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The Archives
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08.07.08ZooKazoo COO on learning from kidsDavid Dwyer is the Chief Operating Officer at ZooKazoo, a virtual playground for kids developed almost two years ago. At Edge Online, Dwyer writes his concise take on what the last 18 months have taught him about how kids act in online worlds, and what can be done to enhance their experience and keep their attention. Perhaps his main takeaway is that children in the 6-12 age group have as much to offer in terms of creating virtual worlds as the 'creators' themselves. He notes how this differs from more traditional interactive games: "in virtual worlds," he writes, "players more or ...
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07.07.08The Toronto Star Pulls Out the Flying Phalluses: Virtual Worlds and Avatar RightsJust when you thought the story of Anshe Chung being bombarded by flying phalluses had been neutered, it appears again in an article in the Toronto Star preparing the world for avatar rights. The Star used the incident to point out that avatars have rights too: "The popularity of avatars has much to do with the emergence of the online self. Avatars are the custom-designed figures created by computer users to play video games or to participate in a variety of online worlds. Recently, some nasty events have befallen these avatars, bringing moral or financial injury to their creators." The Star neglected to ...
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