This post from Nature.com about a virtual reality research study points to the efficacy of learning simulations for modeling difficult, dangerous, expensive or, as suggested by this article, unethical situations.
“Researchers have recreated in a virtual world one of the most extreme social experiments ever performed in the real world. The results suggest that virtual environments […]
Archive for December, 2006
Virtual Reality Shocker
Published December 27th, 2006 in Educational Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Serious Games, Uncategorized and User Experience. 0 CommentsWeb Video Goes P2P
Published December 22nd, 2006 in Culture, Emerging Technologies, Uncategorized and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 0 CommentsIn spite of iTunes becoming a video channel, the Google/YouTube merger last year and Apple’s anticipated introduction of an IPTV device at MacWorld in January, I don’t think we’re close to the end of the web video revolution. For instance the much anticipated Venice Project from Kazaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis […]
In memory of the year that video ate the Internet I’ve got two clips for you today. First, here’s a non-PC glimpse of 2006 in review from JibJab. Need I say more? And not long ago I found this brief history of videogames on YouTube. JibJab it’s not, but if you want to see how […]
If New York Was a Video Game…
Published December 7th, 2006 in Uncategorized and User Experience. 0 CommentsI’ve always felt succeeding in New York had a lot in common with video games. If New York really was a video game I think it would look like this from eBoy.com.
Do you Digg?
Published December 1st, 2006 in Culture, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Uncategorized and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 0 CommentsDigg is one of the more visible examples of crowdsourcing, but some people I’ve talked to recently just don’t dig it. If you’re among them, here’s a first-timer’s guide that makes it a little clearer:
“If you have ever felt like you had to dig around the Internet for good content, you might want to look […]
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