A post by Torley on the official SL blog has announced the introduction (in the near future) of prims whose shapes can be altered by the textures that are applied to them. This should allow much more complex and varied objects to be made, and possibly even reduce the number of prims used. A video demonstration is below:
Its been a while since I had a look at the VirtuSphere website and it definitely looks like they are getting a lot more press coverage than previously. With governments around the world increasingly worried about obesity resulting from long periods sitting in front of a computer screen, this piece of kit could take off. Maybe..
Either way the video below is worth watching:
I've been pretty impressed with the product demonstration videos coming from AR company Total Immersion lately. A sample is below. There's plenty more videos on their site, which also shows some of the real world applications for this technology.
