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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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Or not…
Metaverse proponents often say the threat of becoming addicted to Second Life is low.

Gag clip from Caledon Courier

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Answer: No. The tags will leach toxic metals into landfills.

But that’s not dampening the RFID industry’s current greenwashing effort. RFID Journal, the most authoritative magazine in the business, is running a cover story this spring about how radio tracking tags can protect the environment.
The March/April piece, “The Green Technology,” picks up on RFID industry co-founder [...]

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