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09.09.08The Virtual Keeps Getting More Real: Raytracing, Mars and Shiny ThingsI've long been an advocate that what drives a virtual world isn't how real it looks - it's what you can do, who you meet, and how robust the tools are for collaboration and generating content. Real is for games - you know, the code heads who drool over how brilliant the water is, say, but neglect to mention that the game mechanics leave you, well, wanting more. But it's hard to ignore that that the way chips are headed (you've heard of the Singularity, right?) and continual improvements in how stuff is moved around networks mean that virtual worlds are ...
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09.08.08OpenSim Developers: They Don’t BiteThe open source community says that standards arise first from code. Without the code driving things, there are no policies, standards, identity systems, content protection, or ability to tag and flag grids for their level of privacy or whether they're G or X-rated or any of that stuff - it all starts from bytes, baby, and what brilliant little bytes they are. OK, so some context, because the geeks had their own table at the recent Virtual World conference in LA. Two tables in fact - one a booth in the exhibit hall, and the second a panel discussion ...
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09.06.08
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09.06.08IBM and Business Collaboration in Virtual WorldsIBM presented a demo at the VW08 conference of integration between Sametime Instant Messaging, user authentication, and virtual meeting spaces. The following video shows it in action, and it's a very compelling demo of how virtual worlds and collaborative applications like LotusNotes will integrate. Virtual worlds not as destinations for collaborations, but as mini applications built within collaboration processes. Brilliant work.
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09.06.08It’s a Webby Virtuality: Future of Browser-Based WorldsHow should the Web and virtual worlds interoperate? What's the role of Flash-based efforts? Mitch Olson of SmallWorlds, Keith McCurdy of Vivaty, Daniel James of Three Rings (makers of Puzzle Pirates), Sean Ryan of Meez were led through a discussion of the integration of the Web and virtual worlds by Giff Constable of ESC at this week's virtual world conference. The panel kicked off by discussing the difference between 2.5D and 3D, noting the range of implementation within 2.5D. The motivation for launching a 2.5D game is primarily driven on the lack of friction between the user and experience. Plug-ins, installs, ...
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09.04.08Metaplace and Second Life Head-to-Head: The Future of Virtual WorldsAt a panel on the future at the Virtual Worlds conference in Los Angeles, Raph Koster joined Ginsu Yoon, VP of Business Affairs at Linden Lab. Oh, and Corey Briges of Multiverse who spoke that venture capital "spaces" talk that seems to go on and on without a real point other than to get another product plug in, and Michael Wilson of Makena Technologies who made the compelling point that virtual world companies should stop reinventing the wheel and look to the wider Web for solutions to things like social networking and security and stuff. But the perspectives of Raph and ...
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09.03.08Second Life SLim Client at Virtual World ConferenceLinden Lab will be showing off its new SLim client at the virtual world conference in LA today...or at least talking about the integration of the Vivox integrated voice chat system within the "light viewer". The Lab is pushing collaboration and education at the gathering of virtual hopefuls, with Rivers Run Red talking up its Immersive Workspaces, Global Kids, Northrop Grumman and Sand Diego State University all taking turns to talk up SL as the next great thing in virtual worlds. Er, new new old great. Or something. The slant of the conference is entertainment - this is Hollywood afterall. Stay tuned. ...
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09.01.08Promoting the Metaverse: A Virtual World Ahead of Its Time?Greg Verdino at Crayon pointed out this video promoting a revolutionary technology platform. And sign me up! Q-Link promises, breathlessly I might add: "A diverse new interactive world of easy-to-use services right at your fingertips where people from across the world can converse, share ideas, and participate in informative lectures." That's the collapsing geography thing you hear. Or the collaboration thing. Or education. Um. Anyways, it sure looks compelling: But wait, it gets better. After highlighting the various games (poker, chess, that kind of thing - THIS world doesn't seem to have qualms about the legality of casinos! Woot!) it talks about the ...
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09.01.086 Months of 3D Flash in 10 MinutesHebiflux.com brings us a video showing the use of 3D in Flash, capping the tour off with Small Worlds, with many of the demos using Papervision to create 3D environments. a Flash-based virtual world: 6 months of 3D in flash in 10 minutes from Galdric on Vimeo.
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08.31.08Second Life Will Never Save the World, or Even Mobilize ItThe virtual world that will contribute to significant social change hasn't come along yet, according to Ben Rigby in an interview with tweedy Web 2.0 prof and raving ACA-Fan Henry Jenkins. Rigby, whose new book, Mobilizing Generation 2.0, tries to parse Web 2.0 tools like blogs, social networking sites, youTube and the lot as a mobilizing force for social change - or maybe, as we're seeing today, to try to get someone elected President. But when it comes to virtual worlds, they suffer from too much Snow Crash and not enough vision. He does give Second Life, the leading virtual world, ...
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