It had to happen — wearable systems that could be used to give the feel of hug from distance. This is what a researcher at NTU in Singapore has developed. Now it is easier to develop rendering approaches than to…
Video games in Academia
NYT reports on the growth of courses and programs on video games in academia Three decades after bursting into pool halls and living rooms, video games are taking a place in academia. A handful of relatively obscure vocational schools have…
Calendar of events is limited.
I was exploring sights related to ‘events’, possibly motivated by Esther Dyson’s upcoming When2.0. There is something puzzling about this. Most sites are being developed — according to the impression that I got — for making events important. The goal…
Video sharing
More sites for video sharing are starting to appear on web. Big players — Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft — are getting in this space and so are start-ups. Cable companies have been talking about this space from traditional media perspective.…
Events are not just scribbles in Calendars
It is very easy to get an impression that events are nothing more than scribbles in calendars. At least that is the impression one gets when looking at sites that are supposedly related to events on the Web. Sites like…