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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Real Life in Second Life

We might have seen what it's like to have a First Life - as posted by Jack yesterday - but what about when the real world starts to leak into the virtual?

Over at his Hackdiary blog, Matt Biddulph has been exploring real world inputs into Second Life (there's a short video on his site).

Essentially: twist the nob on the Arduino hardware prototyping board and it moves an object inside Second Life. OK, limited now - but imagine the possibilities for physical objects that interact with virtual worlds (even if I'm sceptical of Second Life's vaunted popularity and have found it nigh impossible to use).

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