Longstanding hub for health and community services information, Virtual Ability Island, has a big week of activities ahead that I wanted to give a plug to. First, the summary of the events: Virtual Ability Community Events, week of Feb. 4-10 **Events marked are open to the public. All other events are for VAI community members and their invited guests. TUESDAY Feb 5 2:30pm … [Read more...] about Virtual Ability Island: Big Week of Activities
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Mayo Clinic in Second Life
Looks like an interesting session of the non-profit commons in SL this Friday: This Friday, September 14th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Brian Kaihoi (Svea Morane in SL), of the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic has had a presence in Second Life since January 1, 2009, which has grown now to 4 regions. They have been working to provide consumer health information, … [Read more...] about Mayo Clinic in Second Life
Virtual Ability Mental Health Symposium 2012
I received a message today from Alice Krueger (SL:Gentle Heron) at Virtual Ability Inc, about an upcoming symposium. Save April 28 as the date - there's an amazing array of speakers and topics. You can read the schedule below or check out Virtual Ability's blog. The full details: Our society too often takes mental health for granted and too frequently stigmatizes people with … [Read more...] about Virtual Ability Mental Health Symposium 2012
On the fly 3D surface reconstruction: KinectFusion
Microsoft's Kinect is rightfully getting a lot of attention from researchers. One snippet that caught my attention is a collaboration between Microsoft and a number of UK and Canada-based researchers. The result is KinectFusion. Have a look for yourself: The implications for virtual worlds are fairly obvious. The thing that particularly struck me is the dynamic capability … [Read more...] about On the fly 3D surface reconstruction: KinectFusion
Emergency birth at home simulation
This article originally appeared over at our sister-site Metaverse Health. One of the biggest challenges with online or PC-based simulations is the infrastructure required to run them. The move to web-based simulations is key to resolving that issue although web-based currently can come with a trade-off on complexity in a lot of cases. That said, sometimes simplicity can … [Read more...] about Emergency birth at home simulation