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The Archives
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12.30.08Sex at Home: Sony Gets a Little LivelySony is fending off press reports of sex and harassment in its newly launched virtual environment, Home. Much as Google faced similar issues with the soon-to-be-departed Lively, Sony is trying to keep things PG, while at the same time faced with the reality that its key demographic is primarily teenage boys. I wonder if it's really a world if there's no sex. Sounds more like an amusement park, really. I suppose gratuitous violence makes up the difference. I don't blame Sony for trying to police, filter, and otherwise keep people focused on bowling (bowling?), but there's always a sort of baffled ...
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12.13.08Wall Street Journal Reports on Immersive EntertainmentAdLab has pointed out a special section in the Wall Street Journal entitled "The Way We'll Watch". Now, there have been complaints that virtual worlds don't add anything to Web-based conferences and meetings. This article points to holograms...imagine your boss hovering over your desk on a Monday morning after a wild weekend while you scramble to put a good face on your, um, numbers. "Among innovations making their way into the market are bigger screens, smoother pictures, and social DVDs -- chat with others who watch the same movie and are not in the same living room -- powered by Sony's ...
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