Posts under ‘Resources - Virtual Worlds’

Via The New York Times
In a down economy, that might be an affordable luxury to a teenager or twentysomething hanging out in a virtual world like Gaia Online, which this week will start selling a range of digital accessories depicting the rock legend’s style, including blue suede shoes, a white-rhinestone jumpsuit ($4) and a pompadour [...]

Via Tech Crunch
by Jason Kincaid on October 22, 2008

Metaplace, a startup that allows users to craft their own virtual worlds, has closed a $6.7 million funding round led by Charles River Ventures and Cresendo Ventures along with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The round brings Metaplace’s total funding to $9.4 million. Alongside today’s announcement the [...]

Via Tech Crunch
by Mike Butcher on October 20, 2008

Muslim social network Muxlim.com, live since late 2006, is planning to launch a Muslim-oriented virtual world not unlike Second Life. The idea is that something tailored to the Muslim world would be allowed through the IP-blocks of countries like United Arab Emirates which currently stops access to [...]

Via Tech Crunch

When most people think of computer games, they think of escapist titles like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, or Super Mario. Even most games that label themselves as simulations, like the ever-popular Madden football series, are meant to more for fun than realistic training.
Development studio Intelligence Gaming is behind a different kind of game, [...]

Via Tech Crunch
by Erick Schonfeld on October 10, 2008

Can’t afford a ticket to China to go visit the Forbidden City? Well, now all you need is your computer. IBM, which is a big believer in virtual worlds, and China’s Palace Museum have created an exact replica of the 178-acre Forbidden City. After working meticulously for [...]

Via ITbusiness.ca
Second Life’s virtual world is providing real-world recruiting help to Ontario Public Service.
10/8/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Brian Jackson
A firefighter turns his hose towards the sparse collection of tall pine trees surrounding the building and aims its stream of water into the flames that are exploding outwards from the branches and foliage.
Protected by a heavy, [...]

Via Second life research
21 July, 2007
According to PHYSORG.com, “[...] police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life.
“Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive in society, we have to make sure that officers we hire are familiar with the technology,” said Inspector [...]

Via Virtual Worlds News
September 2, 2008
New World Notes has been following the use of a Second Life-based simulation for training Canadian border guards designed by Loyalist College’s Virtual World Design Centre. It’s saving money and having real-world impacts on the interview section of the students’ final test. “2007 - Without using Second Life, student interview skills average [...]

Via Media in Canada
November 2007
by Terry Poulton
Yesterday, Canada Post announced that it has boldly gone to perhaps the last place anyone would have expected it to go: Second Life.
Canada Post has founded the virtual city of Maple Grove, an online community where this holiday season’s online shoppers will be able to browse in the 3-D cyber [...]

Via Mashable
October 1, 2008 - 5:40 am PDT - by Adam Ostrow 
Oddcast is taking its talking avatars to the next logical place: virtual worlds. The company is launching a new product called AvatarSpace, a Web application that enables custom avatars to talk to one another through voice or text. However, as opposed to massive services [...]