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Emergence – the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties ‘emerge’ from within complex systems Traditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural structures are singular and fixed, and however well integrated are separate from their environment and context. Emergence requires that the opposite is true – that those structures are complex…
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I don’t think anybody ever asked about the soul,” he answers in a very matter-of-fact way, “This was my question, it was the question I challenged the team with.” “I think people had very clear and concrete visions about Android and its strategy, but from a holistic design perspective — not just the look and…
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immerseyoursoulincode: radstake: Microsoft builds a functioning ‘holodesk’ to interact with digital items I’m a real sucker for this sort of thing. I actually constructed a setup like this a while ago after Bill Buxton suggested the idea when he spoke at Artefact. I only had the glass reflection/holograph effect going (I didn’t do the object…
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OmniTouch projection interface takes some wild steps forward
The people at Microsoft Research have come up with a very cool projection system that attaches to the user’s shoulder and projects on hands, arms and walls. Could this present a threat to the world of smart phones and tablet computers at some point? Perhaps… after some software and hardware advances (such as slicker shoulder-mounted…
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emergentfutures: Australian video game studios face obliteration Australian video game creators fear the local development industry is on the brink of collapse after a string of studio closures. Seven high-profile video game studios have shut down in the past six years, with the latest casualty, KMM Brisbane, closing its doors on Friday. Full Story: ABC…