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05.20.09Second Life to Add Voice Morphing Controls, Voice Mail and Avatar Phone NumbersIf there was one thing I wished for Second Life voice it would be for a higher fidelity of sound - every week we struggle on Metanomics with the audio, sometimes slip over to Skype for better quality, or sometimes get lucky and find that voice is fine. Many times, it's an issue of the user's head-set, but at other times it's the quality of voice in SL itself. So while I'm hoping for improved quality, Second Life is adding - well, cartoon voices. Venture Beat today reports that Linden Lab will be launching new voice features that include avatar phone numbers: "Kingdon ...
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12.07.08Could iPhones Control Avatars?I've always been a bit uncertain about running virtual worlds on mobile phones - at least the kinds of worlds with full 3D, immersive, camera angles, building tools, whatever. Habbo Hotel maybe, or isometric worlds, but for others I can't help thinking you hardly have enough real estate to even SEE very much let alone cam around or actually chat. Comverse had a demo of an iPhone client - but really, it wasn't a client, it was a video stream from a PC. Somewhere in there, however, are some new forms, new approaches, for integrating mobile devices and virtual world spaces. Rivers ...
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05.23.08Google-Based Application Hosts 400 Concurrent Avatars in Virtual WorldEitarosoft has developed a 3D world based on the Google Android platform for mobile phones and advertises its claim that it can host 400 concurrent users within one environment, a clear knock on Second Life's 40-or-so avatar limit per sim. Says Eitarosoft: eitarosoft, inc. today announced that they have successfully developed a 3D virtual world service on Google's platform "Android". The conventional 3D virtual world service required the use of a very high-specific PC, but Android-mounted mobile devices will enable users to enjoy the 3D virtual world service with commonly available PCs because of the mobility and accessibility. Their video demos the world: Eitarosoft's ...
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04.09.08Second Life on Mobile HandsetsThanks to the Web 2.0 Asia blog, we've become aware that Samsung unveiled a Second Life solution for its handheld devices at CTIA, a wireless event, in Las Vegas. The SL application will allow those with Samsung mobile handsets using Windows to run an integrated blogging platform - allowing users to write in the RW and SL blogs at the same time - or to use a "Mixed Contract" function. This one is pretty interesting, allowing contact with SL avatar buddies on the Internet, through a phone or by using SMS. Interesting, because here is an application that helps close the gap ...
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