Comments on: The ultimate interactivity with e-books: virtual reality — and the (mis)adventures of Jon Olmstead http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-ultimate-interactivity-with-e-books-virtual-reality-and-the-misadventures-of-jon-olmstead/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:28:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-ultimate-interactivity-with-e-books-virtual-reality-and-the-misadventures-of-jon-olmstead/comment-page-1/#comment-71824 David Rothman Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:00:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5183#comment-71824 Sansarya, thanks for your SL warnings. People might check out your opinions on <a href="http://sharedillusion.blogspot.com/2006/07/second-life-is-slowly-dying.html" rel="nofollow">SL and intellectual property</a>. I hope you stick around the TeleRead site, where, by the way, the stuff you post remains yours for other uses ;-) David Sansarya, thanks for your SL warnings. People might check out your opinions on SL and intellectual property. I hope you stick around the TeleRead site, where, by the way, the stuff you post remains yours for other uses ;-) David

]]> By: Sansarya Caligari http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-ultimate-interactivity-with-e-books-virtual-reality-and-the-misadventures-of-jon-olmstead/comment-page-1/#comment-71813 Sansarya Caligari Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:11:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5183#comment-71813 I'm really looking forward to seeing 'real' books in Second Life. Right now there are virtual libraries which store scripts that when you click them, lead you to a web page. Another style of book is one that you can take out of your inventory and read, but it's very awkward to do that because it takes awhile for the picture of the text to come into resolution (what we refer to as 'rezzing'). There are a few books to be had which are just typed in on notecards and which aren't very reader friendly. I would really just like something with the ease of an ebook, without the hassle of waiting for each page to load slooowwwlllly. As yet, no popular authors or authors from SL have published in world that I know about, and I'm always on the lookout for new things to read. Good luck with your venture! :) I’m really looking forward to seeing ‘real’ books in Second Life. Right now there are virtual libraries which store scripts that when you click them, lead you to a web page. Another style of book is one that you can take out of your inventory and read, but it’s very awkward to do that because it takes awhile for the picture of the text to come into resolution (what we refer to as ‘rezzing’). There are a few books to be had which are just typed in on notecards and which aren’t very reader friendly. I would really just like something with the ease of an ebook, without the hassle of waiting for each page to load slooowwwlllly. As yet, no popular authors or authors from SL have published in world that I know about, and I’m always on the lookout for new things to read. Good luck with your venture! :)

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/the-ultimate-interactivity-with-e-books-virtual-reality-and-the-misadventures-of-jon-olmstead/comment-page-1/#comment-69071 Robert Nagle Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:11:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5183#comment-69071 Funny, I was thinking of getting my feet wet in second life fairly soon as well. I attended a panel on business opportunities in virtual environments, and actually I was interested in virtual training. Strange cultural fact: this game attracts an older crowd (median about 34 or so), and a good percentage of females. One journalist mentioned that it may be the type of environment where teens are going to lose their virginity these days. Funny, I was thinking of getting my feet wet in second life fairly soon as well. I attended a panel on business opportunities in virtual environments, and actually I was interested in virtual training.

Strange cultural fact: this game attracts an older crowd (median about 34 or so), and a good percentage of females. One journalist mentioned that it may be the type of environment where teens are going to lose their virginity these days.

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