Monday, October 29, 2007

Virtual Worlds

Interesting article in MIT Technology Review regarding efforts to connect separate VW domains, e.g., so your avatar can move freely from 1 environment (e.g., SL) to another (e.g., There) -- this will require common standards, but some big name players are on board.
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19629/?nlid=632&a=f

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Social Mapping

There was an interesting article in the NY Times regarding social mapping that uses GPS technology to track users. One of the applications the article referenced is https://loopt.com/loopt/sess/index.aspx ... there are certainly a number of privacy issues that are relevant.

Welcome S535 class

We should have some fun in this class exploring Web 2.0 and other collaboration technologies in support of innovation and globalization.