Another interesting article

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/researchers-from-ibm-nokia-and,1004489.shtml

Holographics

An interesting article:

http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=90639

Human-Technology co-evolution

Some of us on the lunatic fringe of immersive VR have been arguing that this technology will continue and accelerate the ongoing process of human evolution: we create our technology and it changes us. It started with grasping of the sticks and rocks, but when your technology is something that taps directly into your mental processes (printing press, movies, internet, VR), things get far more interesting. Now even a mainline publication addresses this:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=338575

More lifelike avatars

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114828

Derek Richardson, with his favorite binary asteroid. Derek gave a talk in Second Life a few moons ago. I'm merely trying to see if I can blog here. I simply like this picture since it was taken with a new wide angle lens. Boys and their toys, but you should really see Derek's toys!

MICA work in the news - a Wired interview with Will Farr

Check it out:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/virtual-star-clusters/

Another interesting article

http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=90565