Inkanta
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Posted: Feb. 26 2011, 16:03 |
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It would be cool if he woke up with an "ah-ha" moment one morning--an idea that would be challenging to him and innovative. There is always new ground to be broken, but my poor brain can't visualize anything atm.
He was years ahead with MVR (maybe even ahead of Linden Lab), but now many have surpassed MVR, e.g., the immersive musical experiences in such virtual environments as Second Life, Inworldz, or ReactionGrid. It could have been very cool for him to have developed a Mike Oldfield spot in Second Life, for instance, where musicians came together and collaborated across time zones, synchronously. Where he streamed sometimes. At this point, he'd need to find a way to incorporate augmented reality, gesture-based computing, etc. to be on the bleeding edge with music-technology.
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"No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From: Moongarden's "Solaris."
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) but it started me thinking. Mike could do *sooooo* much with modern technology to do something similar but chooses not to. You can say the same about various things he's done beginning with the multi tracking in TB. I almost get the feeling part of his interest in the projects he's done was tackling the technology to do new things. The challenge seems to be part of the appeal. Once the technology had matured it was too easy! MusicVR you could say the same. Would be so much easier for him to do a similar project now but he doesn't, he did it when it was *hard*.
