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09.04.08Evangelizing the Metaverse with Ruben Steiger: Live BloggingRuben Steiger of Millions of Us, previous evangelist at Linen Lab laid out the need for evangelism about the metaverse. He recalled the first SL Community Convention in 2005 which had 140 attendees but ended up being the first breakthrough in proving that virtual worlds were an interface to social connections rather than a mere 'hobby'. It was a point at which he asked the question of how to promote the virtual worlds industry and ask the question: "What's interesting about this?" Obstructions from then are issues we all face today: - Too difficult to learn - Not accessible - Lack of standards Forecast: - 100 - ...
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09.01.08Sin Awaits: X-Rated Virtual Worlds"If you're here, you probably have some idea but if you don't here's the brief lowdown: this is the best Chat room you've ever set foot in! It's a 3D virtual environment you can walk around in, meet other users, chat, go to movies, go to a museum, go to a strip club, go shopping, rent a hotel room, get laid and more! Just download it and check it out!" Hey, with TV networks calling Second Life the "dark side of the Internet" why not? In fact, the above is for Rude Virtual. And it's, um, Massively Multiplayer. By way of ...
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08.13.08It’s a Global GridI just love this. (Click below)
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08.12.08Congratulations: UI Contest WinnersThe winner of the User Interface design contest was announced today, and congratulations to Rheta Shan who took the top prize, followed by Jacek Antonelli and Roy Cassini. The difference between the entries was so small that making a decision was difficult and I can't thank the judges enough for their hard work and wisdom: Ordinal Malaprop, Eristic Strangelove, Vint Falken and Keystone Bouchard. Indeed, the differences in approach among the top three highlighted that there were individual and highly creative approaches to what was a broad mandate: improve the user experience through changes to the viewer. Without the hard data that ...
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08.08.08Don’t Worry, Says Philip Rosedale: “There’s No Eye Contact in Second Life”Philip Rosedale continues his tour of the media this week with an interview in Fast Company extolling the benefits of business collaboration in Second Life, pointing out that a) when people talk their voice comes from their direction and b) there's no eye contact. Now, I'll give Philip a little more credit. But this interview comes on the heels of a TechCrunch interview where in explaining why the 3D properties of Second Life are important he compared it to Warcraft, and then followed it up by telling the New York Times that Second Life is a terrarium. In the Fast Company interview, ...
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08.02.08The Immersive Quality of Prim BabiesFor those who have never entered a virtual world, the idea of getting married in one, or even having children, can seem odd. But depending on how you feel about things, the following will either prove to you that virtual worlds have value or will reinforce that they should be avoided at all cost. Brought to us by the detectives at "Absolutely Amazing SecondLife Discoveries", the Baby Bazooka:
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07.25.08“The Last Lecture” Educator - Randy Pausch DiesRandolph Frederick Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008)
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07.08.08You TOO Can ENJOY Improved PERFORMANCE! Second Life Economic StatsLinden Lab announced its economic statistics today with bold, beautiful bar graphs. Among the highlights: - Land mass BIGGER!!!! - User hours LONGER!!!! - LINDEX Volume FLUSHER!!!! - Businesses PERFORM BETTER!!!! And YES!!! All this can be yours!!!! Just mail in the coupon today, because not only will you enjoy a BIGGER, LONGER, FLUSHER, BETTER PERFORMING Second Life, but it comes at a LOWER LAND COST with none of those NOTICEABLE, TELL-TALE SIGNS OF GAMBLING or other dysfunctions!!!! Continue Reading...
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07.04.08Board Games and Interface Design: Lessons from the Past?Strange how the challenges we face today have so many parallels in the past. On the heels of announcing the finalists for the User Interface competition I ran across this post summarizing the life and times of Redmond Simonsen, a pioneer, I take it, in the graphic design of board games. And come on - admit it, you know what Avalon Hill is right? I'll leave the editorializing to others - I'm not saying I necessarily believe some of this perspective, but it gives food for thought that the challenges repeat themselves. "The best possible combination is a well-designed physical system which ...
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