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Augmented Reality Lab: Blurring lines between reality and illusion!

Sameer Kumar — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:53:46 +0000

With technology growing at a pace that it is the philosophical belief that ‘Reality is nothing more than mere perception’ is becoming all the more true. With Cg technology evolving and intertwining with the available Augmented Technology we...

Thoughts to enable actions in second life

Mahua — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:10:29 +0000

Presto, says the magician and waves his wand, and we clap as things rise in air or some flowers come to his hand from thin air, or things start moving and falling into line. We love these explainable tricks that the magician can easily...

Alter the reality in virtual world

Madan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:37:56 +0000

Virtual reality, the technology of human and virtual world, seems to be getting more and more near to reality due to majestic development of electronics. Here is a current example of the creator who designed a sphere shaped house, which the user...

CNN trains citizen journalists in virtual world

Apabrita — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:23:07 +0000

When someone asks ‘What’s the news’, I often heard the reply,’Watch CNN for that’. I guess there’s a specific reason why the CNN is one of the most trusted names in the news industry. The latest news about the...

IBM, Second Life collaborate for 3D Internet

Bhagaban — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:46:52 +0000

It would be the future virtual world where avatars will move freely from one virtual world to another. It is the collective effort of IBM and the Second Life creator, Linden Lab. They are developing interoperability standards and protocols...

Second Life: A business hub for Adult Industry

Yashpal — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:46:18 +0000

American videogame publisher and developer EA has recently said that the biggest online virtual world; Second Life created by Linden Lab is an adult product that involves many adult content that isn’t appropriate for children. Comparing its...

Second Lifers get speaking-ability: Time to break the silence!

Yashpal — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:27:51 +0000

Linden Lab; the founder of Second Life (a 3D virtual-world) has announced plans to break the deep silence spattered over the Second Life. The creator has decided to give voice to the virtual residents over there so as to make them talk to each...

Windows Vista: A flawed game in Second Life!

Yashpal — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:59:55 +0000

Brining all the speculations to an end, Microsoft finally launched its most anticipated OS Windows Vista on Jan 30th, 2007 in both real as well as virtual world i.e. Second Life, with great pomp and show. Microsoft boasted greatly its new OS that...

Neko Entertainment Signs a Licensing deed with Build-A-Bear to create Teddy games

Yashpal — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:09:18 +0000

After Second Life, a 3D virtual world, now some video games are also offering a flexibility to the gamers to create their own ingame content and characters. Alliance between Neko Entertainment and Build-A-Bear Workshop is another effort in the...

eBay to delist virtual goods; Second Life exempted from ban

Naveen — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:10:28 +0000

One of the most recent developments in extreme multiplayer online games is the sale of virtual goods. Players who have spent hours in the virtual worlds to amass items may wish to sell them for real-world money. That seems so strange. Anyway, in a...