Tag Archives: collaboration

Collaborating in virtual worlds February 18, 2010

I recently watched a Frontline episode on avatars and virtual worlds that summarized some really interesting research going on at Standord's Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL). This short clip is a good overview: The projects underway at VHIL show a lot of really exciting potential for collaboration in virtual worlds. They have a number [...] Read More…

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google wave and collaborative tools June 2, 2009

My initial reaction to the Google Wave demo at I/O was luke warm. C'mon, it's just a nifty UI over publish/subscribe messaging! Along with pubsub, the federated aspect of Wave---the seamless integration of users across multiple domains---is just standing on top of vanilla XMPP. From a cynical point of view, Wave is [...] Read More…

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