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1. Fox News (USA) - 'World of Warcraft' Gets Kids Interested in School. "t's not unusual for video game players to speak of a routine that involves ordering pizza, getting a sugar jolt, and then playing "World of Warcraft" for hours. But the person talking in this case is Constance Steinkuehler, an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for boys to play, for … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. PC World (USA) - Real Life will Trump Second Life, Microsoft Says. "Microsoft's Craig Mundie has dismissed the potential of "synthetic virtual worlds" like Second Life, saying that the potential for immersive environments will be likely realized through 3D tools that capture and model the real world. Mundie and robot/Photosynth demoMundie, who oversees research and long-term … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. Centre Daily Times (USA) - Virtual worlds provide real interaction. "When I was a boy, I loved the Tom Swift books. Whether Tom was plumbing the depths of the sea in his Jetmarine or flying into space on his Rocket Ship, technology and quick thinking always managed to save the day. Those books delightfully immersed young readers in exciting worlds of imagination and … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. Globe and Mail (Canada) - You've got the whole world in your hands. "Best to get the hyperbole out of the way early: Spore, the new computer game from Sims creator Will Wright, rolls the past, present and future of interactive entertainment - not to mention life as we know it - into an absorbing ball of fun and big ideas. No matter what you think of video games, it is … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. The Denver Post (USA) - Club Penguin gets it right. "The newspaper industry is constantly bewailing its need for a new economic model, as the Internet upends the old one. Maybe it could take a page from the Club Penguin Times. The Club Penguin Times, after all, is more widely read than New York's Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, or The Dallas Morning News." 2. Techdirt … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news