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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  By StuartW
The other week I wrote a fairly disparaging preview of Secondfest, the festival held at the weekend in online virtual world Second Life. How ironic, then, that my boss should then urge me to "attend" that very event with a view to writing a first-hand account. I ummed and ahhed, but come Saturday afternoon I realised that the previous night's indulgences were going to preclude me from doing anything remotely interesting in real life (henceforth known as "RL", to use Second Life lingo). So why not? Since I'd never explored Second Life before, I first needed to create my avatar and all that malarkey. Soon "Mulango Negulesco" was born. What was interesting was that I immediately felt inferior to the other people I saw around me because I was stuck in the default, bog-standard white t-shirt and blue jeans getup. I needed to fix that, but figured that with no money I wouldn't be able to. READ IT ALL HERE: http://www.mychemicaltoilet.com/2007...
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
By Anastasia Goodstein
Virtual worlds used to be the stuff of science fiction. They came into being with video games and have now gone mainstream so even non-gamers can party in MTV's virtual Laguna Beach or buy real estate in Second Life. For tweens and teens, all the world's an igloo over at Club Penguin and fashion is whatever you dream up at Girl Sense. Most of these worlds are about hanging out, socializing, being creative, earning some sort of virtual currency to buy virtual goods or playing games.
The other day, a virtual world for tweens called Whyville announced that it had teamed up with Penguin Young Readers Group, the publisher of Al Gore's young adult book, An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming to sponsor a virtual climate center. To make Whyville's residents (who tend to be between 8 and 15 years old) aware of the new Climate Center, they created a virtual tropical storm named Alice. According to the press release, "the storm will result in widespread flooding and destruction throughout Whyville, with considerable rubbish and debris littering the virtual world. Whyville's citizens will need to join together in a massive clean up effort to restore their environment over the next several days."
I'm sure many of you are scratching your heads in disbelief at the existence of virtual worlds with virtual storms and virtual cleanup efforts. Given all of the negative media coverage around kids, teens and the internet, I think this sponsorship is a breath of fresh air. By partnering with Whyville, Penguin was able to create an immersive learning experience. Instead of having to sit through a lesson on climate change or even watch An Inconvenient Truth, they get to experience (and clean up) the effects of global warming in their virtual world.
READ IT ALL HERE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by:  By John Gaudiosi
Santa Monica-based developer Trilogy Studios (formed in late 2005 by ex EA and VU Games execs) has found a new niche to explore while developing next generation video games like Daybreakers. First out of the gate for the new virtual world software development studio is a fully realized virtual world for MTV Network's Music Group's popular IP, Pimp My Ride. While the popular TV show has already been turned into a console video game by Activision Value, Trilogy Studios has designed Virtual Pimp My Ride as a free downloadable game that allows fans to enter Van Nuys, California and build custom cars, engage in competitions like drag races and interact with other fans. READ IT ALL HERE: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate...
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by: By Andrea Foster
Steven J. Taylor, director of academic computing at Vassar College, has recreated the interior of the Sistine Chapel in the virtual world Second Life. On the college's Second Life island, visitors can step inside a pale-yellow building and view a replica of the frescoes that adorn the 15th-century chapel in Vatican City.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 June 2007 )
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Written by Enniv Zarf
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
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Sponsored by: Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) June 27, 2007 -- Melbourne-based Second Life Cable Network (SLCN) covers yet another blockbuster movie event from inside Second Life. SLCN was chosen as the exclusive live broadcaster of the virtual Q&A session launching the highly anticipated Paramount film Transformers. Second Life is the 3D virtual world created by Linden Laboratories of San Francisco, where people represent themselves as avatars. These events are making history, bringing fans from all over the world together to talk live with high-profile moviemakers and cast members. SLCN is dedicated to making sure the whole world, not just Second Life residents, can watch. Our live coverage was featured by Yahoo!, MSN and several international portals. Gary Wisniewski, Second Life Cable Network CEO said "These events are making history, bringing fans from all over the world together to talk live with high-profile moviemakers and cast members. SLCN is dedicated to making sure the whole world, not just Second Life residents, can watch. Our live coverage was featured by Yahoo!, MSN and several international portals." READ IT ALL HERE: http://www.prweb.com/releases...
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Wednesday, 27 June 2007 |
Forty-eight hours, hundreds of hackers and an endless supply of pizza: the perfect combination for a weekend of geekery. Except BBC/Yahoo! Hackday didn't go quite as planned.
Listen to more from Hackday on our Science Weekly podcast
By Bobbie Johnson
It's 48 hours before hundreds of hackers descend on London, and Chad Dickerson and Matt Cashmore are sitting in a London cafe. In most senses, they are an odd couple - one a laconic American slacker from Yahoo!, the other an excitable Welshman who works for the bastion of British reserve, the BBC. But regardless of cultural differences, both are visibly twitchy as their self-imposed deadline approaches.
"Just sitting here now, in the back of my head I'm running through a list of things to do," says Cashmore, laughing nervously.
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk...
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