Links for 26-11-2006
Tinmith augmented reality project, money and problems in SL, Big Brother is listening to you, China Mieville interview…
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“Augmented reality (AR) is the registration of projected computer-generated images over a user’s view of the physical world.” Okay, now try scoffing at the idea of wearable computers. Via OKfuture.
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“The trick is to first convert the data into a so-called “Rainbow Format,” which is made up of various geometric shapes that can be densely printed onto a sheet of paper…” Er, OK.
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“We’ve published several sneak peeks at earlier models, but now you can see the real thing. Last week, the first of the new machines arrived at the OLPC offices.”
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4 – Please Fix SL“PLEASE FIX SL is the message floating in air over Yongnam and Walden sims at 299 meters – the highest altitude where objects will appear on the Second Life metaverse world map.”
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“…she has accumulated the equivalent of over 1 million US$ in assets in Second Life. The bulk of these assets are in Anshe’s virtual real estate holdings, which now include 550 simulators supporting the equivalent of 36 square kilometers of land.”
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“Earth is a unique world in our solar system, and it is good to see another space power lending her efforts in defending our fragile paradise.”
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Now that didn’t take them long, did it? Everything can and will be hacked.
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“In U.K. public places, smarter CCTV cameras have been given the ability to listen for disturbances and also keep an eye on citizens.” This is getting ridiculous. I’m moving to Eastern Europe.
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“I’ve read all four books now and though I don’t think the last three are as good as Blindsight (which I have to say is the best SF book I have read in years), I definitely put them in a league ahead of most stuff out there.”
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“One of the things I like about artistic movements is that any act of artistic labeling is as much to do with reclamation as with categorization [...] It is as much argumentative archaeology as it is ongoing taxonomy.”
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11 – Ranking democracies“…the US ranks fairly badly as a democracy itself, coming in 17th worldwide. [...] The other major partner in the “war on terror”, the UK, is ranked 23rd.”
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