today a look at how vr can help kids with physical disabilities or temporary impairments. fascinating. and more of course. and high fidelity and more…of course: reading desired? here we go: havok engine bought by microsoft hololens dev kit for 3k [us$ not l$ ! ! ! ] tony parisi has a new job and…
Tag: disability
show #71: jayjay & uwa art curation [rerun]
jayjay jegathesan works for the university of western australia among other things in the capacity of a curator of immersive art, which is often made by people with a wide range of disabilities. in this interview which we originally aired in show #54 he talks about the empowering nature of a virtual world, especially in…
show #59: gdc post mortem [with karl krantz]
the game developer conference in sf is over & the winner is: #vr [of course]! we have karl krantz give us the definitive overview – what matters and what doesn’t. enjoy: more reading you like? of course: – our new sponsor fatewear is giving drax some shoes: – black dragon viewer now available to download…
show #54: freedom
we know that a creative virtual world like second life is empowering but jj zinfanwe from the university of australia will tell us today how special sl is for people with disabilities or chronic illness. all that plus xiola linden on why she loves to manage virtual communities: want more context? click the linx below: – ll…
show #42: been there, done that!
a second life charter member & a vr kid go into a virtual bar…allright: no lame jokes, because we do have a great show today, with leap motion cto david holz and the king of virtual landscaping, kriss lehmann. plus dk2, berlin, terry gilliam and of course the usual communist propaganda. enjoy: read on folks, read on: – awesome above thumbnail…
show #22: anthropology in virtual worlds
welcome to the off-season set of shows [yes we ARE on vacation!]: pre-recorded interviews with fascinating newsmakers from all over the virtual reality map. we are starting this friday with tom boellstorff, professor of anthropology at uc irvine and author of many books including “coming of age in second life”. enjoy a great discussion on issues of “real” relevance…
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