3D Weather Data Visualization in Second Life

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday October 29, 2006 @01:22AM from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader noted that the Second Life media blitz continues by saying that "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) with Aimee Weber Studio just unrolled a sneak preview of their educational project in Second Life (due to open in mid November). This appetizer of things to come features the three dimensional visualization of live weather (now on display at the Science Center)." Don't go there expecting that they have like every doppler radar in the US updating in realtime or anything, but it's actually a practical real use for Second Life.

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Re:Why is Second Life getting all this buzz now? by Jugalator · 2006-10-29 02:50 · Score: 0, Troll

I agree and I have to wonder why Slashdot has this recent flux of Second Life news. I don't really known anyone who use and like it. Compared to World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, and the likes, it's nothing.

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Give me a break. by Lewrker · 2006-10-29 04:17 · Score: 0, Troll

I thought the only people interested in second life are the ones who eat cats or dogs. Or the ones who call you a dicksucker with a high-pitched voice in any other game. Why don't you write about every crappy minor change in any crappy game ? Second life is almost as irrelevant for slashdot users as myspace.