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Month: October 2021

OPLIN 4Cast #773: The idea of a ‘metaverse’ isn’t new, but the growth is

Posted in Metaverse, and Second Life

The concept of (and the term) “the metaverse” was applied to Second Life long before Facebook and general tech appropriated it. It’s interesting to me to see how other entities are taking the idea of a virtual environment and expanding the definition to include AR, VR and mixed reality.

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OPLIN 4Cast #771: From Roombas to Rover, robots are becoming even more mainstream

Posted in 4cast, and robotics

oombas might be the first instance of widely-adopted robots for the home, but they certainly won’t be the last. I, for one, am not sure I’m ready to totally welcome our robot overlords.

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