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The Archives
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05.09.09M Linden Gets Real: Metanomics Discussion and Second LifeIt has been a crazy exhilarating week with the launch of Metanomics and it was wonderful to see the venue and the Web site live, and so first, a big thank you to everyone. I'll post about this at more length, but taking on Metanomics has been yet another personal eye-opener facilitated by virtual worlds. I've said this in other ways or at other times, but I believe that if you want to understand how social and immersive media are going to upend the way we think about collaborating, the nature of the enterprise, the challenges and opportunities around identity ...
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12.06.08The Architecture of Our Time: Virtual Worlds, and The New York TimesThe New York Times magazine has a stunning article covering virtual world architecture, including the work of Scope Cleaver, Jon Brouchoud (Keystone Bouchard), David Denton (D B Bailey) , Lester Clark (Designer Dingson) and many others. In addition to giving a quick summary of Second Life and how prims are rezzed, the Times comments that in a virtual world: "... the only limit is the imagination. Many of the buildings in Second Life are difficult to wrap your head around. They often represent a collision of architectural styles, time periods, interfaces (some buildings are formed out of Web pages), materials, objects ...
recent posts
- M Linden Redux
- Metanomics Synth-esized
- Mapping Home: Virtual Worlds and the Geography of Desire
- M Linden Gets Real: Metanomics Discussion and Second Life
- Quick Hit: Dynamic Shadows in Second Life
- Setting the Stage: Metanomics and M Linden
- The Future of Education in Virtual Worlds: My Discussions at Orange Island
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