1. Financial Times (UK) - Game on for the virtual sweatshop. "I’m a board game fan myself, but I know that millions of people spent their Christmas exploring the underwater realm of Vashj’ir, thanks to the online computer game, World of Warcraft, which launched a new version, Cataclysm, in December. Loyal readers will know why economists find such games interesting: they are … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
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Journal of Virtual Worlds Education: inaugural issue
Just a quick heads-up of the launch of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Education. Published by The Center for Virtual Worlds Education and Research, there's a mix of research and discussion papers covering a wide gamut. Check out the main JVWE website or view the first issue here. … [Read more...] about Journal of Virtual Worlds Education: inaugural issue
Call for writers
Back in November we published our reader survey results and one of the strong requests was to expand the number of writers we have. So as promised we're heeding that call. Read on if you're interested in contributing! You do not need to be based in Australia to express interest in any of the options. I won't be bringing on all the combinations below, will see what works out … [Read more...] about Call for writers
Microsoft Kinect on WoW: evolutionary steps
This post comes from Metaverse Health, our sister site devoted to everything related to health and virtual worlds. Here's a great video showing the use of the Kinect to play World of Warcraft using a software framework called FAAST. After the initial demo there's some useful discussion by the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies on its … [Read more...] about Microsoft Kinect on WoW: evolutionary steps
Virtual worlds predictions for 2011
It's time to get out the crystal ball again. I thought I'd take a slightly different approach this year by tackling ten fairly broad themes and identifying appropriate specifics under each. I tried to cover all of the main issues though the field is so large now as to ensure any roundup like this won't be complete. Hopefully there'll be a better success rate than last year. As … [Read more...] about Virtual worlds predictions for 2011