There is an interesting video about how Oculus VR™ (OVR) is changing the game design paradigms. I came across it in my Facebook browsing. 22 minutes. Nate Mitchell is speaking at GDC 2013 (Game Developers Conference) which ran from March 25 to 29. I’ve written about what I think the user interface problems will be. [...]

In Second Life we tend to use open source products. But, some people use the professional products from Adobe, Photoshop being the best known. I think it has no equal. There are other image editors. But, Photoshop (PS) is the industry standard. If you plan to work for a gaming or other company that works [...]

Daniel Voyager has an article up: Second Life Extensions on Google Chrome.Wow! How neat is that? Check it out. If you are wondering what a ‘browser extension’ is, it is a program that runs in your browser. It adds functionality to the Browser. For instance; to check on which of your friends are online you currently [...]

There is a good article on FastCoLabs: What’s The Big Problem With Developing Oculus Rift VR? It seems it is not that hard to integrate into a game. Team Fortress 2 has an Oculus Rift interface now. Value, the owners and operators of Steam, helped create the interface. Joe Ludwig, one of the Value programmers [...]

From the New York Times: The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate using the Internet rather than by traditional phone services, according to officials familiar with the [...]

Forbes has an article out today: After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot? The article is an interview with Jacki Morie, a virtual world designer in telehealth care. She has been working with injured returning soldiers. We see people interested in virtual worlds and 3D imaging in many places. People are finding uses [...]

I’m NOT promoting Mixamo… I am not using any of their products but, they do have a fun new promotional video out for their upcoming Webinar: Bring Your Game to Life. They sell animated characters and tools to help build them. I think the illustration of a radically different user interface is great. I think [...]

The two countries most active in asking Google to remove content are Brazil and the USA. Google has expressed the sentiment: The United States, too, has its fair share of censorship requests. While Google can’t be specific about legal matters, it appears that at least some of the requests come from overly-reactive local authorities. Governments’ [...]