Google Street View Hacking This Google Street View Hack (via @timoreilly) will get my nomination for a Hacking the World Award this year, if there is such an award. A parade (the screenshot opening this post), a marathon, a mad-scientists laboratory, a sword fight, and more (see The Infonaut Blog) were staged all along the route […]
Continue reading...16. October 2008
The curtains are lifting between Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, and online gaming. There are many indications of this in the news including, the rebranding of the Virtual Worlds Conf. and Expo in New York City as “Engage! Expo – 3D Web, Virtual Worlds, and Virtual Goods,” and Google’s Lively opening up an API for game […]
Continue reading...6. October 2008
This post, and my previous post about integration of OpenSim into Web 2.0, explore how immersive virtual worlds, through a full architectural integration into Web 2.0, will become part of the fabric of everyday computing. The diagram above shows where OpenSim sits in Web 2.0 (click on the diagram to see a readable enlarged version!). […]
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29. December 2008
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