by andflywrite | Mar 1, 2022 | BEST LINKS EVER
The projected convergence of various media technologies into something with a name we can possibly all agree on continues apace. “The Metaverse” currently is the buzzword, but definitions are still vague and immature. To get a little help with imagining...
by andflywrite | Feb 23, 2022 | BEST LINKS EVER
Back in the day, “Second Life” was a virtual reality where one could dress up in any style of Avatar, including many outrageous options. This being before the movie “Avatar” came out, another back in the day vision of “virtual...
by andflywrite | Feb 15, 2022 | BEST LINKS EVER
EdTech’s journey to full actualization and full deployment/use in US education has been a more or less continuous attempt to catch up to what new technologies can do. And so it is with newish tech for VR/ AR. Brookings, a DC think tank, offers their current...
by andflywrite | Nov 2, 2021 | BEST LINKS EVER
As Facebook attempts to define “the metaverse” as something they will provide and control, it is useful to recall that trying to put a label on developing technologies is fraught with peril. But perhaps good for the stock price. IOW, it’s...
by kris | Oct 11, 2021 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Capturing Imagination, Science of Learning, Understanding Media
If “the metaverse” has arrived, is Virtual Reality ready for mainstream consumers? Fantasy worlds feed dopamine into the reward pathways of our brains. The brain then becomes engaged communicating using the new technology, or then become bored with the...
