1. The USA's National Space Society had their machinima awards ceremony last weekend, in conjunction with the University of Western Australia. There's some superb machinima featured - you can view them all here. Also, don't forget to check out the May winners of the UWA's 3D Art competition, or go have a look yourself in-world. The scope and quality of the work on the UWA sim … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The winner of the 2010 Linden Prize has been announced - with the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop coming up trumps. A worthy, but unsurprising winner. With our parochial hat on, we were hoping for a UWA win but kudos anyway for being shortlisted. 2. It's quite the week for virtual worlds development company news. First is the creation of a new Canada-based production … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Paisley Beebe interviews the University of Western Australia's Jayjay Zifanwe in her latest episode of Tonight Live. You can watch it here. 2. If you have a Nokia Smartphone and want some tasty virtual worlds wallpapers, you might like to check this out. 3. The Second Life economy for the first quarter of 2010 hit an all-time high. In case you missed it, Tateru Nino has … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Virtual RP is a French OpenSim grid that launched yesterday after four months development. 2. Want to test out a potential tattoo design on an avatar before making a lifetime commitment? Obsessive Ink may be worth a look. 3. Linden Lab have provided some more examples of what Viewer 2 is doing for enhancing in-world content. 4. The UK elections are turning out to be a dud … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The US-based Global Kids are holding a Winter 2010 Roundtable on Virtual Worlds and Nonprofits on Monday April 12, from 12-1pm PST (7-8am on Tuesday 13th AET) on MacArthur Island in Second Life. The purpose is presentations from six nonprofit organisations on "their initial explorations of Second Life and other virtual worlds, and how they are thinking of integrating these … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds