Virtual Environments November 2009 Archives

Evolution of the Twitter Wall

  Conference attendees are no strangers to Twitter; it’s used to disseminate information, organize gatherings, and sometimes let out heartfelt emotion.  Tapping into that pulse of information is a great way to create a clear and hyper realistic view of your attendee consciousness.    The widely used “Twitter Wall” concept, projecting a twitter based feed on a wall or giant screen, has been demonstrated at many different events and conferences. This week, my quest for new and evolving technologies has me thinking about the next stages of the Twitter wall concept.   

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Posted by Daniel Gerson at 09:32AM PST

Virtual Worlds is now Virtual Environments

So you may have noticed a name change for this blog has taken place. Wondering why? Well the main driver is that virtual worlds does not really cover all of the topics being discussed in this blog. This blog started out mainly focusing on virtual world activity but has grown in scope since its launch in 2007. We have posts on virtual web based environments (mostly as relates to events), augmented reality, gaming, and of course virtual worlds so it seemed only fitting to change the name to more accurately reflect the content being shared.

The growth of the topics covered via this blog became very clear when I went to create this round up of articles on all things virtual. The articles included cover:

• augmented reality systems to make driving safer (including a video demonstration)
• the potential impact on carbon emmisions via the use of virtual meetings and events
• online gaming to reward kids for practicing positive social behaviours
• the trend towards virtual hyrbid event as an extension of a physical event

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Posted by Dannette Veale at 02:42PM PST