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Botgirl
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Second Life land loss escalates
Filed under: Economy, News items, Second LifeThe unprecedented decline of Second Life land area appears to be accelerating according to data from virtual world operator, Linden Lab. The net loss of simulators which totalled nearly 9,000 acres as of...
 
ZoeConnolly
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ZoeConnolly
ZoeConnolly posted a blog entry
 
Mal Burns
Mal Burns posted a tweet
Second Life and second coming for virtual worlds http://twurl.nl/l5a3uq
 
vantan
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I'm quoted in the Straits Times page B7 today ;) on virtual worlds stock exchange.
 
Consiliera
Consiliera posted a blog entry
Another way to talk to machines: Jacking into the brain
While people still have to gesture wildly in front of a giant computer display when they go with a human-machine interface á...
 
mbogle
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Australasian Virtual Worlds Workshop
The Australian Virtual Worlds Workshop 2008 aims to present a balanced overview of online virtual worlds for educators, professionals and academics.
 
SurfPiccasso
SurfPiccasso posted a blog entry
Social Toolbars and Virtual Worlds
Social Toolbars and Virtual WorldsIn my questing for social toolbars and virtual worlds, I came across a virtual worlds site...
 
Futurelab
Futurelab posted a blog entry
Football Superstars, iPhone Ocarina, NBC WebTV and Lost in SL
by: Gary HayesAnother selection of my items cross-posted from another of my original blogs, lamp watercooler. The Ulitmate...
23 hours ago Futurelab's Blog | Topics: ads, application, gaming, Gary Hayes
 
Liberate Media
Liberate Media posted a blog entry
Second Life and second coming for virtual worlds
I was trolling around a couple of old-fashioned virtual reality worlds over the weekend – the print versions of Guardian and...
 
Mal Burns
Mal Burns posted a tweet
3 alternative ways to move your Avatar in Virtual Worlds http://twurl.nl/i8wkqa
 
amywilson
amywilson posted a blog entry
Max Newbold and Sez Zabelin — on what it means to create in Second Life (and RL)
Inspired by Devo Paint 1.2 by Meat Carver…Click here to watch the video…Smarthistory on Devo Paint
 
Mal Burns
Mal Burns posted a tweet
Body image and virtual worlds http://twurl.nl/yo3uyw
 
Christian Scholz
Christian Scholz posted a blog entry
1 day ago MrTopf's Blog | Topics: slim, secondlife, standards, auth
 
Wayne Smallman
Wayne Smallman posted a tweet
What happens when virtual worlds become reality and reach into the real world? http://tinyurl.com/6ysy8v
 
Princessa
Princessa posted a blog entry
Twinity: A major update!
According to Twinity blog, in the latest Twinity patch, they have added some cool new features to enhance and improve your...
 
Consiliera
Consiliera posted a blog entry
Virtual World allows High School teens to learn business skills
Called The Virtual Team Challenge, the competition includes some 6,000 students nationwidevia Randolph students test ideas in...
 
PiAir
PiAir posted a blog entry
The Matrix Runs on Windows
Dit bericht hoort eigenlijk in de categorie "maandagochtend humor".
2 days ago ICT en Onderwijs BLOG | Topics: Virtual...
 
Mal Burns
Mal Burns posted a tweet
New peer-reviewed papers on commerce and consumption in virtual worlds http://twurl.nl/ewqy6m
 
MichaelRowe01
MichaelRowe01 posted a blog entry
Dogear-Nation - Episode 76 - Something Approaching a Show
Michael and Michael welcome back former co-host and current host of Sweettt, Matt Simpson. Our tags this week are a great...
 
Daneel Ariantho
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Virtual Reality: What Happens in Virtual Reality ... Probably Won't Stay There
Cross Reality, Dual Reality, X-Reality: all of these terms describe the recent work of an MIT Media Lab team to bring the virtual into the real and vice versa. So far, the X-Reality group has focused their attentions on Second Life; last year, its Shadow...
 
markbaard
markbaard posted a blog entry
Smooth moves for the immersive internet
L.A.-based Oblong Industries offers this mesmerizing demo of its Minority Report-styled gesture interface product,...
2 days ago parallelnormal | Topics: Fun, Futurists, Gadgets, Media
 
ZoeConnolly
ZoeConnolly posted a blog entry
The Death Of Vinnie Linden
isfullofcrap writes: "Never heard of Vinnie Linden? Maybe it's best you never did."
 
Daneel Ariantho
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The Media Lab » Research
The Lab's X-Reality Working Group explores the fluid merger of "real" and "virtual" worlds, looking broadly at "cross reality" at several levels of scale. Researchers will develop innovative, core technologies that go...
 
Jh2FCT
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LittleBigWorkshop.com
It's a wonderful world where fun is the law! There are obstacles to explore, bits and pieces to collect and puzzles to solve. You have to power to move anything in this glued and stiched -together landscape
 
avideye12
avideye12 posted a blog entry
Moanlog
That little voice inside your head that makes you think before you speak can really get you down. Sometimes you want to...
3 days ago YesButNoButYes | Topics: Virtual...
 
Teri F
Teri F posted a blog entry
Who wants to be a Star?
Hmmm… I will give my own opinion on this one, simply because so many young girls love to play dress up, and the virtual...
 
markbaard
markbaard posted new photos
Coffee break Materializing
 
ZoeConnolly
ZoeConnolly posted a blog entry
New Babbage Steampunk Town - Canal Bonfire & Fireworks
Lokiboy writes: It's the 5th of November and is tradition to celebrate the coming of winter with a bonfire and fireworks...
 
WadaTripp
WadaTripp posted a blog entry
Masie Keynote Video: My 23 minutes of Fame
Elliott Masie was kind enough to invite me to do a keynote interview with him at his Learning 2008 conference. Here is the...
 
<em>davidorban</em>
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Avatar in Eco di Bergamo
 
mastersofmedia
mastersofmedia posted a blog entry
When virtual life mixes with real life
Sherry Turkle talks in ‘Video Games and Computer Holding Power’ (1984) about Jimmy, a fourteen year old. Jimmy...
 
gsiemens
gsiemens posted a blog entry
Second Life & divorce
Any space in which people can interact (physical and virtual) brings out human nature. Our minds don’t seem to really...
4 days ago elearnspace | Topics: virtual...
 
Jon B
Jon B posted a tweet
consulting in virtual worlds = 1 part professional service, 2 parts rodeo clown
 
Walter Neary
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CNN Hologram TV First
A reporter enters a newsroom, virtually ...
 
iheni
iheni posted a blog entry
The way of the accessibility Wiki
I’m not sure why but 2008 has been the year of the wiki in accessibility circles. As the field of accessibility has got...
 
<em>teencheckup</em>
teencheckup posted a blog entry
Get A - Second - Life
Second Life is one of the most popular virtual worlds on the Internet. I don't actually have a "second" life, but I have...
 
rajivdingra
rajivdingra posted a blog entry
Demystifying Online Virtual Worlds and the Potential They Possess
We were at the recent Startup Saturday and one of the speakers was Siddharth Banerjee the Founder and CEO of a very interesting...
5 days ago WATblog | Topics: Interviews, Web, clubpenguin, indusgeeks
 
<em>teencheckup</em>
teencheckup posted a blog entry
A Day In A Virtual World
As I have posted, virtual worlds seem to be taking over as far as teens are concerned. In my own life, the teens I know seem to...
 
Futurelab
Futurelab posted a blog entry
The Dawn of Mixed Reality and Its Participatory Audience
by: Gary HayesWhat is Mixed Reality, why is it relevant and has TV become it’s background medium of choice for larger...
 
Mark O Neill
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Second Life affair leads to real life divorce
For its many devotees, the Second Life virtual world is a place where the everyday constraints of normal life drop away and vivid fantasies can be played out. But fact and fiction have collided in heartbreaking fashion for a British couple who are...
 
APLINK aka Andrew Peters
APLINK aka Andrew Peters posted a blog entry
Opportunities in Asia - itsReal
Check out my new Asian Opportunities Site APLINK.AsiaIt is young and evolving - ICT, Media, Government, Virtual Worlds and...
 
ZoeConnolly
ZoeConnolly posted a blog entry
IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles 99th Pursuit Squadron
In the combat flight simulation of IL-2, I've discovered a whole new subculture of friendly and spirited pilots. Just as there...
5 days ago Zoe Connolly | Topics: IL-2 1946, Air Combat, IL-2..., WW2