Comments for Josie's blog http://josiesblog.wordpress.com My blog about my work at the Institute of Educational Technology Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Uncanny (Second) Life by willwoods http://josiesblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/uncanny-second-life/#comment-3 willwoods Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:32:01 +0000 http://josiesblog.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 Hi Josie, I agree, I also find it interesting that all these tools and technologies allow us to be more productive (second Life, Skype et al, allow us to discuss things with peers at a distance which in the old days might have meant flying out somewhere or a long exchange of emails and faxes) and yet we've managed to fill the additional time doing more. It's interesting that in the 'old days' when computers took ages to do a single feat we accepted this. Now technology is increasing our rate of productivity rather than being a barrier to it. The Second Life projects are getting very interesting these days and I don't know if you've seen the new headsets that allow you to interact using your brain alone but it's all getting very close to the sci-fi ideas of true VR immersion and where virtual worlds are not classed as any different to the 'real' world but are an extension of it (as defined for example by the Otherworld series by Tad Williams). Hi Josie,
I agree, I also find it interesting that all these tools and technologies allow us to be more productive (second Life, Skype et al, allow us to discuss things with peers at a distance which in the old days might have meant flying out somewhere or a long exchange of emails and faxes) and yet we’ve managed to fill the additional time doing more. It’s interesting that in the ‘old days’ when computers took ages to do a single feat we accepted this. Now technology is increasing our rate of productivity rather than being a barrier to it.

The Second Life projects are getting very interesting these days and I don’t know if you’ve seen the new headsets that allow you to interact using your brain alone but it’s all getting very close to the sci-fi ideas of true VR immersion and where virtual worlds are not classed as any different to the ‘real’ world but are an extension of it (as defined for example by the Otherworld series by Tad Williams).

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