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05.25.09US Navy Teams Up With QwaqWe've already reported on the Naval Underseas Warfare Center (NUWC), a virtual home where members of the US Navy can train on a virtual submarine. Now Virtual Worlds News has the inside scoop on the Navy's upcoming training sessions that will be held in a virtual world built by Qwaq using their Qwaq Forums, a "secure virtual workspace that combines voice, video and chat communications with multi-application and document sharing." According to an interview with a team leader at the NUWC, cost savings is one of the main selling points of using a virtual training space. "A lot of ROI is looking ...
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03.12.09Insights from Engage Expo: Virtual World Goods, Kids, and Monetizing MomThe "Conference Previously Known as Prince", er, previously known as the Virtual World Conference, but now known as Engage! Expo, just wrapped up, and the following report was sent back to give a sense of what's going on. Thanks to Craig for summing things up: The Engage Expo wrapped up, and in dire economic times it was scaled back in size from last year: less attendees (many business travel budgets have been cut: haven't these people heard of Second Life? LOL), fewer talks, and less exhibitors. Part of this may be attributed to the fact that the 3D Training, Learning and ...
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10.01.08Teenage Gaming Improves civic engagement: PEW StudyVirtual World News recently reported on the PEW/Internet & American Life Project survey that reported that almost all teens play video games and around 10% visit virtual worlds. Even as telling, though, was the finding that gaming improves the civic and political engagement of the surveyed teens. The numbers are remarkable: 97% of the 1,102 teens surveyed play video games, and that, in 2007, 8.2% of all teens visited virtual worlds at least once per month, a number expected to rise to 12% in 2008 and to 20% by 2011. The summary from the PEW Web site is revealing: Continue ...
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