September ← 2009 ← Greenbush Labs

The Golden Age Of Touch

Sep

2009

Obviously I am more than a fan and observer of touch based computing. Having evangelized “Immersive Touch” for more years than I would like to admit, I read with great interest the latest TechCrunch piece “Touching: All Rumors Point To The End Of Keys/Buttons” … Computing, as we know it, is on the verge of a ...

The Edusim Distribution of Cobalt – Beta 01

Sep

2009

Still tweeking and preparing to release the Beta 01 version of the Edusim distribution of Cobalt.

The 3D Web Starts to Bloom

Sep

2009

A great article on MaxPing – IT giants back up open source 3D Web First prototype of the 3D web is already run at thousands of Opensim servers all around the globe. The 3D Web bears similarities to 2D Web; Users can follow links to teleport from a 3D world to another one. 3D Viewers ...

3-D video coming to education

Sep

2009

Looks like we were a few days ahead of this one here! Via eschoolnewsImagine you’re back in school, and you’re learning about the human body. You open your book and see the flat image of a skeleton on your page. You imagine what it must really look like and try to study as best you can. ...

Broadcasting Live Educational Content in 3D 1

Sep

2009

An interesting article via CNN regarding broadcasting 3D content (using a duel lens camera) below. Couch and I have explored the concept over the past year or so & have priced 3D cameras in the process. Certainly a future direction to explore. 3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010“TV finally becomes real” in ...

Opensim Hosting and the Emerging Field of “Custom” Virtual Worlds

Sep

2009

A sign of a robust and growing community are the projects and services that arise around that communities focus. with Opensim these projects and services are specialized grids and hosting providers. Over the past few years we have watched Opensim evolve from an interesting open source project to a project and community that is leading ...

Exponential (as in information technology) vs Linear Growth

Sep

2009

Exponential growth is non-intuitive. Its effects are not obvious until the growth has occurred for so time (as we are nearing with information technology). One of these reason is that the doubling of small numbers just are not super impressive. As Ray Kurzweil points out – 30 step linear growth you get to 30 in 30 ...

Einstein on Intuition

Sep

2009

Authors@Google: Ray Kurzweil – July 2009

Sep

2009

Educators in Virtual Worlds on Open Sim – the pioneers – Via Learn 4 Life

Sep

2009

Another wonderful post by Leon Cych of the Learn 4 Life Blog ! Over the last six months, through a series of interviews with people from around the globe, I have been mapping out some of the major developments in this field. The trouble is that presently, technological advances are happening so fast, some days, in ...

Dynamic Texture Loading in Opensim – a Simple Texture Manager 2

Sep

2009

A very simple web based dynamic texture manager I put together as a prototype:

Advanced Visual Learning Labs in K-12 Schools?

Sep

2009

I have been thinking for some time, “How do school libraries evolve over the next 20 years?”. With e-Book gaining traction, the internet doubling in size and power every few years, and visual computing becoming more prevalent, I wonder to what degree libraries dedicate (at least a portion) of their resources to “Advanced Visual Learning ...

A Project is Born: Live Streaming Web Lessons – From our Lab to Your Classroom

Sep

2009

Live streaming lessons – from our lab to your classroom – all you need is a web connection & browser & Projector See the calendar of lessons available – http://streaming.greenbush.us/Fall2009Calendar.pdf The cost is $60 per program, $180 for a half day, $360 for a Full Day

Edusim Users Group Reaches 4,000 members !

Sep

2009

A big thanks to the Edusim users http://edusim.ning.com !