Tag Archives: Virtual Worlds

Breathing New Life into Virtual Worlds

Via PR 2.0 In 2007-2008, many brands and companies flocked to Second Life to build a virtual presence, which spiked and created a bit of a backlash and ultimately a bit of a retreat in the process. By mid-2009, virtual … Continue reading

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Does Anybody Still Use Second Life? And If So, How Much Is It Worth Today?

Via Tech Crunch by Robin Wauters on July 2, 2009 Analyst firm Next Up Research has published an extensive report on Linden Lab, the San Francisco company behind virtual world Second Life. The research is based on aggregate data and … Continue reading

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Twinity scoops a further €4.5m to develop 3D cities

Via Tech Crunch by Mike Butcher on July 7, 2009 Virtual worlds can be pretty dull when nothing you see there is recognisable as anything remotely real-world, which is perhaps why Twinity has such confident investors. The virtual world which … Continue reading

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Griefers attack Muslim virtual world already awash in users

Via ARS Technica By Nate Anderson | Published: December 11, 2008 – 11:07AM CT The idea for a virtual world focused on the Islamic lifestyle began five years ago, when CEO Mohamed El-Fatatry moved from Dubai to Finland in order … Continue reading

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Storefronts in Virtual Worlds Bringing in Real Money

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 … Continue reading

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Real World Got You Down? IBM Invites You To A Virtual Forbidden City.

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 … Continue reading

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Oddcast’s Talking Avatars Have a New Virtual Home with AvatarSpace

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 … Continue reading

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Researchers find racism translates to virtual worlds as well

from Ars Technica by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer) It’s easy to develop a confusing picture of what goes on inside of multiuser virtual worlds, such as Second Life and World of WarCraft. Some reports suggest that the virtual reality enables people … Continue reading

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The Empire Strikes Back as Second Life Announces Instant Messenger SLim

Via Mashable – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta It didn’t take long for Second Life, a leader in 3D Virtual Worlds, to respond to There.com’s announcement of new features.The most compelling new feature There.com revealed was its innovative ThereIM which would … Continue reading

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Journeys: A Virtual World Mashup With Real-World Destinations

Via Tech Crunch -by Jason Kincaid on September 3, 2008 Most of today’s virtual worlds are set in mythical places, with landmarks that no newcomer would be familiar with. While this may suit most people just fine, it can be … Continue reading

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