The Future Of Search? It’s 4D Isn’t It?
People in our industry are often asked what they think the next developments will be in the growth of the internet, and in particular, search. Well, using the example of how frustrating a recent car journey was, I think I can probably make a pretty good guess.
Historically search has been two-dimensional; what I mean by […]
Interactive 360-Degree Light Field
I’m so excited!! Finally our Star Wars technology dreams are being realised:
An Interactive 360-Degree Light Field Display
(Or hologram, to normal people)
This display renders the light field of an object - with correct geometric, accommodation and vergence cues in a horizontal plane - by rendering and projecting imagery at 5,000 frames per second onto a spinning […]
We’re gonna’ build a website like it’s 1995…
Jacob Nielson, usability guru (in the estimation of some), was interviewed recently by E-consultancy.
I quote:
Is there any point in using Flash on your website?
That’s a good question - I’ve been going back and forth on that over the years.
We’ve come up with examples in our studies where it has worked well - product demos, […]
Will Adobe Own The API?
Adobe has finally released an alpha version of its highly-anticipated Apollo runtime. Much has been written on the potential of this cross-platform runtime, which allows developers to use HTML, JavaScript, and ActionScript to write applications which blend desktop functionality with web connectivity, but it simply boils down to this: Apollo represents Adobe’s effort to own […]
Plenty of Joost
OK, so I shouldn’t be writing headlines (I toyed with ‘Joost in time’ but noticed The Register had beaten me to it). However despite my lack of copy writing skills, I did feel compelled to blog about Joost.
For those of you not familiar with this soon to launched IPTV service, it’s the latest brainchild of […]
YouTube to share revenue
Fresh from Davos, YouTube is planning to share ad revenues with users. On the surface it makes so much sense; drive participation and content creation even further by making sure the contributors benefit financially.
Mind you, Revver (‘who?’ I hear you ask) already share revenue with users and they don’t seem to be setting the world […]
New Speak
Dreamhost is a US-based web host popular with a few people at DC. The bang-for-the-buck you get in terms of bandwidth, disk space, and account privileges seem almost are too good to be true! You see, over 2006 Dreamhost seemed to suffer an ongoing set of mini-disasters that affected websites, access to email, and generally […]
Urban Warriors
One trend that we’re loving at the moment is the final emergence of Urban Gaming (think flash mobbing crossed with a kind of competitive digital orienteering) as something almost mainstream.
Usually relying on a mix of online and mobile elements to push users towards some truly participatory entertainment it’s something that, while not appealing to […]
