Phew…!

Oh! I am very tired now….did a lot of research in getting some good news for you guys maybe now I will do some more research and come back after a week with more good-bad-ugly news

Enjoy

Bye

Adi

There…where ?

Running at remarkably steep angles up a grassy hill, Melinda Gann glanced over her shoulder and caught a glimpse of the beach falling far away from her as she recently made her way to the summit.
She was alone and exhilarated. The view, she recalled, was almost as stunning as her achievement: leaving behind her body, disabled with lupus and arthritis that has confined her to a wheelchair, to enter a newly created, computer-generated world called There.
It is a meticulously designed, three-dimensional virtual reality, or metaverse. In it, people are represented by avatars, cartoonlike figures that move about like marionettes speaking through great bubbles of text appearing over their heads. Consumers using high-speed broadband connections can chat, not just in text, but by voice as well, and even share music with one another as they talk and play.
The creator of this virtual world, There Inc, is calling it “the first online getaway,” a sort of digital Club Med where the guests will be able to connect with other people, shop, or simply explore the exotic surroundings.
And while chat is a major feature of There, the company’s chief executive, Tom Melcher, said it offers much more, including avatars enlivened with artificial intelligence that look and act more realistically than typical game characters. They appear to breathe. Their eyes blink, and their body language —controlled by the user or left to software to animate —is meant to make conversations feel more natural.
There is not just a new way to communicate,” he said. “It’s an online place with real-world physics, natural scenery and sounds, and the ability to interact freely with people and objects.”
Of course, computer-generated environments in which users can interact through digital alter egos have been around for years. Almost any computer game that lets a player wield a weapon or throw a punch is, by definition, a virtual world.
A virtual destination like There is more akin to going to a cooking class or an art museum to meet people. Members can guide their avatars by basically using the directional keys on a standard computer keyboard not only to meet friends and make new ones but also to explore There’s worlds.

P.S : SEcondLife is the best…

Real Jobs - Second Life…

As criminals increasingly hijack digital technologies, police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life. “Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive in society, we have to make sure that officers we hire are familiar with the technology,” said Inspector Kevin McQuiggin, head of the Vancouver Police Department’s technology crimes unit.

“Anyone we meet online, by virtue of being on Second Life, likely has an interest in cutting-edge technology or is comfortable with technology … and could make an excellent candidate,” he said.

Second Life, created by Linden Lab in 2003, is one of the most popular digital virtual worlds on the Web, with more than eight million users worldwide. Hoping to attract technology-savvy candidates to their unit, the Vancouver cops created online personas or avatars with the help of local university students, and held their first recruiting session on Second Life in June.

A second session is planned by year-end, said McQuiggin,whose team is responsible for computer forensics, investigating harassment by text messages, child porn cases, financial crime, decrypting cell-phone calls of organised crime rings and so on. Last year, the unit was involved in 18 out of 19 homicides in Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific Coast, scanning computers, cell phones and handheld e-mail devices.

In most ways, the Vancouver Police Department’s June online session mirrored a real-life recruiting session: explaining the force’s selection process, training and job opportunities, he said. However, the veteran cops found themselves in a virtual world surrounded by 30 avatars with spiked hair, wings and mercenary accouterments. McQuiggin said recruiters should try to ignore some of the outlandish costumes worn in Second Life.

One man reportedly attended another virtual job fair as a female avatar named Dragon while another appeared as a teddy bear. “The interactivity in Second Life is really neat,” McQuiggin said. But the avatars can be tricky to maneuver. One job-seeker told the daily Globe and Mail he accidentally presented a recruiter with a beer online, instead of a resume. And unintentionally sending your avatar hurtling into a wall could spoil that crucial first impression. According to reports, a growing number of organisations are turning to virtual online communities to find employees for real-life positions, because of their global reach.

Power of TWO!

More and more people are logging on to the internet to create self-gratifying virtual identities for themselves. But at what cost?

Life’s not what we want it to be, at least in the real world. And that’s exactly why people are looking for a new lease of life in the virtual world where they can be what they want to be, do what they want to do. Enter virtual life websites that allow members to give in to all their heart’s desires.

Like Prabhat Agarwal, entrepreneur, who’s happy leading double lives. “The virtual world is where I live my dreams.

Recently, I have purchased a ranch worth L$10 billion and I own the world’s number one software development company, all on a virtual life website. Though I cannot afford all these things in real life, I’m fulfilling my desires by living a proxy life on the internet, he says.

Fashion designer from Kanpur, Amrita Mathur, has also created her virtual avatar on the net. “You can try any adventurous act without even risking your life.

Or you could become a king and own an empire, something you would only dream of in reality,” she says explaining how her virtual life works for her, “Just create an avatar of your choice and start living life on your own terms and conditions. It’s a stress buster for me – here, I’m everything I want to be.”

Living those really impossible dreams virtually is giving netizens quite a high. And it’s not just about creating an alternative identity, but also about indulging in those slightly crazy things you’ve always imagined.

“I think everyone has certain fantasies which remain just that – fantasies. So when a friend of mine told me about a site where one could explore a life of one’s own choice, I logged on to do some scuba diving!” says Vaibhav Bhatia, a call centre employee. “The process is simple – you log on to the site, create your virtual avatar and bingo! You do have to pay a certain membership fee online, but it’s not much. I really enjoyed the experience,” he adds.

While the websites may be gratifying a person’s desires, psychologists warn of the dangers of living a dual life where you may lose out on reality and get entangled in the world wide web.

As psychologist Dr Shubodh Verma says, “There’s no harm in living out one’s fantasies provided one does it only for the sake of fun and relaxation. Otherwise, it’s like day dreaming which leads you nowhere and solves no purpose. One has to understand that technology can give you a temporary high, but it is unreal. One shouldn’t get so engrossed in the imaginary world that one stops thinking real.” And that’s for real!

Virtual Vendors file Real Life Lawsuit in NY !!

It may be a virtual world, but six merchants in the online environment Second Life have filed a real-world lawsuit over what they say are knockoffs of their digital wares.

The lawsuit, filed last week in a federal court in Brooklyn, accuses New Yorker Thomas Simon of copycatting in Second Life, an Internet universe with more than 10 million registered members, the New York Post reported.

Creating virtual identities known as avatars, members spend an average of more than $1 million a day in real money to buy food, clothes, shelter and other items. The vendors suing Simon say he violated copyright and trademark laws by duplicating their products. The lawsuit seeks damages equal to three times their lost profits, without specifying an amount. “This is not a joke,” said their lawyer, Frank Tanney. “This hurts them.”

Simon, who goes by the name Rase Kenzo in Second Life, denied any wrongdoing. “It’s a video game,” said Simon, 36. “I didn’t know you could sue anyone over it.” Claims of product cloning in Second Life have already spawned at least one other lawsuit, filed in July in a federal court in Tampa, Florida. Members also have sued the online world’s creator, San Francisco-based Linden Lab, over alleged seizures of their virtual property.

I am a face for someone else.

Mikan Seesaw who has inspired me to become a photographer (well not to become a photographer but just to try my hand at photography) is the person who has made my face her career’s start with and here are a couple of photos taken by here :

1st photoshoot : http://www.geocities.com/mikan_seesaw/adi.html

2nd photoshoot : http://www.geocities.com/mikan_seesaw/adi2.html

Enjoy and have a look at how photography can make people like me look handsome all credit goes to Mikan (a few too me as I am the madel after all !!)

Enjoy.

Adi

Case Study : Use your Brain!!!

Japanese researchers say they have found a way to let people stroll through SecondLife using their own imagination, in a development that could help paralysis patients.

 

Previous studies have shown people can move computer cursors through brain waves, but the Japanese team says it is the first to apply the technology to an Internet ‘virtual’ world. The technology “would enable people suffering paralysis to communicate with others or do business through chatting and shopping in a virtual world,” says Junichi Ushiba, associate professor at Keio University’s rehab centre. Ushiba also said that SecondLife could motivate patients with severe paralysis, who are often too depressed to undergo rehabilitation.

 

“If they can see with their own eyes their character moving around, it could reinvigorate their brain activity and restore some functions,” he said.

 

Under the technology, a person wearing head gear embedded with electrodes, which analyse brain waves in the cerebral motor cortex, would be able to move a SL avi just by thinking he or she is walking. Imagining movement with the right or left hand would make the avi turn accordingly in the same direction. Researchers have previously put similar brain waves to control objects such as computer cursors and electrical gears.

 

In the Keio University laboratory, the team has designed artificial arms that operate by reading brain waves, although none is known to be commercially available yet. The team next plans to test the invention on actual paralysis patients to see how they respond to the ‘virtual’ world.

Its ME.

Here I present you my first attempt at photography. For this I would like to thank Mikan Seesaw for giving me inspiration unknowingly :).

Here have a look.

Click on the thumbnail for the full size image.

Finally!

After a hectic time spening in learning and desinging things like jackets, shirts,eyes, and tattoos i feel very relaxed…but only for a few moments as I am going to stat making more tattoos real soon as I want to start a shop of my own and make huge profits from it. The best part is that my SecondLife friends are very supportive and willing to help me with….patience and I dont have words to describe how good it feels…

OK that was quite emotional…

One things that happened today with me in SecondLife was really funny..My firend Chucky and I were working at Hawkes Island and he was working on some scrit for shooting. He had this gun which looked like a cowboy’s gun being directly pointed at me.. when i shared this with my fellow SlamXian friends they had a great laugh about it. And now i would like to share this with all of you…

Busy..Busy..Busy…

 

I have been very busy lately with my RealLife and SecondLife. I have been busy making and designing eyes, leather jackets and now shirts… I got very possitive responses from my friends and people who have seen and bought my work… The one thing that blew every one’s ‘eyes’ was The Eye Of Sauron that i replicated from the movie Lords OF The Rings : Two Towers I got many people who wanted to buy that more than I had priced it and that made me happy beyond anything that I have experianced in SL….

There is a huge fair going to happen in Hawkes on 1st of november and i am busy making a Suit of Armor as the theme is the 13th century Europe…I am one of the people who is contributing something to the fair in any manner possible and that makes me feel real good.

I have made 6 leather jackets untill now and I am getting better and better day by day… you can always contact me personally at Adiready Singh in-world (I answer to all..) or come to the fair in Hawkes on 1st of november I will be there and some of my things would be on sale there..

This is all for this post …so until the next bye..bye..!

Adi