Virtual Worlds

C'est la vie, Countdown, Solidea, Boudoir, Kunglers, Vero Modero and more designers all in one week? Wow! Seems to me that Second Life's Sydney Fashion Week will surely rock!Thanks to IMA Owner and CEO, Ananya Mai, for giving me a preview of the stage where the action is to happen. I reaaally loved how the ramp, inspired by the Sydney Opera House, looks like; and to describe it … [Read more...] about Sydney Fashion Week in Second Life

Japen’s 3Di, Inc., best known for their browser-based OpenSim viewers, will be testing a new, free, public, Unity-based virtual world this weekend, called 3Di Cloud.According to 3Di senior manager Norman Lin, individuals and groups will be able to embed a window into their private virtual world right onto their websites, like they can now embed YouTube videos. This part … [Read more...] about 3Di to launch free Unity-based world – Hypergrid Business

The third annual Serious Games Conference was held last in week in Singapore and it was a real pleasure to speak at the event. The event was well attended by a variety of speakers and industry representatives from across the globe and local Singapore developers.Designers, developers and domain experts shared their experience, current developments and where they believe serious … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the serious games scene in Singapore

Running through the end of July are Audience Participation Events for the UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge, with 90 artworks from around the globe and MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom, with a sublime collection of 51 short animated film.Both of these events are set up such that the viewers or the audience experiencing the artworks or the film, can submit a top10 list in the order they … [Read more...] about The University of Western Australia in Second Life: Audience Participation Events: UWA Centenary 3D Art & MachinimUWA V