Chicago Metaverse Meetup http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:11:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU en Metaverse Meetup Chicago, Part 3! http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/metaverse-meetup-chicago-part-3/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/metaverse-meetup-chicago-part-3/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:02:41 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/metaverse-meetup-chicago-part-3/
  • RSVP HERE: http://secondlife.meetup.com/19/calendar/7148831/
  • What: Metaverse Meetup Chicago, Part 3!   
  • When: Thursday, January 24, 6:30 PM        
  • Where: Click the link to find out! 
  • Who should come: Join us at The Berghoff to welcome World of Warcraft Reader authors/editors Scott Rettberg and Jill Walker Rettberg. Lotsa interesting people, and as always, great conversation. Expect to eat appetizers or dinner at The Berghoff. 
  • Why: Because we rock. 
  • Event Description: Join us for the third installment of Metaverse Meetup Chicago. This time around please welcome our friends from across the pond, here in Chicago to visit UIC and tell us about their work on the World of Warcraft Reader. This book is from the new MIT series out on digital media and can be found here: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11402 
  • As always, our agenda is that you all get to know one another, and that through this great things begin to happen. 
Call me if you have questions.
312.799.1329 
 
Peace!
b
Bryan Campen
Metaverse Meetup Chicago
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Goodnight, Metaverse, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

Stepping off the train at the end of the night, 12 am

]]> http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/goodnight-metaverse/feed/ bryan campen Jeremy, Victor and Sharon http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/jeremy-victor-and-sharon/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/jeremy-victor-and-sharon/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:43:14 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/jeremy-victor-and-sharon/

Jeremy, Victor and Sharon, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

 

]]> http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/jeremy-victor-and-sharon/feed/ bryan campen Comparing the competitors http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/comparing-the-competitors/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/comparing-the-competitors/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:43:01 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/comparing-the-competitors/

Comparing the competitors, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

Personally on seeing the similarity of its screen to a real trade paperback page, I saw and liked the sony first and more, a week ago at borders

]]> http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/comparing-the-competitors/feed/ bryan campen Sharon’s Kindle http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/sharons-kindle/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/sharons-kindle/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:41:54 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/sharons-kindle/

Sharon’s Kindle, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

Sharon Burns of MacArthur Foundation hopped in for a bit to show us her new readers from amazon and sony. Thanks, Sharon!What I want to know is: is it as immersive as a book?

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Jason Pettus, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

 

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Group Shot, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

Brendan, Jason, Jeremy and Ryan

]]> http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/group-shot/feed/ bryan campen co-working meetuppers meet with doug siefken http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/co-working-meetuppers-meet-with-doug-siefken/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/co-working-meetuppers-meet-with-doug-siefken/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:41:01 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/co-working-meetuppers-meet-with-doug-siefken/

co-working meetuppers meet with doug siefken, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

thanks for coming!

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Billboards of the future, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

the bottle appears over ten minutes. Doug predicts these will be on roads and highways nationwide in three years

]]> http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/billboards-of-the-future/feed/ bryan campen Map on Doug’s psp http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/map-on-dougs-psp/ http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/map-on-dougs-psp/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:40:06 +0000 bryan campen http://chicagometaversemeetup.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/map-on-dougs-psp/

Map on Doug’s psp, originally uploaded by bryan campen.

slowly changing over time, below our threshold of perception

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