Cranial Tap, Inc. Releases WeatherBug(R) Panel to residents of Second Life(R)
Round Hill, VA (MMD Newswire) December 16, 2008 -- The line between online visual environments and real life blurred today as Cranial Tap releases the WeatherBug Panel to the Second Life® community. The fully interactive display provides real time weather data provided by the expansive WeatherBug network. Residents can place the displays in their virtual homes, businesses or social spaces.
The interactive panel provides a menu of features that leverage real world data in 3D virtual environments. Timely information provided includes current weather, high and low temperatures and an animated wind speed and direction gauge. The panel supports current or SL time, and temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
The WeatherBug real time display is just one example of Cranial Tap’s growing list of technologies that serve to increase enterprise productivity. While fun and engaging, the panel’s core functionality is crucial in supporting today’s virtual world business applications. Other Cranial Tap technologies include data visualization tools, metrics analysis, environment and media management.
Tony Podlaski, CTO of Cranial Tap, says "Our goal in creating the Cranial Tap WeatherBug panel was to make a useful instrument for the Second Life community. The fact that it turned out as well as it did is not only a testament to our technical and design teams, but also to the excellent API provided by WeatherBug and the unparalleled virtual world infrastructure of Second Life®."
Chris Sloop, Sr. VP of Engineering and co-founder of WeatherBug, says: “Cranial Tap is one of the most innovative companies I have worked with. Their idea to bring a touch of real life into virtual worlds is not only very clever, but is a useful tool as well. Every home or office in Second Life should have a WeatherBug display on the wall!”
To see it in action on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDILwBc15U
Try it for yourself: http://www.slurl.com/secondlife/Cortex/27/231/56
Cranial Tap, Inc. is a virtual world solution provider located in the metro Washington, DC area. They provide cutting edge solutions for businesses, academia and organizations helping them to realize the potential of online 3D virtual worlds. The technologies serve as a platform for global collaboration, idea sharing, research, teleworking, embedded learning/training systems and branding. A selection of Cranial Tap clients includes Cognizant, Corbis, AOL, 1-800-Flowers, CyberExtruder, Oddcast and New Vision.
WeatherBug, located in Maryland, is a leading provider of live, local weather information services in the US enabling millions of consumer and professional users worldwide to make more informed weather-related decisions. WeatherBug services reach 80 million U.S. households through software, television, mobile and radio services.
Second Life® is a virtual 3D world created by Linden Lab of San Francisco providing a platform for businesses, educators, nonprofits and entrepreneurs to develop global opportunities.
Media Contact: Nancy Ritchie
(703) 879-8499
Cranial Tap, Inc.
Nancy@cranialtap.com
Company information: www.cranialtap.com
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