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The Archives
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03.06.08Montage a GoogleCreate a montage from Google image search. Here's the result for Second Life:
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02.28.08Healthcare Mash-Up: Imagine Second Life, IBM Avatars and Google HealthSpeculation maybe, but hints of things to come in a series of recent announcements in the healthcare field: * IBM is opening a healthcare sim in Second Life whose purpose is to provide a 3D demo of how its information systems facilitate better patient care and information management. Nothing like walking through a "real" simulation to see the impact of what's usually invisible, namely technology. Continue Reading...
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02.15.08Google Search Application Helps Visualize SitesNot related to virtual worlds, but ran across this application and love how it gives you a sense of what you're clicking through too when you run a Google search.
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02.05.08Learning about Second Life from…Google?Linden Labs is worried that the competition may have learned from its mistakes. In the meantime, it's by way of Google that I ran across this mouse, constructed specifically for use in 3D applications including Second Life (according to its Web site): Linden is spending so much time with its head in the back of its servers that its neglecting its role of supporting advocates, champions and evangelists for the value of Second Life. What I'd LIKE to hear Rosedale say is: Until now, we’ve played favorites and we’ve given them more reasons to moan and complain than to celebrate and its ...
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01.02.08Virtual Worlds: Overlay on the RealThe term Metaverse is meant to elevate our thinking beyond game environments and "3D virtual worlds" and remind us that the ability to walk through information can be both immersive and augmented. In other words, to highlight that the metaverse is inclusive of both immersive 3D worlds and the overlay of information over the world itself (which is, of course, 3D already!) With the new year prognositcators (myself included) already proclaiming 2008 the year of virtual worlds, better to make a quick amendment and call it the Year of the Metaverse, because the real kicker might come out of augmented reality. Great ...
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01.01.083D London in Second Life – Google Virtual Should Be Here Already, and why SL Should Act Like a Gaming PlatformA fascinating and noteworthy bit of work by Dr. Andrew Hudson-Smith, from UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, who rezzed a 3D model of London across a scrolling map. It looks like the map may have been using the AC3D translator which takes 3D object files and converts them into triangles - prim heavy but it works. Thanks to Francis Anderson for pointing this project out. According to the blog entry's update, however, the powers that be in London had the map removed from SL - security reasons? IP ownerships issues? Early user-hacked prototype of Google Earth: Interoperability If this project had been accomplished ...
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12.29.07Battle for Virtual Worlds 2008: Microsoft takes shot at GoogleWith all the attention on whether Google will launch a virtual worlds version of Google Earth (possibly connected in some way to SketchUp), two moves by Microsoft into the Serious Games and in response to SketchUp market further demonstrates that 2008 will be the Year of the Virtual World. ESP Reworking code and experience from MS Flight Simulator, ESP is targeted to the corporate training and simulations market - the so-called Serious Games market that Microsoft conservatively estimates is a $9 billion market. While nothing close to a virtual world - the ESP site promises that it can connect up to 30 ...
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12.18.07How Virtual Worlds will EvolveA wonderful summary by Wayne Porter attempts to predict the use of different virtual world platforms, focusing on Metaplace, VastPark and Second Life. To wit: Second Life I believe the struggles with Second Life have been based around its hyper-freedom. You cannot fit square pegs into round holes. This does not mean it does not have value, only that its value is misunderstood or misused....it will continue to serve niche and fringe markets and attract hyper creatives. I think new worlds or platforms like VastPark will fill the gaps that Second Life cannot due to the nature of the platform. VastPark From what I gather ...
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12.16.07Google Zietgeist: Second Life Top 10As the year winds down, interesting to look through the Google Zietgeist lens and see that of the top 10 fastest growing global search terms, Second Life ranked eighth. Also interesting to note how high other Web 2.0 sites and virtual worlds made the list (notably Webkinz and Club Penguin, proving that kid's virtual worlds are the true view of the future): Fastest Rising (global) 1. iphone 2. badoo 3. facebook 4. dailymotion 5. webkinz 6. youtube 7. ebuddy 8. second life 9. hi5 10. club penguin
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11.05.07Google Launches Social Platform: Evidence of Model for Move to Virtual Worlds?Worlds in Motion tipped me off to a round-up of evidence by Massively for the speculated move by Google into the virtual worlds business. It's a nice linkage out to other sources of speculation. The following section of the round up is interesting: The fire keeps getting more fuel. Multiverse's Corey Bridge was quoted in The Financial Times describing a future when people will use their real identities (rather than fictional character avatars) to interact with one another in virtual worlds that will be integrated into social networking platforms similar to Facebook or MySpace. Google is making a huge social networking push ...
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