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.

IBM Users Association in Israel: Virtual World Workshop

I had the pleasure of hosting a secondlife/online workshop for the Israeli IBM User Association in Israel. We had about 100 people who used 10 stations for 2 hours. Top level IT mangers in Israel became avatars. Lots of fun.