Another update from our Russian friends over at Alternativa 3D. They have made a massive breaktrough in bringing virtual worlds to the browser. By using the latest Flash 10 player (currently in Beta, download it over here) they have managed to improve the rendering of 3D to the graphics card. Instead of using a technique [...]

Posted on: May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

At the top of my ’shared item list’ in Google reader today was a short but interesting post on nano-technology in development which immediately caught my eye: The ‘Bionic Contact Lens’:

Makes “heads-up display” seem positively last century.
Though its far to early to say anything about the implications of this technology, I always get excited about [...]

Posted on: March 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It’s often said 2D has advantages over 3D just as 3D has advantages over 2D. While 2D allows good overviews, particularly with text (a 2D medium per definition) and area/location based overviews (maps) it also has its limitations. 3D gives more of a feeling of presence, and has advantages due to a better relation with [...]

Posted on: March 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Just a funny video I spotted trough twitter. @cristiancontini created a hologram image on paper of his 3D avatar in Second Life. Personally I’d love to have a business card with an image like this, even if its just one:

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