Interesting news on CNN today as Sony seems to be in trouble with a church in the UK. Apparently the company has released a game that has players shooting up aliens inside a Cathedral. The church is upset for obvious reasons but what’s interesting is that the photo-realistic 3D renderings of the Cathedral may become part of a huge legal matter. CNN seemed to indicate that the church wasn’t sure how the 3D renderings were obtained but that the 3D imagery was very similar to what is available on the Cathedral’s website. Perhaps the company that developed the imagery was contacted by Sony or ?? It should be noted that indeed an impressive 3D tour is provided when you access the following website – http://www.manchestercathedralonline.co.uk/gallery.html the 3D virtual tour can be seen at http://www.mindwave.co.uk/manchestercathedral/. This technology comes from Mindwave (http://www.mindwave.co.uk/). Of interest, as I write this message Google Earth is making CNN headlines once again as there are now more calls for obscuring sensitive information from Google earth imagery. At the heart of the matter is the recently foiled terrorist attack on JFK airport. Google is boasting that much of the imagery is available via public sources.. so who’s task is it to blurr out sensitive areas. Perhaps an even better question is what constitutes a sensitive area? Couldn’t this include shopping malls, theatres, schools, public buildings, airports, ports, bus stations….
Archives for June 11, 2007
Be The Connected and with Nokia and Win a Nokia N95 and more
The Nokia N95 (GPS enabled smartphone) may be a bit costly but perhaps you can win one in a new contest from Nokia. Prizes in the lateste give away include this sweet bundle — Nokia N95 Multimedia Computer, Nokia N800 Internet Tablet , Nokia BH-501 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones , Nokia CK-20W Multimedia Car Kit , Nokia AD-42W Audio Gateway
15 Lucky runners up will receive the choice of:
– a Nokia N95 Multimedia Computer and a pair of Nokia BH-501 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones, or
– a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet with Navigation Kit.
– a Nokia N95 Multimedia Computer and a pair of Nokia BH-501 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones, or
– a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet with Navigation Kit.
The contest ends at 11:59 pm CT on July 31st, 2007 – see http://www.betheconnected.com/
Bring your lizards to san diego and you could win a GPS system
LizardTech wants to see your lizard collection… bring em to San diego to the ESRI UC and you could win some very cool shwag! Gather all the different colored LizardTech lizards you’ve collected over the years and bring them by the LizardTech booth (#601) at ESRI 2007 beginning at 2:00 pm on Wednesday June 20th. Deadline to enter is 12:00 pm on Thursday June 21st. Word on the street has it that LizardTech will also have some very special Lizards this year… only available to special people attending special events! Stay tuned on this one! See contest details at http://www.lizardtech.com/esri2007