David Burden

I'm pausing posting on Twitter until it regains a more independent stance and returns to being a more useful platform. Final straw has been Musk's ignorant attempts to interfere in UK politics. You can now find me at bsky.app/profile/davidb… #BlueskySocial

Think Urban Wargaming just hit the zeitgeist! It just appeared on BBC’s new satirical program, #TheNakedWeek, in piece around how rebels would seize the market town of Nuneaton from a crazed dictator. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… 4m 30s. Eerie similarities with my Battle of Redditch!

Decentraland's 2025 Vision - forum.decentraland.org/t/a-vision-for… #Metaverse

My updated database of virtual worlds and related XR platforms is now up at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-metavers…. Will try and keep it up to date as platforms come and, sadly, go. #metaverse

Please, not LUA though!

Good to see that Philip Rosedale is even more back in the driving seat at Second Life. The key question is whether SL can be updated to stay relevant, or, despite a lot of best-in-class capability, it needs a complete rethink. community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/15… #metaverse #secondlife

Follow simulation.news for the latest developments in the training metaverse and immersive tech, by my Military Metaverse co-author Andy Fawkes. The book has just been handed over to the production team, so on track for a 1Q25 release hopefully. #Metaverse

Bringing avatar standards to glTF - auganix.org/xr-news-khrono…. What is also needed though is the Avatar Sensing and Avatar Action standards so as to make it easier to develop software to control any avatar in any metaverse environment. #Metaverse

A good read on the growing impact of the #VR and the #Metaverse uploadvr.com/vr-is-changing…

I've always loved Marshall McLuhan's Tetrad approach to considering new media, ideas and technology. Here's my take on the #Metaverse, explored further in our Critical Introduction book. More info at metaverseseries.blogspot.com

Pics and write up of The Metaverse Series launch event at Blackfriars Hall in Oxford last week. An interesting mix of the old and the new! metaverseseries.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-me… #Metaverse

The journey continues for @NASAPersevere! Since landing on Mars in 2021, our robotic explorer has driven 18+ miles (~30 km) and has collected 24 samples of rock and regolith as well as one air sample. More on the rover's progress and what lies ahead: go.nasa.gov/4f1fE8K

The Virtual Worlds Museum - virtualworlds.museum - a nice compendium guide to different virtual worlds #metaverse

youtube.com/watch?v=Y3225d… latest show real from HeyGen showing animated full video avatars - somewhat stilted in movement and voice, and a bit uncanny valley in place - but direction of travel is clear - just compare to the old Sitepal avatars we used to use. #Metaverse

reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/… nice proof-of-concept of using an AR/MR headset to rewrite reality as you view it - just as Vernor Vinge had in his 2006 Rainbow's End. The comments already point to some of the abuses of this tech. #Metaverse

@SanjeePerera1 @maggisb25 @BlackfriarsHall @UniofOxford Many thanks, will give it a read

@davidburden @maggisb25 @BlackfriarsHall @UniofOxford It was brilliant to meet you and @maggisb25 and a fascinating panel discussion. PS; Here is the paper on detecting Qualia I mentioned last night and efforts to build developmental Turing/ Schweizer tests. x.com/SanjeePerera1/…

Lovely to catch-up with various fomer colleagues at the launch of #TheMetaverse; A Critical Introduction by @davidburden & @maggisb25 at @BlackfriarsHall @UniofOxford . routledge.com/The-Metaverse-…

Actually, lets just try a quick poll on this. What do you think is currently the most likely scenario for the future of the #Metaverse ?

A favourite part of The Metaverse: A Critical Introduction is where we look at 7 different futures of the Metaverse - what they might be like, why they might happen, and how we can encourage or avoid them. metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-metavers… #Metaverse

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