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The Archives
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10.09.08The Three-Dimensional Richness of InformationThe Web and virtual worlds have an uneasy marriage. Maybe the models are too new, or we're trying to fit square pegs into round holes - or flat pages onto cubes, anyways. One motivation for this is that the Web is known. We've learned to surf it, and the content it contains SUITS a 2D environment - text, 2D photos, flat images - whatever, there's no particular NEED to read a book in three dimensions, or a blog, whatever - and yet we sort of wish that the two would blend and merge and we'd all be one big happy ...
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03.18.08Top Tools for VisualizationInteresting list of tools for visualization - a motherlode of ideas for projects that could be used in world, or in virtual worlds, to display data and information in an intuitive way (many of these would HIGHLY benefit from being in 3D). Some samples:
recent posts
- The Three-Dimensional Richness of Information
- Papervision “White Void” Source Code
- Sl developer overcomes disability obstacles
- Australian School Digs into Gaming, Virtual Worlds
- Picking a University the Virtual Way
- Britain’s Labour Party utilizes Second Life
- Guardian Weighs in on VW vs. In-Game Ad Revenues
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