I stumbled across Nabaztag, the WiFi bunny while writing tonight (don’t ask), and found a Second Life complement for bunny owners: SecondNabaz.
The Second Life version I made detects if avatars are around. If so, it makes my real Nabaztag wiggle its ears and tell me their names. Also, if people talk to the virtual bunny, the real one pronounces the chat to me. The Second Life version of the Nabaztag includes a script using the Linden Script Language to send commands to the Nabaztag using the API published by Violet [the company that makes Nabaztag]. The resulting mash-up is an example of how virtual worlds and the real world can be interconnected. Anyway, I like the idea of using the Nabaztag as an ambient display for information that you do not need on your screen, but still like to be aware of. Just having the bunny wiggle its ears when you have visitors in your Second Life store, for instance, can keep you aware without requiring you to be logged in to Second Life all the time.
By the way, I’m told that “nabaztag” is Armenian for rabbit.
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1 Gabriel // May 10, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Ha! I just bought the original (real) Nabaztag for my sister. She’s not geeky enough for SL, I think, but it’s a cool product without that functionality. ~g
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