Take your SL identity between worlds. Interesting, but that could be an amazing tangle for authentication.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7038039.stm
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Virtual Worlds and the Visually Impaired
So one of my questions on technologies to support visually-impaired residents in SL is answered by this project. It looks as if IBM do some very interesting research, and we can only hope that it becomes widely available. I can also see the usefulness of this project for helping teach those that have recently lost their sight, to move around in real life.
Sonar is something of a dream, the project idea for the London Underground hasn't materialised. I've seen this product by Wayfinder, called Wayfinder Access, though I haven't tested it out. Their other software works well though. www.wayfinder.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993739.stm
Sonar is something of a dream, the project idea for the London Underground hasn't materialised. I've seen this product by Wayfinder, called Wayfinder Access, though I haven't tested it out. Their other software works well though. www.wayfinder.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993739.stm
British Sign Language and SL
This is a really interesting development in SL, and I'd love to see this in action. Particularly if there's a way to express BSL (British Sign Language) in all it's richness and subtlety. I'll never forget being in a crowded cafe which was filled with noise and energy as a group of excited teenagers talked with their teacher. However, the cafe to me was 'silent' and I didn't understand a word. I did enjoy watching and the experience though very much.
The enabling of signing communities could create a need for a whole new translator. One that translates between the different signing communities, and perhaps back into English, French, German, Greek and so forth. I'd hate to see any community be cut off from the potential to participate and build communities that we currently have. Just as voice can take away a hearing impaired person's ability to contribute fully, and the shy person's ability to participate.
Technique links words to signing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993326.stm
The enabling of signing communities could create a need for a whole new translator. One that translates between the different signing communities, and perhaps back into English, French, German, Greek and so forth. I'd hate to see any community be cut off from the potential to participate and build communities that we currently have. Just as voice can take away a hearing impaired person's ability to contribute fully, and the shy person's ability to participate.
Technique links words to signing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6993326.stm
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