Second Life + Augmented Reality = Avatars among us

Here it is, what we have discussed at the SIG before, a mixing of RL and SL and representation of both on screen of some kind. These folks at Georgia Institute of Technology (http://arsecondlife.gvu.gatech.edu/index.html) show how avatars and humans, both seated within a designated AR stage area mix in a video. They also discuss MMO’s in general. Looks slightly odd and hard to tell what’s going on but this is right on the edge of the augmented reality direction for sure.  You can even teleport to their location:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Augmented%20Reality/41/74/38

  • They also have a longer video at: http://arsecondlife.gvu.gatech.edu/defensearmmoref.mov.

    Ouch, watch the mic in the first minutes of this video. The birds and crickets also have a really good time in the background.

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    Metaverse meetup in NJ “Crossroads to the Metaverse” Sat. Feb. 23

    Got a heads up from California Condor (in-world SL) that there’s a Metaverse Meetup “Crossroads to the Metaverse” in Hoboken, NJ.
    tomorrow Sat. Feb. 23. Organized by Thodore Wright, Andy Fundinger,  and long-time SL’er Hiro Pendragon.

    Details at:

    http://gamedev.meetup.com/166/calendar/7312910/

    Looks like all the details will be posted there.  Hopefully it happens simultaneously in SL.  If so, I’ll be there!

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    Virtual Worlds Go Mobile conference: VC’s meet mobile Virtual Worlds + Android

    Virtual Worlds Go Mobile is shaping up to be a groundbreaking meetup/mashup of virtual worlds+mobile+open platforms. This is the first convergent meeting where the mobile virtual world space meets up on the same stage as the Android open handset movement and mobile hardware.

    Here’s a list of the speakers lined up – it all happens Tue. Feb. 26:

    Full Program

    Keynote: Anders Nancke-Krogh, Nokia

    Panel Discussion: “The Venture Landscape”
    Moderator: Mike Doran, Fish & Richardson
    Baris Karadogan, Velocity Interactive Group
    Nate Redmond, Rustic Canyon
    Sharon Wienbar, Scale Venture
    Richard Wong, Accel

    Keynote : Joe Jasin, SKT “The Global Perspective”

    Entrepreneur Profile: Martin Dunsby, Vollee

    Entrepreneur Profile,: Steve Livingston, MBlox

    Panel Discussion: “Paths for the Future: Success Stories and Learned Lessons”

    Moderator: Ewan MacLeod, SMS Text News
    Paul Anderson, Veepers
    Rob Osborn, Gemini Mobile Technologies
    Tomasz Wojtowicz, WiFi Army
    Mandar Shinde, Smith Micro

    Register Here

    Demo tables still available please contact Bob Ketner at 415-267-3933 for more info.

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