1. VentureBeat (USA) - Intel and Nokia launch joint research on mobile 3D virtual worlds. "Smartphones have barely entered the 3D age, but Nokia and Intel are already racing ahead to do research on enabling 3D virtual worlds on mobile computing platforms. The two companies are announcing today a research center (pictured below) at the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, that … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
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1. The Guardian (UK) - Virtual worlds: is this where real life is heading? "Recently a man bought a space station for $330,000, while last month Small Planet Foods, a subsidiary of General Foods, introduced a new brand of organic blueberries. What have these two products got in common? Neither actually exist. Well, not except as pixels in the virtual worlds where they are … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
One click can make all the difference
Linden Lab is cutting the Second Life Community Gateways programme from August 19 (giving Community Gateway operators just 18 hours notice of the pending termination). If you haven’t been through the Second Life orientation lately, you might not even be clearly aware of what the programme is. The idea was simple enough. Since the Lab didn’t care to have a full-time employee … [Read more...] about One click can make all the difference
Election 2010: virtual worlds make their debut
As Australia draws to the end of its five-week election campaign, I'd pretty much given up on the political parties doing anything beyond the odd YouTube or Facebook campaign strategy. As I wrote in 2007, Australia has lagged some other countries in the use of virtual environments for politics, and this campaign hasn't changed that, with the debate over competing broadband … [Read more...] about Election 2010: virtual worlds make their debut
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1. Computing (UK) - Can virtual worlds make a real impact? "The explosion of social media has been one of the striking trends in internet use over recent years. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace are used by private business and government bodies as a way of reaching out to their audience, especially the sometimes hard-to-engage younger demographic. But there is a new … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news