Tag Archives: Future trends

Innovation in Virtual Worlds Seminar, February 1

NVWN – The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (www.nordicworlds.net) cordially invites you to participate in the Innovation in Virtual Worlds Seminar. This seminar is part of a series of Virtual Worlds events organized in the Nordics and its purpose is to stimulate knowledge sharing and networking among individuals and organizations interested in 3D Internet innovation. When: [...]

Is V the new E in retail?

I came across an inspiring article about virtual try-ons by Annette Kramer. She mentions a virtual fitting room, virtual eyewear as well as virtual make-up try-on sites. I also know of custom made shoes made by measuring your feet with a 3D scanner. What impressed me most about these entrepreneurs is how they take advantage [...]

Open Web versus Apps: Implications for Future of 3D Immersive Environments—Part 2

At the end of my last post—Part 1 of this two-part series—I pointed to some dispute about whether the data actually show that the “Web is dead.” According to the BoingBoing response to Anderson and Wolf, Rob Beschizza starts by noting that “the use of proportion of the total as the vertical axis instead of [...]

“Open Web versus Apps: Implications for Future of 3D Immersive Environments—Part 1”

In my view, most of the writings, conferences and podcasts of Tim O’Reilly, CEO of O’Reilly Media, whose views appear on the O’Reilly’s Radar (http://radar.oreilly.com/tim/), among other places, are both interesting and insightful about emerging Internet and Web trends. And one issue O’Reilly has raised concerns about in recent years is what he sees as [...]