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Second Life Struggles with Direction

http://dorjekawabata.blogspot.com/2008/04/second-life-struggles-with-direction.html

Added by Dorje Kawabata on April 6, 2008 at 10:12am — No Comments

Avatar or God?

http://dorjekawabata.blogspot.com/2008/04/avatar-or-god.html

Added by Dorje Kawabata on April 6, 2008 at 9:57am — No Comments

MellaniuM to create Virtual Real Worlds for Autistic Research.

MellaniuM to create Virtual Real Worlds for Autistic Research.

Virtual Real Worlds are to be used to simulate new 3D environments for people in the autistic spectrum. For people with autism, VRWs are way of setting up realistic social situations that might be encountered in their everyday lives. For people who have social, emotional, communicational problems VRWs can enable them to familiarise with a simulated situational environment before actually experiencing in real… Continue

Added by Ken Rigby (Tele3DWorld/MellaniuM/InterVerzaL) on April 4, 2008 at 6:17pm — 2 Comments

Gender and Second Life

http://dorjekawabata.blogspot.com/2008/04/gender-and-second-life.html

Added by Dorje Kawabata on April 4, 2008 at 10:08am — No Comments

Industry Data!

Help! I am looking for solid/verifiable industry data, specifically what companies in the virtual world market have reached revenues of $10M or more...

Does anyone have any data or research they can point me to?

Thanks!

Robert

Added by Robert Rice on April 1, 2008 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Balderton Capital Invests In Metaversum

Metaversum, the developer and operator of the virtual world Twinity, attracts Balderton Capital as investor.

Berlin, 1st April 2008 Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the upcoming 3D virtual world Twinity, is pleased to announce a significant multi million Euro investment from Balderton Capital. Balderton Capital, formerly Benchmark Capital Europe, is one of the leading European venture capital firms, and recently sold its stakes in both Bebo and MySQL – both… Continue

Added by Andrew Peters on April 1, 2008 at 10:29am — No Comments

Comcast, Can You Hear Us?

The March 13th edition of Business Week an article on Comcast, Deal or No Deal reads: “Wall Street has wondered when the Comcast (CMCSA) chief executive and serial acquirer might make a play for another big media prize.

The chatter picked up last fall, just before America’s largest cable company confessed that it would add fewer subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter. Some investors worried that, with growth slowing, Roberts might try to pick off Yahoo! (YHOO) or… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on April 1, 2008 at 10:24am — No Comments

What Will Be The Next Big Thing?

Most of us spend little time looking at the future. Instead we concentrate on avoiding the obstacles in our current path. The next relationship networking wave of technology-driven change is fast approaching, and once again, people are ready but few of the BIG seem ready.

A Revolution is in Progress

Today, word spreads quickly! Watching the forums and interactions on numerous social networks one can see that customer feedback is instantaneous and the expectations… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on April 1, 2008 at 10:21am — No Comments

What Rights Does Free Earn?

In the jurisprudence and the law, a right is the legal or moral entitlement to do or refrain from doing something, or to obtain or refrain from obtaining an action, thing or recognition in civil society. Rights serve as rules of interaction between people, and, as such, they place constraints and obligations upon the actions of individuals or groups.

Societal rights are bestowed to its citizenry by society and are a set of obligations that are… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on March 31, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

VW016 - Jeff Barr, Amazon.com

Episode Sixteen of The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast, brought to you by Voices in Business, is now online at http://virtualworldsbusinesscast.com

Today’s show features an interview with Jeff Barr, Web Services Evangelist at Amazon.com.

As an evangelist, Jeff travels both the real world and the virtual world talking to people about the Amazon Web Services. I was fortunate… Continue

Added by Mike O'Hara on March 31, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments

Innovation - Passion - is Singapore Alone - itsReal

CoSpace Yebber Geek Terminal ping.sg twinity recruit.net social media breakfast TheMediaSlut HypoCol Wellness Community TDM - A LIST of Singapore events and innovations

It is hard to believe that I packed in SO much into the 168 hours I had available last week. Forget about sleep - well almost. There is a buzz in Singapore and the 9 identified keywords - tags above are just a fraction of things that were revolving around APLINK last week. Is this only happening in Singapore - I doubt… Continue

Added by Andrew Peters on March 31, 2008 at 3:41am — No Comments

Robert J. Sawyer in Extropia!

We've had a lot of wonderful guests in Extropia, but next Sunday we're going to have a very special visitor!

Robert J. Sawyer (SF Writer in SL) will be joining us for a discussion of his novels and his visions of the future, in life extension, robotics, artificial intelligence, SETI, inter-species ethics and many more fascinating topics. And, he'll be sticking around afterwards to join the Extropia Book Club in a discussion of his latest novel, Rollback, just named as a finalist for… Continue

Added by Sophrosyne Stenvaag on March 30, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

"The Emergence of a New Global Culture in the Imagination Age" by Rita J. King

When you spend as much time as I do reading through what's written about the metaverse everyday, you sometimes get a bit down about what you see day after day. Invariably it's the same article written time and again and typically it includes the "I have a first life, I don't need a Second" refrain from the journalist who probably has never set virtual foot in a virtual world. Sometimes you see writing that recognizes the potential of virtual worlds. Only very rarely, in my opinion, do you see… Continue

Added by Dave Elchoness on March 30, 2008 at 12:06am — No Comments

The Emergence of a New Global Culture in the Imagination Age

The British Council published my essay, "The Emergence of a New Global Culture in the Imagination Age," as part of the launch of the Transatlantic Network 2020.

PDF for entire collection of essays and blog post for… Continue

Added by Rita J. King on March 29, 2008 at 11:04pm — No Comments

Committee on Energy & Commerce Hearing - "Online Virtual Worlds"

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Hearing 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml

Added by Nazz Lane on March 29, 2008 at 9:04pm — No Comments

I adore the world of texture creation

My passion in virtual worlds all starts with a great desire to create. My need to create art has led me on a journey to manipulate imagery and create art using GIMP, Texture maker and Photo Shop. I am most at home with Texture Maker and GIMP2. I am also a gizmo and gadget geek so as devices make themselves know to me I play with them.

I imported some Tuna Textures today. I hope you enjoy them there will be plenty more in weeks to come. If you want to see the stuff I do to really turn… Continue

Added by Tuna Oddfellow on March 29, 2008 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Happy to finally feel at home

I am not a big blogger, I tend to do and be more than I write about doing and being! I have to let you know that i am happy I am here and having the time of my life. I feel that I have been waiting my whole life to be right where i am now doing exactly what I am doing. I am grateful to be a part of what i believe is the future of communication and will change and improve the world that we know.

Added by Ivy Lane on March 29, 2008 at 4:10pm — 6 Comments

Personal/Corporate Virtual Worlds

There is a growing trend toward more personalized virtual worlds. There are several reasons for this:

1.) Greater control of the environment (Users, access)

2.) Data security

3.) Usability

4.) Reliability

5.) Focus

Currently, Second Life is not on the best vector for addressing some of these issues although it still remains a good platform for public facing initiatives, community building, and customer “friendly” interaction.

Corporate use… Continue

Added by Mark Burhop on March 28, 2008 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

News Release: Mirko Caspar CMO of Metaversum to Attend Virtual Worlds 2008 - itsReal

Mirko Caspar CMO of Metaversum to Attend Virtual Worlds 2008

Metaversum’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Mirko Caspar will be attending the convention, Virtual Worlds 2008, held at New York City (USA). Twinity, the next upcoming virtual world to look out for, is Merversum’s latest product. Mirko Caspar will be available for… Continue

Added by Andrew Peters on March 28, 2008 at 1:42pm — No Comments