As part of our research project funded by the National Centre for E-Social Science we are working on Second Nature Island (part of the NATURE…
AndyNovember 30, 2007
Importing physical terrain data into Second Life is one of our goals as it allows 'table top' models of the earths physical geography to be…
AndyNovember 29, 2007
Shelter, the United Kingdom's national charity campaigning on housing and homelessness, has set up a virtual plot of land with the aim of building a…
AndyNovember 25, 2007
The term Mirror Worlds comes from David Gelernter's seminal book 'Mirror Worlds or: The Day Software puts the Universe in a Shoebox'. Essentially it is…
AndyNovember 24, 2007
Augmented Reality (AR)is an interesting and underused concept in communicating the cityscape. Embedded below is an example of using AR in a exhibition environment illustrating…
AndyNovember 23, 2007
The latest issue of EDGE (183) features an excellent article on Automatic City Building for games. Focused on Gamr7, it details their middleware aimed at…
AndyNovember 23, 2007
Its not often we say this, but 'The Metaverse Roadmap: Pathways to the 3D Web' is one of the best reports we have read for…
AndyNovember 22, 2007
This one made us smile, the majority of the images in the book we are assuming will focus on architecture and the urban scene in…
AndyNovember 22, 2007