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07.22.08Shadow Boxing in the MetaverseWhen lag has got you down, when your hair just won't attach, when no matter how hard you try the prims won't align, or when some random blogger bugs you with enticing titles and no follow-through, then fire up your shadow boxing screen, call up a friend, and whack away. For all the talk of small worlds and Flash-based clients, there's something deeply appealing about something with low-rez but that really lets you get your back into it. Part of the games for health movement, researchers have built a remote system that lets you shadow box with a friend. What I particularly ...
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05.16.08Wii Yoga, and Games for HealthThe NY Times reports on and reviews a new arm of Nintendo's hugely successful Wii product: Wii Fit. Wii Fit builds on Wii's active-play console by building an exercise regimen that is far cheaper and for many far more convenient and manageable than going to a gym. Using a small Wii balance board, users interact with an avatar who guides a person through an exercise regime or plays games such as soccer. It's worth a look at the Nintendo trailer, just to see how deeply avatars and virtual worlds are becoming embedded into mainstream products:
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