Avatars Go Cross-Platform

 
Last October I reported hearing Chris Melissinos from Sun Microsystems predict that in the future we’d all have Avatars which could move from platform to platform. That future may be starting to materialize. If you haven’t heard the latest news, Linden Labs (Second Life creator) and IBM have successfully collaborated on the transportation of avatars between two platforms - the Second Life Preview Grid and an OpenSim [...]

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Will the Mouse Become Extinct in a 3D World? Enter the Space Navigator

2D controllers move over. Here’s a relatively new product from 3Dconnexion, a subsidiary of Logitech. The Space Navigator  was originally designed as a controller for 3D applications such as CAD/CAM or 3D graphics programs. However, the Popular Mechanics review of the gadget (video below) claims that 3Dconnexion is billing it as a Google Earth controller.
 

 
So [...]

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2008 Realizing Student Potential/ITeach Conference

 
I went to our annual RSP/ITeach Conference this past Friday. The conference sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system), was held last week at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The conference brought together more than 1100 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty to:

Discuss teaching in their disciplines

Demonstrate best practices in teaching

Present [...]

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Sun’s MPK20 Virtual Workplace and Open APIs

Ok, another post on virtual worlds and immersive learning environments. Sorry, but this is a huge focus of my work these days, and I’m going to be pit bull-esque on this topic, for a while. 
I just came off of a couple of days this week filled with meetings and discussions having to do with 3D virtual worlds. In fact, I had [...]

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