August 30, 2006
Ghostrider -- Vividas High Def Video
The bar has moved during the past few months for delivering High Definition (HD) streaming video and audio on the net. Vividas is a technology platform that is pushing the HD streaming capability forward. Check out the Ghost Rider full-screen HD trailer on sonypictures.com. The technology speaks for itself.
Watch the High-Def Ghost Rider Trailer.
Posted by richard ting at August 30, 2006, 06:05 PM
myShape
MyShape users submit information such as body measurements, color and style preferences to the site, which is then analyzed by ShapeMatch software. Each user is then assigned a specific shape and given item recommendations pulled from its online boutique of hundreds of styles from more than 36 designers many of which are not sold in department stores.
Posted by richard ting at August 30, 2006, 05:27 PM
Zafu
Check out this new fit analysis site that hopes to help frustrated consumer. Zafu analyzes multiple pieces of fit information (no measuring involved) from the user to identify the best fitting brand and style of jeans from a bank of over 200 styles and 70 brands. No jeans are sold on the site, but users can click through to purchase from other online stores.
Posted by richard ting at August 30, 2006, 05:19 PM
Bikely
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As summer's sweltering heat subsides, the remaining long days and more temperate climes are perfect for a two-wheeled tour of the Big Apple. Instead of navigating the paved paths jammed with weekend warriors and rollerbladers, check out the roads less traveled on Bikely.com. Type in your location and Bikely finds rides from the Manhattan Bridge to Nyack, scenic jaunts through Rhinebeck and Red Hook. Avid globetrotting riders can also explore adventures through distant locales such as Japan and South Africa. Routes are conveniently linked to GoogleMaps and include descriptive tags, levels of difficulty, and downloadable .GPX versions. As registered pedal-pushers log in and contribute their favorite treks to Bikely's budding database, cyclists can find more bike-friendly beats at and away from home.
Posted by richard ting at August 30, 2006, 04:58 PM
Trip Down Memory Lane
Check out this old-school Crazy Eddie video. Emerson 4-Head VHS's were going for $199.
Posted by richard ting at August 30, 2006, 03:50 PM
August 16, 2006
Flixster
Flixter is a better way to pick movies. You can rate movies, add friends, and get recommendations, but where do you actually rent or buy them? There are a lot of nice features in this site, but they seem better served as part of a Netflix site rather than as a standalone offering.
Posted by richard ting at August 16, 2006, 03:12 PM
MobMojo.com
Thanks to Jed McClure for the link.
Mobmojo is another API mashup and in this case it's a service that aggregates DVD reviews from Amazon.com. The data is layed out into some nicely designed charts that show DVD ratings and volume of reviews for a DVD. Nicely done.
Posted by richard ting at August 16, 2006, 02:54 PM
woot! - one new product per day
Thanks to my colleague, Mark Shewmaker for the linky link. woot! has simple rules (one product per day) + fanatical and vocal following = unique ecommerce experience.
Posted by richard ting at August 16, 2006, 02:49 PM
August 03, 2006
Metaverse Roadmap: Pathways to the 3D Web
What happens when video games meet Web 2.0? When virtual worlds meet geospatial maps of the planet? When simulations get real and life and business go virtual? When a virtual Earth becomes your desktop, and your avatar becomes your online agent? What happens is the metaverse. Taking its name from the immersive virtual world imagined by Neal Stephenson in his visionary novel, Snow Crash, the Metaverse Roadmap (MVR) is the first public ten-year forecast and visioning survey of 3D Web technologies, applications, markets, and potential social impacts. Areas of exploration include the convergence of Web applications with networked computer games and virtual worlds, the use of 3D creation and animation tools in virtual environments, digital mapping, artificial life, and the underlying trends in hardware, software, connectivity, business innovation and social adoption that will drive the transformation of the World Wide Web in the coming decade.
On Thursday, August 10th from 6-9 PM Eyebeam hosts a Metaverse Roadmap Pre-Release Party with a series of short presentations and open conversations about the emerging metaverse space and what the Metaverse Roadmap has uncovered so far.
Posted by richard ting at August 03, 2006, 08:48 PM
CNN Exchange
Even mass-media is jumping on the user-generated content tip. CNN Exchange invites readers to connect with the news: Share their stories, their pictures, their videos wherever a story on their sites has an I-Report logo next to it. Readers can weigh in on the blogs and click their way through QuickVotes and more.
