March ← 2008 ← Greenbush Labs

A quick reminder of our current and emerging service delivery platforms

Mar

2008

(original post – July 2nd 2007)

Audio Transcript – Immersive Education Forum March 28th : Touch devices and Immersive Education

Mar

2008

Greenbush Island was fortunate to host las weeks immersive education forum focusing on the role of interactive surfaces in virtual environments. The event was held in the auditorium on Greenbush Island by immersive education enthusiast and researchers from around the world. The audio transcript is below: http://tinyurl.com/ynu8p8 The Immersive Education Anouncement: http://immersiveeducation.org/events/#SURFACE Aaron also mentions ...

Crowsourcing and harnessing collective intelligence to create “better” things

Mar

2008

Anyone involved in an opensource development project understands crowdsourcing – harnessing collective intelligence to create better more useful software, hardware, things. But crowdsourcing is becoming very popular not just in software communities any more ! [via - cnet.com] Crowdsourcing has entered the mainstream big time. It has become daunting to find a brand these days ...

Edusim on Cobalt Tutorial (& TPainter Tips)

Mar

2008

Watch it here

Microsoft Origami and the The Ultra-Mobile PC 1

Mar

2008

[Via microsoft.com] Now you can take your PC everywhere! Your ultra-mobile PC, with the full power of Windows Vista, is designed for your on-the-go lifestyle. About the size of a paperback book, the UMPC is small and light enough to fit easily into a carry-on, a purse, or a backpack. And yet, the UMPC features ...

Did Secondlife wait to long to release their server code?

Mar

2008

Lately it seems that Opensim has come from nowhere compared to 8 months ago. Below are a few “Grids” that are popping up to take the place Secondlife for some:

“Edusim” type of environment for a training dentist – just add the surface!

Mar

2008

New inputs for 3D virtual environments (on mobiles?) – why the mouse and keyboard are too rudimentary 4

Mar

2008

The more I work with 3D virtual environments the more obvious it becomes to me that the keyboard and mouse are fairly rudimentary methods for navigating and operating in them. Through my work with Edusim and interactive surfaces we get close (via the classroom interactive whiteboard) to interacting with the 3D virtual space in a ...

Google gets its way with 700 Mhz – now whats in its sight for wireless internet everywhere?

Mar

2008

[via arstechnica.com] – Now that Google got its way with the 700 Mhz spectrum … Its going after unused TV spectrum “Whitespace” and what it is calling “Wifi on steroids” by 2009 Google famously bid on the 700MHz spectrum auction that wrapped up last week, but was outbid by Verizon. Most observers have characterized Google ...

Ultra-mobiles in the classroom !

Mar

2008

[Via eSchool] & [Innovation for learning] The “teachermate” handheld computer, as the device is called, features a 2.5-inch color screen, 512 megabytes of internal memory, an SD slot for expandability, a built-in microphone and speaker, and a battery life of four hours. An innovative case that holds 30 of the devices can charge them all ...

Continuing the Edusim transition to Cobalt code

Mar

2008

A quick peak – grab it here http://edusim3d.com I am convinced as ever that a lot of what Greenbush will be doing as an Education Service Center in the 2-5-10 years to come will involve immersive education and Edusim type environments – and our proficiency in the discipline will be import … right now though ...

2 and 1 years ago on Greenbush Labs

Mar

2008

2 years ago Greenbush Labs was only 6 months along! and here is one of the labs first videos: Last year this time we had just started our official GreenbushTV channel on Youtube. Today with 85 subscribers and 127 videos we are making some progress ! Here is the video posted 1 year ago today ...

Ultra mobile – immersive – and always availabel

Mar

2008

Sitting here in March of 2008 its not so obviouse that the internet is evolving into an Ultra mobile – immersive – and always available service. Having trumpeted the ultra mobile and immersive webs for some time now it is becoming more obviouse that is indeed the future we have to look forward to. With ...

Greenbush – leading in innovative K-12 immersive education initiatives

Mar

2008

As the leader in innovation and development of K-12 immersive education systems we continue to strive and build upon our existing immersive ed. platforms of Edusim and our Greenbush Island in Secondlife. For several months we have been setting up the Opensim server for us to locally host here at Greenbush. Below are some screenshots ...

Quotable Quotes

Mar

2008

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them. — Alan Watts. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes ...

Edusim user input – and “Edusim Institute” this summer (July perhaps)?

Mar

2008

I am needing a little feedback from the Edusim community. How many would be interested in a 2 day in depth Edusim institute. Basically a 2 day training & brainstorming session to layout the foundation for Edusim in the classroom – and get a direction by the leading edge classroom innovators (You guys!), Ill show ...

Good news for Software User Interface Designers – The World is Changing Fast!

Mar

2008

For those that are user interface types and designers – times have never been more interesting. And today Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicted some even more good news, “Next decade will bring huge software advances” .. almost all concerning user interface! [Via Infoworld.com] — Computer users will have more options for inputting information beyond the ...

Edusim status report

Mar

2008

The Edusim project keeps moving forward. Our Alpha 04 version has been released and is available at http://edusim3d.com/?page=parts.php?=2 . We also now have a quickstart beginners guide and quick start videos located at http://edusim3d.com/?page=parts.php?=4Our hope is that with the base application becoming more stable, along with quickstart videos and tutorials we can now start to ...

Will Wright & Brian Eno – SPORE and creative arts in Games

Mar

2008

This will make you think about randomness, art, science, and education. Very interesting

Why we should care about the spectrum debate

Mar

2008

[Via News.com] There is a “battle for platform supremacy between two different types of devices”–mobile versus computer, he said. The mobile platform has a centralized, monopoly legacy whereas the computer platform was born in a distributed, open environment.