VideoTrace offers easy way to create 3D objects from video clips
Monday, February 08, 2010 | (2) Comments
One of the most compelling aspects of virtual worlds is the ability create your own worlds. One of the problems with that is that modeling 3D objects requires a lot of skill and time. People want to bring their own physical world objects to the virtual world.
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3D stereo TV and computer display comes to your home living room any day now
Thursday, January 21, 2010 | (1) Comments
Speaking about TVs, flat screen is already something you do not even mention. That happened in a few years. HD quality is also too common now. Manufacturers are thinking ways to bring in the new generation of devices to your home.
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Extensible Virtual Worlds Workshop - call for papers
Saturday, January 16, 2010 | (2) Comments
Today’s virtual worlds are mostly stand alone and not easily extended.
This workshop will explore component technologies that can be leveraged to make a set of extensible virtual worlds.
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Are Virtual Worlds Too Immersive?
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 | (3) Comments
Immersiveness is a goal of a virtual world by definition. Why immersion is good and who thinks they may be too immersive?
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Showtime for Immersive Internet, how make it happen?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | (3) Comments
Opensim, realxtend, Second Life (and more) are heading to conquer the future. We firmly believe that the future holds Immersive Internet. What is it? What is needed to get from here to there?
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Four critical directions for virtual environment technology
Thursday, February 04, 2010 | (0) Comments
Intellectual production are the main engine of the economy, as considerably bigger part of the gross world product is being earned with intellectual work than with handwork. Handwork is being done in our three dimensional physical environment and produces tangible results. While the intellectual work produces intangible, i.e. virtual results, and being done in a non-physical, thus virtual environment.
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Real Life
Twinity developer company Metaversum: Virtual London Grows!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | (0) Comments
Metaversum, developer of Twinity, the virtual world based on real people and real cities, is adding new areas to the beta of Virtual London on February 3rd. To mark this occasion, members will be greeted with lots of events and new launches.
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Press Releases
Virtual Worlds to go Mobile?
Monday, January 25, 2010 | (1) Comments
If we look at mobile devices as the future of the Internet- should virtual worlds migrate this way as well?
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Real Life
Piivot Tatkaal: On-demand virtual world meetings with all the business tools now available from Amphisocial
Friday, January 15, 2010 | (0) Comments
Web based virtual world meeting initiation and administration, extensive control panel for the meeting presenter and cost savings associated with virtual meetings make Piivot Tatkaal one of the most advanced tools available today.
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Why the Empty Stockings? Americans Gave an Estimated $30 Million In Virtual Gifts this Holiday Season, According to Digital Goods Purveyor, PlaySpan
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | (0) Comments
Americans spent an estimated $30 million on virtual gifts this past holiday season, November and December 2009.
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What´s up in OSGrid ?
Sunday, February 07, 2010 | (0) Comments
OSGrid has been a place to start for all those interested in opensim for a while. By that, more and more people knew about osgrid, but newbies did not find interesting content, people and places. Now with the UFS the first major roleplay group made a step from Second Life into osgrid, bringing great content.
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realXtend and Opensim showcase videos
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | (0) Comments
I collected the best videos to show off open source virtual worlds. Take a look and comment if you want to add something I missed.
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Module Warehouse Featured in New Wonderland Web Site
Saturday, January 16, 2010 | (0) Comments
We are pleased to announce that we have unveiled a new Project Wonderland web site today. This web site, which you can access by navigating to ProjectWonderland.com, will now be the main portal for the project.
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Second Life Newbie Experiences - Go Where the Fun Is
Saturday, January 09, 2010 | (0) Comments
I remember when I first got into Linden Labs' popular virtual world Second Life. It was hard, but I had a meeting to join so I just kept going. How does the Newbie Experience look now? It is a lot better, but not perfect.
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Virtual World Trends for 2010 (with a look back at 2009)
Monday, January 04, 2010 | (0) Comments
What to expect - and what not - Industry leading expert Megan Rutherford analyzes Virtual Worlds trends for 2010.
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