According to a blurb from Techtree.com, a website devoted to technology enthusiasts, discussions are underway to create an interface that will connect virtual worlds with the real world.
3Dwalkthroughs.com has been predicting this convergence ever since we began working in the 3D and Virtual World space.
Our vision...
1) 3Dwalkthroughs.com creates a full 3D Walkthrough of a property.
2) All Appliances would be rendered as virtual appliances.
3) Logging on to your 3D Home you can literally walkthrough the property and turn appliances on/off, turn on/view actual real world security cameras, check to see if there is mail in the real world mail box, check on your virtual and real world pets, etc.
4) Walk into the virtual bedroom, take a nap and actually feel more rested in the real world (OK maybe we are getting a little carried away. Forget this one for now.)
Here is the Blurb
Techtree News Staff
Aug 2, 2007
If reports are to be believed, IBM India is mulling a novel 'interface' that will help connect virtual worlds with the real world, and vice versa.
For instance, the 'interface' will help connect a Web cam to a virtual monitor, or an electric appliance to a virtual switch, according to IBM India.
Reportedly, the idea was conceived as part of a recently concluded internship program titled 'Extreme Blue', held over a period of 12 weeks especially for students of IBM India Software Labs. The program saw a participation of nearly 30 students, with one Benjamin Chodroff of Case Western Reserve University, USA, coming up with the novel concept.
Such an 'interface' would spell immense possibilities for virtual worlds like 'Second Life', Chodroff said. The 'interface' would allow users in 'Second Life' to experience real world objects through a new and exciting 'Rich Immersive Environment'.
'Second Life' is a wildly popular virtual world, wherein members interact with each other, trade in properties and services, et al, through animated proxies of themselves that are better known as 'avatars'.
Chodroff hopes his idea will be further developed and marketed with help from 'Big Blue' (read: IBM India).
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