the meshverse
… researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) are harnessing supercomputers and electronic circuit theory to help save wildlife from shrinking habitat. The project is run by the university’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), and NCEAS scientists are applying electronic circuit theory to model wildlife migration and gene flow across fragmented landscapes….
“It turns out that circuit theory shares a surprising number of properties with ecological theory describing animal movements and connectivity,” said Brad McRae, NCEAS project leader. “We can now represent landscapes as conductive surfaces — with features like forests and highways having different resistance to movement — and analyze connectivity across them using powerful circuit algorithms. Unlike standard conservation planning tools, these algorithms simultaneously incorporate all possible pathways when predicting how corridors, barriers, and other features affect movement and gene flow over large areas.”
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