RSSThe Machine is Us/ing Us
Jun 02
Civilization, Internet, Society, Technology, UI Video No Comments
Amazing overview of how technology permits the interlinking of minds.
How does this change who we are, and how does it change our civilization?
Google Launches Streetside View with Tech from ImmersiveMedia
May 30
Internet, Technology No Comments
Where 2.0: Google Launches Streetside View with Tech from ImmersiveMedia
Virtual reality took another step forward when Google showed off their “Streetside View” at the Where 2.0 conference. Using a slick Flash interface you can access a ground-view perspective of a mapped area. If we apply the Law of Accelerating Returns, the resolution of these images and the density of mapping will increase one thousandfold in a decade. Imagine dropping into an immersive video projection of a Paris boulevard cafe to have your next team meeting. It’s closer than you think.
No one can tell you about Street View, you have to see it for yourself.
VC Roger McNamee Disses Google: Labels it “Web 1.0″
Mar 30
Internet, Technology No Comments
“With all respect to Google, it is Web 1.0.
” Roger McNamee’s seemingly derogatory observation of Google (TICKER:GOOG) – the greatest search engine in the universe, the God of the Web, the organizer of our cluttered online lives — was one of the many provocative lines coming out of a panel discussion hosted by the Churchill Club…
