The title of this story would have to be one of our most obtuse, but the story behind it is hopefully a little more transparent. VastPark is a developing virtual world platform well known to regular readers. NICTA (National ICT Australia) also has a number of years pedigree in some of the technological underpinnings of virtual worlds. In the case of the collaboration with … [Read more...] about VastPark and NICTA: Badumna beta
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Superstruct: six weeks to save the world
Play the game. Invent the future. This is the tag line for the MMO forecasting game Superstruct, an alternative reality game set in the future, developed by a team at The Institute for the Future (IFTF). It's a SF game, where SF has the original meaning of speculative fiction – crises are speculated upon by the game's designers, and the objective is to speculate upon … [Read more...] about Superstruct: six weeks to save the world
Openlife: the momentum builds
Openlife resident Macphisto Angelus has posted an excellent summary of a recent meeting for Openlife residents. There were a couple of notable announcements out of the meeting. First, there's the partnership with realXtend and its promise for a graphically rich world. Second, a range of browser options are on the way, including a Mac version (Mac users can only use Openlife … [Read more...] about Openlife: the momentum builds
realXtend – the not so slow burner in virtual worlds
Back in February we profiled Openlife, an alternate Second Life-based grid. The realXtend platform underpins grids like Openlife and since February they've achieved some significant milestones. Now up to version 0.3, the 3D modelling in realXtend is something to see now. Here's a snippet: Caleb Bookers states "When these guys hit 1.0 the web will quake". At the very least, … [Read more...] about realXtend – the not so slow burner in virtual worlds
Twinity moves to public beta
Metaversum have moved Twinity to the next stage of it's development, announcing its public beta phase. A media event was held in Germany with Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit, to formally open virtual Berlin. Wowereit was even presented with a key to the virtual city. Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum remains upbeat on Twinity's development: "With the launch of our public beta … [Read more...] about Twinity moves to public beta