General Computer Stuff

Mixamo Promo

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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. [youtube kH_LMyJIepw] I think the illustration of a radically different user interface is great. … Read more

Freedom of Information

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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’ … Read more

More Second Life Oculus Rift

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Hamlet Au has an article titled: Oculus Rift Integration Coming to Second Life, Linden Lab Staff Confirm (Both Officially and Unofficially). I think in that article and in a previous article (ref) he makes several good points. And, it does look like Oculus Rift (OR) is coming to Second Life™. But, Hamlet doesn’t combine it with the LEAP Motion controller I think is needed to go with OR.

You are not going to be able to get a retail OR headset until at least 2014.

The video shows the OR with an omni-directional treadmill. That is NOT the kind of control system I am hopping for… but it might be good for me… but… how would that work in Zindra?

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Google Disruptions

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Are you having problems with Google Search? Gmail? Google Apps? You are not alone. C|Net has an article up about the problems. See: Google Drive, Gmail hit by service disruptions. I’ve run into several Google problems over the last couple of days. But, Google is saying they have it fixed now.