not all avatars and islands?

Metameets 2010Avatars and Islands?

Ian Hughes/epredator Metaverse Evangelist

Taking a bite out of technology so you don’t have to

www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog

Friday, 7 May 2010

User Generated Content

Ever heard these vw excuses?

I don’t have time.Why would anyone want to...We already have telephone/

email/websites....Blah!

Blah!

Blah!NOTE! Happy to answer these still

Friday, 7 May 2010

User Generated Content

Have you ever met, or been, someone scared or dismissive of virtual worlds?

Have you ever met, or been, someone scared or dismissive of <fill in tech as invented>

Friday, 7 May 2010

HumanCommunication

We need go no further we have got this covered now thanks!

Distribution platform

User Generated Content

User Generated Content

Content Creation Toolshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_painting,_Anthropos_(2).jpeg

Friday, 7 May 2010

Cave Painting

Books

Film/TV

PPT

Web

More Web?

History Repeats

yet co-exist

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Banksy by badjonni http://www.flickr.com/photos/38834306@N00/2470166108/

Friday, 7 May 2010

HumanCommunication

We need go no further we have got this covered now thanks! - I don’t think so

User Generated Content

Friday, 7 May 2010

Avatar

Island/Sim/Room

(cc) http://www.flickr.com/photos/parkylondon/2683151688/

IVW

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Why does this have impact? It felt strange

Messing with the metaphor

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http://www.emotiv.com/

Realtime web and sensors

Haptics Touch Motion

Inputs, lots of them

Or

Better puppets Mind Melds

Brain

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This is the real POWER!DesignDuplicateDistributeDigitally

OAR IAR

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Every personcan:DesignDuplicateDistribute &ManufactureAnywhereAny Device

http://www.desktopfactory.com/<$5000

http://www.fabjectory.com

http://www.shapeways.com

Friday, 7 May 2010

Augmented Reality

Does not have to be 1 digital layer on 1 physical view

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VirtualAugmentation

Thingsfrom other places

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PhysicalAugmentation

Thingsfrom other places

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InputsVirtual to Virtual

augmentationVirtual to

Real to Real augmentationVirtual to Real augmentation

Augmenting Inputs

Even better than a holodeck?

wetware grid(people)

Threaded by: events, narrative, timings, context, needs

metaloop

Friday, 7 May 2010

User Generated Content

Now I really am scared

Are you ?

www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog

Friday, 7 May 2010