The Israerli Forum for Virtual Worlds: IBM Talk on Tech. and Bus.

Update: Please join us this facebook group. I am happy to announce that the forming of the "Israeli Forum for Virtual Worlds." This is a working group of the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL). We (Gur Shomron, and Yesha Sivan) are looking to build a community of people who are interested in various aspects of virtual … Continue reading The Israerli Forum for Virtual Worlds: IBM Talk on Tech. and Bus. →

Harvard: Video game technology may help surgeons operate on beating hearts

There was an interesting news item about using 3D glasses to train heart surgeons. So all those days in Halo could make sense if you want to be a Doctor (see full report).Surgery has been done inside some adults’ hearts while the heart is still beating, avoiding the need to open the chest, stop the … Continue reading Harvard: Video game technology may help surgeons operate on beating hearts →

Keynote Talk: Real Virtual Worlds = 3D3C

Update (03-July-2008): See the full presentation in PDF.When: July 2, 2008Where: Tel Aviv. See location on web site (link at the bottom).What:In the Summer MOACH conference (Technology in Education, Hebrew) I will give a general introduction to Virtual Worlds including a section on Educational usages of virtual worlds.Conference program in PDF.First Day Program.