LBP & The Coordinate Plane

Blurring the Lines of Reality

As we continue in the millenium, I am not surprised in the latest technology and what will be coming to us soon. Holograms has already reared its beautiful head through the media via CNN and the Iron Man movie. The difference between holograms and augmented reality (AR),  would be that AR operates real-time which both previously mention examplars would qualify under this classification. 

I ran into augmented reality on, yes… Facebook, where GE was advertising this new technology for advertising its SmartGrid technology. GE has a demo for you to actually experience augmented reality. You need a webcam, microphone and a printer to print the marker for the magic to happen. The below demo is more realistic then the one from GE…

The above youtube flick demonstrates the real-time combination of real world and virtual reality! Think of all the real-world math problems one would dream with this technology! 

Please share your ideas how you desire to see this technology to be used.

Virtual World In a Can

As I am in the third week into my Collaboration & Teaching in a Virtual World class, I had a thought….

It would be great to have Second Life to work in an OFF-LINE version. This stand-alone VW engine would enable me to explore my own world for the classroom (just like I would be able to do in LittleBigPlanet). I know that Edusim is available, but it is very limited its functionality; especially online interaction is not there yet.

Today I ran into Moove Online. Looks like this VW allows you to do just that-create your own world and access it offline. Only if SL allow you to do the same plus control access online, it would make it more of a resource versus an entertainment tool.

Virtual Worlds….

SL Alter Ego: Zeke Turbo

I am starting my virtual worlds class with LearnNC. I had the opportunity to meet my online instructor, Lucas Gillispie on Skype before class. He encouraged me to try out World of Warcraft (WoW), of course to look for educational applications. BTW, I picked up a copy of WoW and installed it on my laptop today. It really had a hefty hard drive requirement of 5GB! So I finally found my motivation to clean up my laptizzle!

I will further discuss alter what I learned with my class with using Second Life and WoW. Now…. if I am excited about taking a class where gaming is encourage, I am sure that my students will feel the same!