virtualworlds
Video from New Scientist shows how researchers in Dublin are looking at how to make virtual crowds more realistic. http://twurl.nl/t81gik
| A post on TechCrunch has a video of LivePlace, a virtual world with photo-realistic graphics that is in development. http://twurl.nl/bkwnx4 |
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| Google takes on Second Life and the Sims with Lively http://twurl.nl/5ebe0g |
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| Virtual Worlds is also in Plurk.com as @virtualworlds - Invite here http://is.gd/y3U if you need it. via @bloggersblog |
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| Movie studios expand into virtual worlds - they see opportunities for promotion. http://twurl.nl/nycw7t |
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| Reduce your carbon footprint using virtual worlds. http://twurl.nl/g1omup |
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| The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) launches IFAW Island in Second Life http://tinyurl.com/3xvhpj |
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| Cisco is hosting a live event called Quantum Shift in Second Life tomorrow, March 4th. Details here -> http://tinyurl.com/32wglt |
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| One of the world's largest collections of antique maps sets up in Second Life at David Rumsey Maps Island http://tinyurl.com/3627yk |
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| Beanie Babies go virtual. The plush collectible toys now have a virtual counterpart like Webkinz. http://tinyurl.com/35qjkz |
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| Teen virtual world Habbo cuts deal with William Morris Agency. Habbo also has Paramount deal for virtual characters http://urltea.com/2qfy |
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| Researchers say Second Life users are still vulnerable to an exploit code that steals money http://tinyurl.com/36zwbl |
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| The BBC says NASA is considering creating its own virtual world http://tinyurl.com/2nddbl |
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| Ron Paul supporters marched in World of Warcraft - happened earlier this month http://tinyurl.com/yuj66l |
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| Virtual Worlds research group at Stanford releases http://tinyurl.com/yqwu22 Dryad http://dryad.stanford.edu virtual tree making software |
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| More articles/posts are circulating that Google may be building a virtual world of its own. Here's one article: http://tinyurl.com/2vvs9o |
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| ClickZ says virtual world marketing will get a reality check in '08 - expect bigger and better planned campaigns http://tinyurl.com/2j8aac |
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| Gingerbread houses in Second Life http://tinyurl.com/32x95q via http://tinyurl.com/2kwwz5 |
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| Screen captures of virtual writers strike picketing in Second Life http://tinyurl.com/ystsgf via @writersstrike |
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| A Dutch teenager was arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in the Habbo Hotel world http://tinyurl.com/25c5yx |
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