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Skype + Goolge Earth = Multi-User Google Earth

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Unype.com has released an interesting application that links Skype with Google Earth. Linking the two you are able to share Google Earth locations, and therefore collaboratively browse the globe, while talking as per normal via Skype – the linking of Skype and Google Earth is illustrated in the YouTube movie below:

Ok so its not an avatar based multi-user collaborative space in Google Earth but the ability to talk to clients or colleagues remotely, while flying into placemarks, is an attractive proposition.

Visit Unype to download the application..

Google Map Icons in the Real World

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In the short time since the release of Google Maps the icons to designate place have become all too familiar. Aram Bartholl has taken the icon and placed it into the real world – simple concept art which is almost disturbingly familiar when viewed in context.

The YouTube movie below provides a walk through from the Google Map overview to the construction and finally its mounting in the correct location:

Playstation 3 Home – Video

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After our earlier post on the annoncement of ‘Home’ for the Playstation 3 we now have a video which explains the concept:

To be honest its impressive and suddenly make’s XBox Live look out of date, virtual worlds are about to go mainstream..

Playstation 3 Home – Video

By PS3 'Home'

After our earlier post on the annoncement of ‘Home’ for the Playstation 3 we now have a video which explains the concept:

To be honest its impressive and suddenly make’s XBox Live look out of date, virtual worlds are about to go mainstream..

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