April ← 2009 ← Greenbush Labs

Pittsburg State University Immersive Education Presentation Tonight

Apr

2009

The shift to a more visual computing experience.

Apr

2009

The trend toward mobile or immersive experiences: A great BusinessWeek piece on the 3D web experience In past years, many 3D applications could run mainly on supercomputers or high-end gaming PCs, and the market was tiny. But today, even mobile devices, including the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, can handle 3D features; wireless networks are more adept ...

Mobile Immersive Learning Lab – Upright Dome Configuration 1

Apr

2009

A few more concepts for the mobile immersive learning lab – I have logged design notes on the cubical form factor …. here is an “iDome” form factor that would work very well for the K-12 learning lab as well. More details on the Paul Bourke IDome configuration is here For advanced visualization of the ...

Google aims for 3D in the browser with O3D

Apr

2009

Via http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/ O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser.

From the Allosphere to Edusim and the Mobile Immersive Learning Lab

Apr

2009

A fundamental belief of mine revolves around the importance of immersion for learning and understanding – for the visual and auditory experience. This immersion is not just a tool for the high end scientist in the Allosphere – they are also tools that can be used in the school, From the interactive whiteboard with Edusim ...

3Di shows Opensim on a Touch Screen

Apr

2009

In relation to my April 3rd post – Dabbling with Edusim on Opensim 3Di is starting to demonstrate their Opensim environment on an interactive surface (though their demo is rudimentary compared to the ultimate vision it does show navigation):

Tips for Innovators

Apr

2009

Great Lifehack piece today Here - the short list is below 1. Have a Vision for Change You cannot expect your team to be innovative if they do not know the direction in which they are headed. Innovation has to have a purpose. 2. Fight the Fear of Change Innovative leaders constantly evangelise the need ...

Notes about the IPod Touch (prposed new size) & Unity 1

Apr

2009

Logging a few notes here. Created a cut out back in December/Jan (with respect to these posts: http://roots.greenbush.us/?p=668 & http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/large-form-ipod-touch-to-launch-in-fall-09) to gain a better understanding of the proposed Larger IPod Touch (7″) , how the screen size would compare, and potential uses. Also to gain a better understanding how much screen space a unity environment ...

Pairing 2 trends: Obesity Meets Mobile Devices

Apr

2009

As I sometimes do I like to look at seemingly un-related trends and look for a common thread. The past few weeks (while working with Unity3D) I began to think a bit about the trend toward childhood obesity and the IPhone & ITouch – which led me to an interesting direction. It would appear very ...

Our Opensim Powered GreenbushGrid CSI Virtual World Pilot Group with 4th graders

Apr

2009

- We wrapped up our week of pilot testing the CSI virtual world (Powered by Opensim on GreenbushGrid) with students Thursday. Bleow are some screen shots

Moodle3D: Sloodle to Opensim Revisited

Apr

2009

Thanks to the Sloodle team for taking this on ! The SLOODLE open source project brings the e-learning platform Moodle to the virtual world server Opensim. The first prototype of Moodle in Opensim is at Reactiongrid. read the rest here from CyberTech News Past Labs Posts: An Open Invitation to Moodle & Opensim Developers Moodle meets ...

Dabbling with Edusim on Opensim 3

Apr

2009

With Edusim-Cobalt under development for the past 18 months we start to dabble with Opensim on the interactive whiteboard & will release details and logistics of the Edusim-Opensim developments. We begin pilot testing Edusim-Opensim with classrooms later this month and into May. (Edusim defined via Wikipedia)