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Redfin co-founder sues company for alleged patent infringement over 3D home tour technology

GeekWire

Surefield founder David Eraker claims Redfin copied technology that he developed after leaving the company that allows prospective homebuyers to take virtual 3D tours of properties in a lawsuit filed Monday. That complaint concerns image-based rendering technology that makes it possible to move around a property virtually.

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A second Second Life – new competition in virtual worlds - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

» A second Second Life – new competition in virtual worlds Ross Dawson, February 20, 2007 5:02 AM US PT Hey, how come I read about this on Scobleizer first? Second Life has established itself as the de facto leader in user-created free-form virtual worlds. TD Goodcliffe believes that the space is open for the taking.

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The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched

The Verge

But after months of delays, what actually shipped was a gigantic, painful-to-use smartphone with outdated specs, mediocre cameras, and an awful-looking, blurry attempt at glasses-free 3D that bordered on painful to use — all of this while costing an astonishing $1,300. The same, sadly, cannot be said for Android tablets. Blackberry Playbook.

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Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list

Trends in the Living Networks

Has licensed the platform in Australia, Canada and Germany, and is also run as a stand-alone social network. Description: Allows users to create an accurate 3D walk-through model of their home, preview renovation possibilities and products provided by vendors, and contact service suppliers. Booking Angel. Website: [link].

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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Six Trends that are transforming Living Online: Presentation at Influence conference - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

3D TV without glasses is a reality and not far from commercialization. While 3D efforts using colored or polarizing glasses will continue for some time, the real future is in providing different images to each eye, as in Philips’ 3D TV initiatives. It will also be possible to generate realistic 3D images from 2D video.

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Innovation Timeline 1900 – 2050: what we might invent in the next few decades - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

134) Financial services(23) Future of business(119) Future of humanity(8) Future of media(236) General(42) Global economy(81) Influence(40) Keynote speaker(20) Living Networks book(11) Professional services(42) Social media(59) Social networks(147) Social trends(52) Technology trends(156) Twitter(20) Web 2.0(173)

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