Here’s a short video of me "giving" a crystal stone over Skype to my Global Kids colleague Joyce (aka "Rhiannon Chatnoir" in SL), as a way of showing respect and appreciation for her work at GK. For those that don’t know, among Joyce’s many other hats, she is the webmistress and Web2.0 guru for the…
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Video: Friedrich’s “Ink Scanner” at Eyebeam Mixer
inkscanner @ eyebeam Mixer from Friedrich Kirschner on Vimeo. Here’s an awesome video of Friedrich Kirschner’s bootleg 3D "Ink Scanner" that he demoed last weekend with willing victims like myself at the Eyebeam Lab mixer. Much nicer than the video I shot, and shows more clearly the whole process. Friedrich promises me that I will…
VIDEO: Rik gets digitized at Eyebeam!
As I previously mentioned, my buddy Friedrich Kirschner invited me help test his new bootleg 3D body scanner at a mixer event at Eyebeam labs tonight. I joined a dozen or so other folks who gamely volunteered to shed most all of their clothes to participate. The technology Friedrich employs to create 3D body scans…
Neat 3d model of how Second Life works… in Second Life
More meta-metaverse goodness. Check out this awesome 3d model of how Second Life works, created in Second Life. In the bottom left are the various client computers accessing Second Life via the internet (the gray cloud I’m standing in.) In the back is the server farm that host the data of each of the "simulators"…
VIDEO: Origin of the word “Rez” from the movie “Tron”
My colleague Barry put together these tasty clips from the 1980s ground-breaking scifi movie "Tron." Barry pulled out every use of the word "rez" in the film to explain why Global Kids named its new social network for virtual world educators "RezEd.org." "Rez" in the Second Life context refers to creating objects in-world, i.e. to…
OECD wants to know how the internet can make the world a better place
Here’s an interesting use of online video to facilitate public participation in international policy making. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has asked the "YouTubers" to submit their visions of how the internet can be used to "make the world a better place" which will be responded to by member states of the…
Compare McCain, Clinton and Obama on global issues at “08 or Bust!” website
Just a reminder that my friends at Citizens for Global Solutions have created a cool website called "08 or Bust" that tracks the positions of each of the major candidates for the US presidency on a range of international issues. The heart of the website is an interactive comparison chart that allows you to pull…
Sam Roberts video “Them Kids” combines The Sims and Lindy Hop!
This sweet music video combines stuff that I’m into: Lindy Hop and computer games. Check out "Them Kids" by Montreal-born mystic rocker Sam Roberts. Gotta love those lindy aerials and kitschy "Sims" aesthetic! And it’s gotta good beat you can dance to.
Demo of “B-Boy” video game for the Playstation2 & PSP at NY Comic Con
At the 2008 New York Comic Con, I got Will Phillips of SouthPeak Games to do a quick demo of the new breakdance video game "B-Boy," coming out this summer for the PSP and Playstation2. Looks pretty sweet, although I’m not really sure how appealing the game is once the thrill of pretend breakdancing fades. …
[Scam] The Gunderson Foundation will not fly you + 5 friends to New York
Here’s a long, complicated scam email from someone purporting to represent Steve Gunderson of the "Gunderson Council Development Foundation." Basically the email contains a lot of random NGO-speak to convince you to send personal information to them so they can steal your identity or credit card information. These particular scams piss me off because they…