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May 10th, 2008
The Archives
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05.10.08Community Paper in a Virtual World … Sort OfCredit the EastBay Publishing Corporation with attempting to bring the local news into a virtual environment. The group has added a "virtual valley" function to its two papers, the San Leandro Times and the Castro Valley Forum, for which you need to download the Unity 3D plug-in to use. The "valleys" are in beta, so there is little functionality thus far. You can move through a sort of community space that has a few buildings, including a library, a storefront and an information stand. The most noticeable aspect of the virtual community so far seems to be the placement of advertising. A ...
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05.10.08NY Times on Vivaty’s Beta / 3D SpecsBrad Stone, writing at the useful Bits blog at the New York Times in late March, reports on Vivaty's beta tests, and in the process provides a micro-history of 3D on the Web. Vivaty launched its browser-based 3D beta service through Facebook in early April. I'm curious to hear feedback on how successful the integration with the social networking sites has been. Stone interviews the chief platform officer and vice president of Vivaty, Tony Parisi. Parisi has put in his dues trying to develop 3D worlds on the Web, contributing to the development of both the VRML and X3D standards, ...
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