The article about the distributed self is explains in great detail about what it is, and how they have come up with idea that it is very much real. They first explain the three stages of pre-modern, modern, and post-modern selves. But with the fast growing technologies that emerged in the late 20th century, a fourth stage, the distributed self has been created.
Secondlife is an example of a program where people go on and create an avatar. This avatar is usually nothing like the real person behind it, in terms of looks. It gives people a chance to be who they want on screen, without actually having to be face to face with anyone. Although it's a market that's expanding, the less face to face interactions do not seem thrilling.
The 2015 Immersive Education Summit is going to this coming fall, in Paris! We will be discussing a variation of topics, that include new topics, as well a refresher for the old ones too. Do not miss out on a chance to learn more about the Immersive Education program. To check it out, click on this link! Summit Immersive Education. Here we will begin to cover the fast growing technology of 3D Printing.
3D Printing is a developing technology that allows us to create 3D objects, and print them too. It's a fast growing phenomenon, with various uses which I will discuss more later. Imagine being able to create something on a computer program, and then watch it be created right before your eyes. 3D printing will change the world for the better.
At first, 3D printing may sound like something that pops out a stenciled like pop-up piece of paper, but it's so much more than that. To begin the process of 3D printing, you create a virtual design made in the computer software called Computer Aided Design, or CAD. You can create anything from a fish to part a modern building. When finished, the program slices the picture that you created into thousands of horizontal layers, so that it's easier for the printer to read.
There are a couple types of ways to print, and that include Selective Laster Sintering (SLS) which molds soft materials together to produce layers for the printer to print. There is also the Fused Disposition Modeling (FDM) which the most common for of 3D printing. FDM uses metal wires to create the 3D object. The machine moves horizontally and vertically, all controlled by a computer software. 3D printing has no limit to their creations, and these are just a few examples of the printers.
3D printing isn't only for paper, which is what I initially thought it was. It has many different features, such as creating shoes, duplicates of animals, used in fashion, etc. Other articles about 3D printing say that guns are being created with this technology, which sometimes can and cannot be detective in airports. That is unnerving, but 3D printing can also have a positive effect.
An example of 3D printing that can help the world is creating prosthetics - noses, ears, and more. The cost is way down when they create the extra parts with 3D printing, as opposed to creating these parts the old fashion way - with a mold. Parts of bone structures are being created as well with this technology. Fractured bones can use a dissolving mold to help the bones heal together.
All in all, 3D printing involved a lot of different types of technology, depending on what you are trying to create. Whether it be stone, rubber, plastic, or metal structures, the limits are endless. It's not just another piece of technology that costs a lot and was created for fun, but it's creating objects that are valuable to us, and the world. 3D printing plans to move toward fields in which they can have the most impact in.
The 2015 Immersive Education Summit is going to this coming fall, in Paris! We will be discussing a variation of topics, that include new topics, as well a refresher for the old ones too. Do not miss out on a chance to learn more about the Immersive Education program. To check it out, click on this link! Summit Immersive Education. Here we will begin to cover the fast growing technology of holograms.
Overview:
The idea of holograms has been around for a while, with the help of special effects. We’ve seen them in movies, TV shows, and even on roller coaster rides at
big name amusement parks. It’s an idea
that is fun and exciting, and that has developed greatly over the past
decade. With the growth of technology,
social media, iPhones, and Google Glass aren’t the only eye opening inventions
to note.
Holograms are 3D images of people, things, and places you name it. We are able to insert ourselves into
environments with other people, and actually interact with the people
there. The technology that allows this
to happen includes mostly computers, although a prototype of 3D goggles also
invented in the process – much like the glasses you’re given at 3D movies.
Goggles are the first try at the 3D hologram technology. Because it was one of the first prototypes,
they found positive and negative things to work on. Such as, having as many cameras around to
create a seamless room environment, where you can turn your head with the
goggles on, and see exactly how the room is in real life. They also figured that to create a fake sense
of 3D depth to the eye, they had to trick the brain. They did so by showing each eye something
different, so that when the brain processes the images at the same time, it
will combine into viewing a 3D image, not two.
Goggles were a good first stab at holograms, and the creation of
interactive spaces, but computers proved to be more functional for this sort of
technology. Computers have developed
into machines that work efficiently, and are useful for a wide variety of
things. Now, they are being used to
create these holographic environments.
Think about a world where you don’t have to fly over seas to have a
business meeting, or spend hundreds of dollars to fly home for Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Years to spend with your family. Instead, you can open up a computer, and
project yourself into these environments.
New computers have been tested with to figure out how to create a
flawless and seamless hologram image. In
order to do so, Brown College has found that computers must first be able to
generate thousands of times faster than the normal compute to make sure that
the hologram doesn’t have many glitches.
Secondly, it needs to recognize moving objects such as people or animals
in the room. Thirdly, the images need to
be tracked and stored for future hologram visits so that we can project those
images on top a stereo-immersive surface.
In the near future, we are hopeful to see holograms become more real
life, than something we see only in Hollywood productions. The team working on
advancing holograms hopes to enable holograms to interact not only verbally, but
also physically with touch. They want to
enable gamers to be more interactive in the virtual reality instead of just
playing with a joystick or controller.
They understand there are many more steps to take until these can be
accomplished, but they know that in order to do so, they will need a faster
internet, with space for large amounts of data to process 3 times faster than
it already is, and to develop sensory and display platforms to it’s full
potential.
The prototype of the Goggles...similar to the 3D glasses we get at 3D movies.
An example of Hollywood using holograms - Ted and Mark Wahlberg are presenting on stage at the Oscars.
This guy here is looking at a hologram task bar of a desktop computer
This is midterm #8. I mainly used the eye drop tool for my red eye, and the smudge tool to get rid of my smile wrinkles on my cheeks, and around my neck. It is a midterm exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc
This is the final image saved as a jpeg. I also smudged the background so it was just me in the photo.
I smudged my face and neck to get ride of lines.
Beginning to use the brush to paint my eyes black.
Used the eye dropper tool to get the color in the palette.
This is midterm #7 where I took a photo of Mark Wahlberg, and added text, and copied images. I used the selection tool to cut out the black on the outside of the green circle, although I had some issues figuring out the "floating layer." Each text line is on a different layer. It is a midterm exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc
The original image of Mark Wahlberg.
Here I show my using the selection tool to cut out the circle from the black background.
I then pasted them on to Mark's eyes.
Here I added the first line of text about All your Media are belong to us
This shows the second line about Web3D Web
And the last line which is harder to see...about Web3DWeb.com and my name
The last image here shows that I saved this image as a xcf (gimp) extension. Blogger doesn't support that extension file.
I changed the color of my coin...and the font color
This is the final portion of the MS Word version. My other screenshots were not uploading for some reason. I used the free draw tool to create the woman and then filled it in with the same font color. I then added the year "1999" and then used the star shape on the sides of the coin.
And then here I added the star like objects around the side of the coin...and some small other additional marks to the woman.
I added here the woman and the word "Liberty" which was just as easy as last time.
I changed the color of my coin here using the paint bucket...and the size of the coin by using the selection tool.
I started by using the circle selection tool as suggested. I also used the paint bucket tool to fill in the circle. I couldn't get the two circles like I could doing vector graphics.
I then wrote out "Liberty" again...it was easier here because the tool stayed at the one pencil setting, where as MS Word had to be constantly clicked before every stroke.
The lady here...and the "In God We Trust" phrase. I couldn't write that out in vector form because things were getting too squished, and I couldn't see where one letter began, and where the other ended.
Here I added the "2000"
Lastly, I added the face, and a few more lines in the crinkle of the hood.
