When I saw this it was as if a few really big things came together for me. Here we have an example of a few things I know agencies have been trying to pull off for the past year. The combination text to speech, streaming flash video, avatars all put togetherat Northwestern University’s InfoLab. I am not going to dwell on the basic elemen,ts because if you have been reading my blog regularly you know where to get those parts and if I may add of significant better quality.

The real innovation here is the ability to dynamically generate a virtual newscast on a specific topic using a podcast broadcasting, transferring text data to speech.

Trendhunter adds an example for use: “Imagine the immediate potential of virtually collected, produced & packaged content for Second Life and other virtual social networks. Additionally, consumer use could lead to a complete redefinition of what it means to have a personal RSS Reader.”

Although I do not think we are waiting around for a new personal RSS reader I do think that the novelty effect would work well within an integrated media strategy.

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