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	<title>Dusan Writer's Metaverse &#187; Art and Exploration</title>
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		<title>The Predictive Power of Virtual Worlds</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2011/01/01/the-predictive-power-of-virtual-worlds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual worlds didn&#8217;t so much predict the future as provide a giant sandbox in which to explore the different ways that the future could unfold. In presentations, I often say that I could have learned about social media from Facebook, or user-generated content from youTube, but I ended up in Second Life instead &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metanomics Commentary: Courage to Create</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/07/08/metanomics-commentary-courage-to-create/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just wrapped three episodes of the Metanomics Master Class &#8211; and I have to say, it was a really exciting series for me. First, I learned a lot, but it was also encouraging to talk with people who remain as enthusiastic as ever about the potential of virtual worlds (and Second Life). I&#8217;ll have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art and Virtual Worlds: The Pop Explosion</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/04/16/art-and-virtual-worlds-the-pop-explosion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second Life plays host to 12 hours of machinima, music and art at PopArt Lab starting today at 12:00 p.m. SLT/PST. I was asked to open the event with a few brief remarks: Art and Our Humanity in Virtuality Thanks for inviting me. Exciting to be here. I&#8217;ll start by saying that for me, Second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Models Move from Catwalk to Virtual Runway and Back Again</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/04/15/models-move-from-catwalk-to-virtual-runway-and-back-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann-Sofie Back]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=2118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fashion has many times been on the cutting edge&#8230; not just literally, but in terms of technological advances. A couple of recent items caught our eye that place the fashion industry squarely in the cross hairs of virtual world innovations. First, ChipChick reports on a slew of Intel breakthroughs that will help in the fields [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah Buys Film About Second Life for New Network</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/04/15/oprah-buys-film-about-second-life-for-new-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Oprah Winfrey show will still run more than a year into fall of 2011, her new network, the imaginatively-named Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been in high PR gear lately, plugging itself for its launch in January of 2011. One of its recent acquisitions is Life 2.0, a film by Jason Spingarn-Koff in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 100 Episodes of Metanomics: L250,000 Design Competition</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/04/14/celebrating-100-episodes-of-metanomics-l250000-design-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 100th episode of Metanomics and to mark the occasion I&#8217;m sponsoring a design competition on &#8220;The Future of Metavision&#8221;. (By the way, join us live for the 100th episode celebration featuring Beyers Sellers and the Reztones! It will be held immediately after today&#8217;s show which starts at 12:00 p.m SLT and features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iFeel_IM Robot Adds Sensations to Second Life</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/04/10/ifeel_im-robot-adds-sensations-to-second-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dusanwriter.com/?p=2079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Debuting at the first Augmented Human International Conference was a new wearable device called the iFeel_IM, a robot intended to add physical feelings to the Second Life experience. Developed by a husband-and-wife team from Japan, the aim of the device is to increase the emotional level of online experiences by triggering feelings using the iFeel_IM&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Reality Reflected in New SyFy Offering Caprica</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/24/virtual-reality-reflected-in-new-syfy-offering-caprica/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/24/virtual-reality-reflected-in-new-syfy-offering-caprica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As has been stated ad nauseum, the success of the film ‘Avatar’ has firmly cemented (at least the concept) of what an avatar is within the minds of a global populace. And of course the penetration of 3D worlds is ongoing, seeping more and more into spaces and subcultures (stamps, anyone?) than ever before. Avatar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Boellstorff on Anthropology, Virtual Worlds, Culture and Change</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/18/tom-boellstorff-on-anthropology-virtual-worlds-culture-and-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the jump is my interview with Tom Boellstorff, author of Coming of Age in Second Life at the recent Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference. As always, he was amazing although I&#8217;m the first to admit I&#8217;m a gushing fanboi when it comes to Tom. His comments in particular on techne versus episteme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Contexts and Telling Tales: Virtual Worlds and the Evolution of the Web II</title>
		<link>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/02/21/social-contexts-and-telling-tales-virtual-worlds-and-the-evolution-of-the-web-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/02/21/social-contexts-and-telling-tales-virtual-worlds-and-the-evolution-of-the-web-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find myself tangled up on language. It&#8217;s my own fault really: I get off on a tangent and the bus doesn&#8217;t seem to stop. I used to have this idea, for example, that open source was sort of a homogeneous concept where we&#8217;d all build barns together in some kind of collective &#8220;let&#8217;s put [...]]]></description>
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