Pardon the cross-posting. and blatant self promotion. (The organizers
asked me to forward this. )
I suspect some people may be interested in the discussions following my
talk at this event, which is basically a reprise of my intro talk for
the 3D panel at Where2.0.
- Mike
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [metaverse] Invitation: Metaverse Meetup at Stanford next week
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:23:25 -0700
From: Henrik Bennetsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It is my pleasure to invite you to the first Metaverse Meetup on
Thursday November 8th at Stanford University. We want to bring together
people from across industry and academia who share an interest in
virtual worlds. As our first invited speaker we are thrilled to have
Mike Liebhold <http://www.iftf.org/people/mliebhold.html> from the
Institute for the Future. His talk will be entitled: /3D data for real
world virtual worlds. /This will last for about 20 minutes with plenty
of time for some good conversation afterwards. We are also having an
open mic session, so if you want to pitch a project, find collaborators
etc. then here is your chance. The basic idea is a pretty loose format
with lots of time for networking built in.
Here is the scoop on Mike:
/Mike Liebhold is a Senior Researcher for the Institute for the Future,
IFTF, focusing on the mobile and abundant computation, immersive media
and geospatial web foundations for context-aware and ubiquitous
computing. Previously, Mike has worked for an array of companies
including Intel Labs, Netscape Communications & Apple Computer./
Here is the talk abstract:
/Abstract 3D data, maps, and software will change the way we compute and
interact with spatial services. Moving beyond simple texture mapped
terrain and boxes, new 3D mapping frameworks are rapidly evolving into
platforms for real world virtual world media, interaction, commerce, and
science. In this talk I'll review work of various groups who are
building different components of a 3D Geoweb. I will first describe how
their 3D data and software will work as a platform for a 3D real world
virtual world, and then, what kinds of new applications and user
experiences might be developed on these platforms, and then finish with
a brief discussion of prospects and mechanisms for data
interoperability allowing users to create, discover, use, and exchange
3D data across platforms./
*
*When:* Thursday, November 8^th 2007 from 6pm to 7:30pm
*
*Where:* Wallenberg Hall
<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&om=1&msa=0&msid=112200789092080371699.00043dbc7b062fc44f3bf&ll=37.428712,-122.168612&spn=0.007131,0.016823&z=17>,
Stanford University
More practical stuff:
* Feel very free to forward this email or blog about this.
* No need to RSVP but you can write me (Henrik Bennetsen -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) if you have any questions.
* The next of these events will be on Thursday, November 28th and
will feature Jamais Cascio <http://openthefuture.com/> talking
about the Metaverse Roadmap <http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/>.
I hope to see you there,
Henrik Bennetsen
Stanford Humanities Lab <http://shl.stanford.edu/>
Stanford University
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