Author Archives: mandy

emotional content

Posted on February 20, 2012 by mandy

Emotion 1.Rather sentimental but sweet…this film demonstrates that thinking about love is a measurable impact (via scanning on an MRI) The Love Competition from Brent Hoff on Vimeo. 2. High end animation on Hip Dysplasia, created by Surgical Multimedia; this … Continue reading →

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Along the virtuality continuum

Posted on October 21, 2011 by mandy

Over the coming months, I’ll be using this site to share and construct some hopefully useful thoughts about why it is that ‘traditional’ virtual reality platforms with 3D graphics are not being taken up by the services sector, while augmented … Continue reading →

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Augmented city – grab your 3D glasses for this….

Posted on October 21, 2011 by mandy

…or watch in 2D on YouTube Augmented City 3D from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

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Never work with kids, animals or avatars: Part 1, The ACCAN Conference

Posted on September 23, 2011 by mandy

The head of the NBN, literally.
(CEO Mike Quigley) Continue reading →

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The ‘natural avatar’ and the ‘plastic avatar’

Posted on July 15, 2011 by mandy

I was recently asked to consider an immersive collaboration platform that utilised what I term a  ’natural’ avatar, that is, a streaming video representation of one’s real self via the use of a webcam on a digital body. Logically, it … Continue reading →

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In virtual worlds, health is an activity

Posted on March 28, 2011 by mandy

I have just uploaded the next instalment of Immersive Internet Australia, entitled ‘Focus on Health’, which canvasses the opportunities for delivering health services via virtual environments. By way of an introduction, I includ below, a couple of charts which indicate the … Continue reading →

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26 points about virtual worlds for 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by mandy

Here are some ruminations from my research project, Immersive Internet Australia , commissioned by the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre  and Swinburne University of Technology. The list is neither exhaustive, nor final. Comments welcome. The immersive Internet is a generic term for … Continue reading →

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Please don’t mention virtual ‘worlds’: why does enterprise steer clear of the ‘w’ word?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by mandy

Reading a press release from technology company Avaya, I was reminded of  Basil Fawlty’s desperately funny attempt not to use the ‘W’ word , in this case standing for ‘war’, when German guests come to his stay at his guest house, Fawlty Towers. … Continue reading →

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Real virtuality:when your own name is your avatar

Posted on January 17, 2011 by mandy

I have bitten the bullet, and created a Second Life avatar which carries my own name; no more hiding behind exaggerated curves for me. I picked an off-the-shelf avatar, one that  like me, had a lock of hair over the eyes. The … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks, the Christmas gift that keeps on giving

Posted on December 17, 2010 by mandy

Wikileaks heralds the end of secrets. The primacy of privacy is eroding, as anyone on Facebook can attest.  Now the shift has hit governments around the world.  They are shaken and stirred, and gone forever is our tacit acceptance that information … Continue reading →

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