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Download Edusim Alpha 11
The next version of the Edusim distribution of Cobalt - Edusim Alpha 11 - is available for download at the users page here: http://edusim.ning.com Due to a few known bugs I have decided to release a few more Alpha version before the first Beta versi...
Immersive Touch - 3D Projectors - Direct Manipulation - Haptics - and the Future Classroom Interactive Whiteboars
- Where might the future interactive whiteboard lead and what will it do to the “Immersive Interaction” within the classroom? A concept I call “Looking Glass” takes the curved 3D projected (or LCD display) surface, adds hap...
Edusim - Immersive Touch - Patents - and the Public Domain
In several discussion today with collegues regarding the Edusim & immersive touch work brings up an interesting point - in light of Apple securing the patent for “Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating ...
Immersive Touch - and the Direct Manipulation of 3D Virtual Objects & Spaces - Apple Grabs Patent
- I knew I would see this one day - after evangelizing immersive touch of nearly 4 years I though it might happen sooner (looks like they got the patent in 2008) to be honest ! I was plesentaly surprised to see it was Apple diving into “Imm...
learning affordances of 3-D virtual environments
A nice research piece from the British Journal of Educational Technology “What are the learning affordances of 3-D virtual environments?” - Barney Dalgarno and Mark J. W. Lee This article explores the potential learning benefits of th...
Reading the Tea Leaves: The Road Ahead - From July 2007
“The Road Ahead” post from 2 and 1/2 years ago has proven to be extremely accurate to date: (original is here: http://roots.greenbush.us/?p=258) Especially in light of what is expected at the 2010 CES show ...
The Kids are Teaching Us
Children can teach us quite a bit regarding user interface and design, especially with regard to 3D virtual worlds. I have been researching and prototyping direct manipulation (coined “immersive touch”) 3D virtual environments for many ...
The Mobile Immersive Learning Lab (Again)
These match pretty closely my original MILL design prototypes. The difference remains that mine in light weight & mobile, call for a lower cost hardware & open source software...
3D on the interactive surface (& Education) - Immersive Touch
With the long awaited “10 inch Ipod Touch” soon to be rolled out - Is this laying the seeds for “Immersive Touch”?…. A run down of past posts: The Future Classroom (Oct - 2009) What is Immersive Touch? (Oct - 2009) Re...
The OpenWorld Repositories
Having established the OpenWorld Repositories a few years ago it was our hope to start virtual world repositories focused on open source frameworks. This year we plan to expand on the concepts now that they are out of the prototype phase and make the...
A Mouse-less & Menu-less Future
A new post on develop-online.net caught my attention today - Bill Gates envisions Natal-esque PC future “Whether it’s making a gesture in a business meeting to zoom in on a chart, or try and look at what a house would be like before it...
PSU Presentation: 2:00 Nov. 30th
Scribble Room:http://kindlelab.com/KindlelabScribbleroom.php?room=xu2hxPass: 0011Immersive Education :http://immersiveeducation.org ...
My 2009 Tweetcloud
My “Tweetcloud” for the past 12 months:...
The Convergence of Open Source Virtual Worlds - Opensim & Cobalt
It is my hope to see a convergence/collaboration between the Cobalt and Opensim projects. The ability for both to leverage XPP & Jabber is a great start. But in the end being able to share spaces as well. I have submitted a request for f...
Edusim covered by RezEd
I discussed Edusim and immersive education with the Rez Ed folks - along with Linden Labs and Rezzable 9:14 - 10:14 In Dialogue discussing Second Life, Heritage Key and Edusim 10:15 - 13:27 Terrence Cummings, of Linden Lab, discusses Second Life en...
Dynamic Sculpt Maps in Opensim
After a twitter discussion with Justin Clark-Casey (more on his blog here) it seems a osSetDynamicSculptieURL() function for Opensim is feasible … A step closer to bring something like this (see below) to Opensim for kids ! ...
The Edusim & OpenCobalt Project Links
Edusim Project Link OpeCobalt Link ...
Augmented Reality vs Mixed Reality vs Virtual Reality
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 ...
The Mobile Immersive Learning Lab (without the mobile part) by EonReality.
Its a start: I like my cheap version personally ! ...
The Interactive Whiteboard, Handheld (IPod Touch), Edusim, and the Classroom
3D virtual worlds on the interactive whiteboard & the student handheld to collaborate with the boards content...
The Edusim Advisory Group Announcement
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 virtu...
THE REAL IMPACT OF THE IPHONE - ANDROID (repost from 11-13-2007)
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 mani...
Virtual Worlds, Touch, & Ultra Mobiles
(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 lab...
Virtual Worlds in College Growing
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...
Immersive Education Presentation: The Greenbush Technology Conference
From Edusim to the Virtual Autopsy - Immersive Touch Becoming More Real
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
-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://silverligh...
“Plausible Interactive Copy” and a Twitter exchange with @Dr_Manhattan @JeffLowe @solidsmack
- 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 tec...
AbobeAIR 2 as a “Universal HUD” for Virtual Worlds
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...
What is “Immersive Touch” (First coined to describe the Edusim project)
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 princi...
