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amBX gets Second Life

Virtual world Second Life to take advantage of Philips' environmental hardware.

Develop reports that a partnership between Philips and Rivers Run Red will enable virtual world Second Life to take advantage of its amBX ambient experience hardware. Most importantly now, however, Philips will be creating solutions for open source Second Life client software that will allow users, via an SDK, to create amBX experiences and scripts themselves.

The amBX kit includes lights, rumble and fans all designed to add an extra dimension to on-screen action.

Philips has also been experimenting with Rivers Run Red itself to market the amBX products via virtual demonstrations in the world itself.

"Second Life offers an entirely new market for amBX and we feel this is the start of a very special relationship," said Jo Cooke, chief marketing officer at Philips amBX. “Second Life offers amBX an unparalleled opportunity to bring our revolutionary ambient intelligence technology to an expanding global market of many millions of tech and media savvy users who are not only hungry, but also open-minded for new online experiences."

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ambient light for second life

posted by lightsaber Jul 04, 2007 at 5:02 pm
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Ambient light for virtually any 3D environment is available at http://www.a-r-e.nl

The system greatly enhances the immersion in 3D virtual worlds, and is available as full package or DIY.

It's also easy to interface into via the freely available SDK.

You can download a demo at http://www.a-r-e.nl

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