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Photos: Google Earth in the virtual world
Photo Virtual-world developers using Multiverse Networks' platform are able to import 3D models from Google's 3D Warehouse into their projects. In combination, the models and the terrain will let those making virtual worlds build in all kinds of... [15 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... McInternet, FON in the UK, safety first, e-fraud...
Comment So when Mr Plod asks for a key you give him one and he discovers a virtual World of information that in reality is protecting the 'real' World. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [11 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... open source vs MS, budget overruns, the iPhone, patents...
Comment Whilst patents afford holders "the protection of the law", the reality is that, even if I (an individual) spend £100s obtaining a patent on plastic widgets, I couldn't even contemplate fighting a smal-sized company if they infringed my patent, due... [20 Sep 2007]
IPsec and SSL: Complementary VPN Technologies for Universal Remote Access
White Paper This immutable reality touches virtually every choice and issue in life. Enterprises have been quick to see the potential in IP (Internet Protocol) Virtual Private Network (VPN) services - which use Internet technology to extend private networking... [15 Sep 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News Speaking at the launch of a series of new products from HP in New York, Alberto Bozzo, the company's European personal systems group general manager of commercial products told silicon.com: "The reality is the desktop is not dead - it is... [06 Sep 2007]
Interactive Tools for Virtual X-Ray Vision in Mobile Augmented Reality
White Paper This paper presents a set of interactive tools designed to give users Virtual X-Ray vision. These tools address a common problem in depicting occluded infrastructure: either too much information is displayed, confusing users, or too little... [03 Sep 2007]
Interactive Tools for Virtual X-Ray Vision in Mobile Augmented Reality
White Paper This paper presents a set of interactive tools designed to give users Virtual X-Ray vision. These tools address a common problem in depicting occluded infrastructure: either too much information is displayed, confusing users, or too little... [13 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Facebook, data breaches and email overload
News How refreshing to see a clear statement on differentiating between the virtual and reality. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top... [07 Aug 2007]
Second Lifers on their best behaviour?
News In the 1980s, he founded VPL Research, the first company to sell virtual reality products and whose patents were acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1999. To be sure, Lanier, a pioneer of virtual world technology who coined the term "virtual reality... [02 Aug 2007]
Speeding up the net - is it possible?
Comment In reality of course for all but the largest organisations this is not affordable - and even for them it is impractical to link every remote outpost to a private physical network. The reality is that for all organisations, wide area networking is... [09 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Digital bubbles, IM security and tech skills crisis
News Digital bubbles' and virtual reality - our world in five years Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and... [03 Jul 2007]
Video: Virtual worlds - hype or reality for businesses?
Video silicon.com's Steve Ranger chats with a panel of experts about what virtual worlds such as Second Life mean to businesses. Is it all hype? Or should companies be getting involved? If so how? Steve is joined by Rupert Goodwins, technology editor of... [28 Jun 2007]
'Digital bubbles' and virtual reality - our world in five years
News Social networking will move from the computer to the street while an "augmented reality" will become part of our lives over the next few years. These are some of the predictions from BT futurologist Ian Pearson whose job is to look at how new and... [26 Jun 2007]
The hard reality of virtual world litigation
Comment The brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new - and still foggy - legal questions. Setting itself apart from other creators and operators of virtual worlds, Linden announced in late 2003 that it would recognise full... [14 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
Cheat Sheet Okay, enough with the virtual reality of yester year. We're talking about virtualisation in terms of the creation of a virtual version of something - such as server or storage device. If it's virtual it can't do anything useful in the real world... [04 Jun 2007]
