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19 January 10

Conquer the Universe with LEGO

LEGO has finally made their move into MMOG. Bring all the creativity you’ve applied to your real world LEGO creations into LEGO Universe.

Beyond the obvious revenue stream that they’ll be banking from the addictive nature of sites like these. LEGO will be gaining a real time R&D platform for future products.

Me predicts that this is going to be HUGE. Oh, and I think kids will like it too.

03 January 10

It’s a Browser. You Know, For Kids!

First let me say that these video shorts are flat out beautiful.

That said ... when the average folk don’t even know what a browser is, I’m wondering how these videos are helping. Furthermore they don’t seem to deliver on BBH Lab’s mission of creating “new models around technology, entertainment and brands.” Maybe I’m missing some context.

They sure are purdy though.

21 December 09

Hacking Virtual Reality with the Wii Remote

Microsoft researcher Johnny Chung Lee hacks the Wii Remote to create this very cool VR prototype.

There’s speculation that Apple is working on displays to bring this technology to your desktop. I could see this working great for games, but, with the amount of times I shift my position while in front of my computer, I’d find this disorienting in a desktop environment.

You can check out more of Johnny’s Wii hacks at his blog.

20 December 09

A Tale of Two Tablets

Over the past couple of weeks two proof-of-concept videos have been making the rounds that give a glimpse at where a tablet-centric magazine experience might go.

Here’s a look at both…

07 December 09

XIAO GE ER by Mario Cavalli and Akira Kosemura

This music video created for electronic artist Akira Kosemura was shot entirely on an iPhone 3G without video using the QuadCamera application. The combination of the music and the visuals create a calming, almost hypnotic effect. It’s exciting to see artists leveraging this (relatively) low-tech camera. Kind of reminds me in a way of how videographers were using the Fisher-Price PXL2000 in the 90’s.