Congrats to Andrew Hughes and the team at Designing Digitally for their win in the 2012 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge (see the full press release below). You can also see our own interview with Andrew from November last year right here. Designing Digitally, Inc. Wins the 2012 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge ITS INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL CAMPUS TOUR PRODUCT CAPTURED … [Read more...] about Campus Tour wins US Virtual Worlds Challenge
General News
The Lab: the great work continues
In June last year I profiled the superb work being done by Stefan Schutt and Dale Linegar at The Lab. If you haven't read that profile then definitely read it now, or even better listen to this interview with Melbourne's RRR, recorded this week. If ever there was a program involving virtual environments that deserves major league support, it's The Lab. Go have a look in … [Read more...] about The Lab: the great work continues
Eve Online FanFest panel accused of mocking suicidal player
CCP has launched an investigation after an Eve Online panel at its FanFest convention was accused of mocking a suicidal player. Eve Online player Kestrel wrote to CCP and Eurogamer today to complain about Thursday's Alliance Panel presentation.The presentation, delivered by one of the CSM council members and moderated by a CCP employee, featured an in-game communication … [Read more...] about Eve Online FanFest panel accused of mocking suicidal player
Linden Lab clams up on metrics
Tateru Nino has a great story on how Linden Lab will no longer be providing SL economy metrics: Essentially, over the years, the figures have been progressively stripped of the supporting data that gave them meaning, and now hardly anyone can understand what’s left. That kind of makes it a waste of time to extract the data and generate the reports in the first place. Of … [Read more...] about Linden Lab clams up on metrics
Ball State University buys out Blue Mars platform
It's fair to say Blue Mars has had some challenges over the years, but it looks like it's about to go to an even safer pay of hands, with Ball State University buying the platform: Under Ball State’s terms of agreement with Avatar Reality, the university will begin to fully operate Blue Mars for non-commercial purposes, expand upon the source code, increase its research and … [Read more...] about Ball State University buys out Blue Mars platform