Controlling SecondLife with a 3D camera

Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 14, 2008 10:12 PM | permalink

Second Life investor Mitch Kapor has a new project in his lab: creating hands-free, 3D navigation for Second Life using a 3D camera that tracks your body geometry, allowing you to fly around in-world in much the same way you'd ride a Segway, by leaning back and forth. Link (Thanks, Mitch!)

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#1 posted by Percy , April 15, 2008 12:13 AM

or you could practice lucid dreaming in first life.

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#2 posted by Agent 86 , April 15, 2008 1:38 AM

Good call, Percy!

Though, I fear some folks haven't gotten regular dreaming down yet, so we must give them time.

When do they get tactile sensation as a feature in second life? Cause, then I'm all in!

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#3 posted by ThinkPositive , April 15, 2008 9:11 AM

There aren't enough hours in the day to think of having a "second life" online! It suggests that people are unhappy with the realities of their life and would rather escape to a fantasy than try to improve things. That is scary.

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#4 posted by donrene , April 15, 2008 2:02 PM

"Nobody makes the first jump"

...the matrix... awesome.

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#5 posted by Fran Six , April 15, 2008 8:54 PM

Could work well in a flying wing suit configuration

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#6 posted by Fran Six , April 16, 2008 3:39 AM

You would need: A wind tunnel for parachutists, with walls made of flat panels, a camera, the computer and a flying squirrel suit.

Sort of like run of river swimming pools.