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I had an interesting visit with Tom Anderson, CEO of Novint Technologies, at E3 this morning. Novint was showing off the Falcon haptic mouse (named Falcon because the falcon is the predator of the mouse), which is designed to retail for less than $100, starting about a year from now. (A premium version may go on sale by the end of this year.) After the demo I got, and at the price, I’d definitely buy one. It seems a really versatile and refined touch interface, and at that price point you can’t really go wrong. (more…)

Massively multiplayer space opera EVE Online is getting in-game voice support, courtesy of VoIP technology company Vivox, according to a press release. (more…)

Microsoft’s Robert Scoble dropped in on the second day of the Metaverse Roadmap to hang out and observe the proceedings — and give John Swords and me a podcast interview, along with his son Patrick, that will soon be up on The Metaverse Sessions. We chatted for a while after the interview, and mentioned an idea that had been tossed around at the summit: that Microsoft would eventually get into virtual worlds and/or 3D Web technology in a big way. Turns out we weren’t as far off as one might think. (more…)