Real World to Virtual World device communications

May 21, 2007 in , , by Rob | 3 comments

The ever inventive and productive Dave CJ from our emerging tech department at work has been hooking up more of his demonstration lab to SecondLife. Tracking the state of everyday objects and visualizing their state in world allows for remote control of devices and a quick way to check up status of a remote site/home or factory type installation. There’s a nice detailed write up over on UgoTrade..

Tags: pervasive, secondlife, virtualworlds

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