Posted on May 8, 2008 by Mark Baard
Accuweather forecaster Joe Bastardi on Monday will unveil his hurricane forecast for the 2008 season. He expects more storms, with more making landfall.
(Hurricane Katrina’s eyewall, photographed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “hurricane hunter pilot” in 2005. Image: Lieutenant Mike Silah. Courtesy NOAA)
AccuWeather Hurricane Summit: Joe Bastardi
Bastardi utilized these methods in 2005 to become the [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by Mark Baard
Linden Lab chairman Mitch Kapor and developer Philippe Bossut today demonstrated a camera-based motion recog system that controls your avatar’s movements in Second Life. Looks good on the video, below…
With a 3D viewing headset (such as the augmented reality headset imagined here), you would have your own at-home 3DVR “cave” for exploring the metaverse.
Incredibly, we [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2008 by Mark Baard
Or not…
Metaverse proponents often say the threat of becoming addicted to Second Life is low.
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