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Some links that caught my eye today

December 7th, 2007 (Visited 2591 times) Tags:

As I write this, the lead story on CNN is about the Commodore 64, which we all know was used more for game-playing that serious business. Me, I was an Atari 8-bit guy.
Watching Dan Terdiman coo over Pleo was fun. I’d get one for the office, but I am scared as to what we would teach it.
Sent in by email: a link to a story about hospitals using Wii games for physical therapy.
There’s also a story about USC’s Modern Prometheus game, intended to be used in classrooms.
Music companies want me to buy videos for $2 off of XBLA. I can watch them for free on demand on multiple channels on my cable box. Hmm.
Fashion is going CAD/CAM, thanks to nice avatars. I’ve already heard of stores that will scan you and dress your avatar instead of you trying on clothes. It won’t be long before we’re at “print on demand” for some types of clothing.

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Business & Games: The Blog wrote on December 11th, 2007 at 7:56 pm:

The 3D models allow factory specs to be generated automatically, minimizing errors.“ I’m interested in how IBM is going to do this. Perhaps I can get Dr. Pitman to explain what they’re doing. {Update: ViaRaph Koster’s blogI read a nice complementary article over on C|Net, “CAD software is the new black” (Link). Some of the company/software names sound familiar, and I suspect these are the same fashion software providers I found during my own research a few years ago.

Business & Games: The Blog wrote on December 11th, 2007 at 7:54 pm:

reBang weblog wrote on December 7th, 2007 at 1:04 pm:

A Virtual World-Based PLM for the Fashion Industry {Updated}…

Now this is interesting. From the SLNN site (Link):
The Fashion Research Institute (FRI) in conjunction with IBM is developing a product lifecycle management solution for the fashion industry that specifically addresses the industry’s unique needs, …

A Virtual World-Based PLM for the Fashion Industry {Updated} - Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog wrote on December 10th, 2007 at 12:33 am:

[...] Via Raph Koster’s blog I read a nice complementary article over on C|Net, “CAD software is the new black” (Link). Some [...]

csven said on December 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm:

That article on fashion CAD/CAM is a bit misleading. The only one of interest, afaic, is the V-Stitcher app. And if you watch the demo, the virtual connection is especially apparent.

Elaine Polvinen said on December 8th, 2007 at 5:44 pm:

Raph, “print on Demand” for the fashion industry has been around for at least 15 years now.

I have been researching, teaching, retooling and devveloping coursework for Fashion/Textile Technology Design Product Development for 20 years now in an almost addictive way – so if you awant some feedback on that area – ask me.

Here is my response to the “Cad software is the new black” article.
http://fashiontech.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/fashion-virtual-technology/

Mass Customization and Personalization is already here (I think that is what you meant to say) and Optitex is leading the pack.

Just a few examples of their recent partners for MCP:
http://www.niketeam.com/v2/new/builders/teamid/index.asp
http://nikeid.nike.com/nikeid/index.jhtml#home
http://www.virtualproductpresentation.com/>
http://www.landsend.com/ix/index.html?store=le&action=newSearch&search=custom+jeans