Virtual WOrlds

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Virtual WOrlds”

• Memorializing in real life and real time

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Last week, a friend of a friend died by suicide. This friend of mine found out about her friends death via Twitter. "Of all places!" you may be thinking, but let me explain. My friend, Leigh, and her friend, Gideon, had connected online. Gideon had a number of "virtual" friends, people who considered him part of ...
  6 hours ago

• Santa’s Helpers

  
  dailywireless.org — Authority: 436
  An 85-foot-tall blue spruce from Arizona has become the Capitol Christmas Tree . TracktheTree.com , a web portal designed by SkyBitz , provided real-time tracking of the Capitol Christmas Tree Caravan , during its 21-day, 4,167-mile circuitous journey from Arizona to Washington DC. The technology behind ...
  7 hours ago

• Social Web Words Widget – 1000 Quotes of the Decade

  
  PERSONALIZE MEDIA — Authority:
  1000 selected quotes from 2000-2010 by 100 key thinkers about the Social WebI have been trying hard to think of an insightful retrospective post for the end of the decade but decided, that like the decade itself, it might be best to distill a broader perspective than my own blinkered viewpoint Also I thought it ...
  18 hours ago

• Virtual worlds vs. other social media: a matter of dealing with hard choices?

  
  MixedRealities — Authority: 130
  Metaplace Central was in a state of shock and sadness after the announcement of the closing down of Metaplace.com We Are the Network had quite some participants today, which was only normal with a  subject such as  the end of Metaplace.com , the lay-offs at Forterra Systems and what this means for virtual worlds. ...
  1 day ago

• Metaplace to Shutter Virtual World Creation Service

  
  Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge — Authority: 548
  San Diego- Metaplace, a company that offered virtual world-building software, hasannounced plans to shut down after two years of operation, CNET News.comreported. read more
  1 day ago

• Patch 10.6 for Planet Calypso brings item enhancements and a new critter

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  The hybrid virtual world / MMORPG Planet Calypso has recently leveled up to version 10.6 and has introduced the brand new system of item enhancement to the game as well as the winner of a community contest. Item enhancement is very much like it sounds -- a way to upgrade and customize your weapons and armors -- ...
  1 day ago

• Patch 10.6 for Planet Calypso brings item enhancements and a new critter

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 158
  Filed under: Sci-fi , Entropia Universe , Game mechanics , Patches , News items , Virtual worlds The hybrid virtual world / MMORPG Planet Calypso has recently leveled up to version 10.6 and has introduced the brand new system of item enhancement to the game as well as the winner of a community ...
  1 day ago

• Real-Life Benefit of Video Games

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  Regular video game users learn to process information faster and more accurately both when they’re playing in virtual worlds and in real-life situations, a new study says.
  1 day ago

• Marketplace traction with the UGC model and the closure of Metaplace

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  As you read last night , the UGC (user-generated-content) virtual environment side of Metaplace is shuttering on New Years Day, 2010, just a scant couple of weeks away. " The reason? " says company president Koster. " Well, it just hasnt gotten traction. " Nor should it have at this stage, really. Metaplace ...
  1 day ago

• Upcoming event: We Are The Network about the end of Metaplace.com and other bad news

  
  MixedRealities — Authority: 130
  I explored Blue Mars a bit these last few days, and now I wanted to re-visit Metaplace. I’ve my own space there but lack of time prevented me putting it to more use. My vague impression was that Metaplace.com had loyal and very active followers, but was not gaining enough traction. This is now confirmed, the company ...
  1 day ago

• Metaplace Closing January 1, 2010

  
  GayGamer.net — Authority: 596
  Metaplace , the 2-D isometric virtual world platform by Raph Koster, received sad news earlier today when an announcement went online saying that the game would be shutting down on January 1st, 2010.While Metaplace wasnt comparable in appearance to other modern titles, it was notable for its strident attempts at ...
  1 day ago

• Metaplace: Shut Down

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 137
  Metaplace.com is closing on January 1, 2010 : 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet ; http://j.mp/8dyizq
  1 day ago

• Metaplace Pulling Plug on Website

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 664
  Online Media , Web-based services , Virtual Worlds Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: San Diego-based Metaplace co-founder Ralph Koster announced on his blog today that the venture-backed company is shutting down Metaplace.com, its user-generated content website, effective Jan. 1. Koster, the former chief creative ...
  1 day ago

• Metaplace to shut down its site for thousands of virtual worlds (via postie)

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 158
  On Jan. 1, some 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet. That’s because Metaplace, the company that made the open platform for the virtual worlds, will be closing its site.San Diego, Calif.-based Metaplce had created a site over the past few years that could host virtual worlds that users created by ...
  1 day ago

• Metaplace to shut down its site for thousands of virtual worlds

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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  2 days ago

• Half Empty or Half Full?

  
  Advertising, Marketing and Design — Authority: 148
  Is this glass half empty or half full? If you’re a glass-is-half-empty thinker, you may be looking toward 2010 with anxiety over what has been a difficult past year, but if you’re a glass-is-half-full thinker, you may be counting down the days with anticipation for a better, brighter tomorrow. 2010 will be ...
  2 days ago

• Augmented Reality Jumps the Shark

  
  dailywireless.org — Authority: 436
  TechCrunch reports that Yelp turned down an offer of half a billion dollars from the search giant. The speculation is that Yelp got another bid or was offered a partnership that made selling the augmented reality company less than necessary. Augmented reality uses your cameraphone, GPS, and compass to show ...
  2 days ago

• Browser-based virtual worlds gets upgrade: MellaniuM environment

  
  Milton Broome's Virtual Psychology Blog — Authority: 99
  There’s recently been a recent innovation in the ability to import vast amounts of 3D-model data into virtual worlds. Specifically, the development is in the exiting new area of browser-based virtual worlds; these seem to be one of the ways that multi-user virtual worlds are evolving. These improvements to graphics ...
  2 days ago

• Virtual Worlds as Green Workplaces ?

  
  Caleb Booker — Authority: 99
  A nice overview of some of the ways companies see real ROI through virtual worlds. At a recent panel discussion in Second Life, hosted by the US Department of State, experts from industry and the non-profit world pondered some fairly topical questions: to tele-commute OR not to tele-commute? Are 3D worlds a good ...
  2 days ago

• The Daily Grind: How realistic do you like your games?

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  In real life, if youve not noticed, we dont have hit points. Getting stabbed by a sword once is pretty much crippling if not outright fatal. Fall too far and you dont suffer some uniform amount of damage across your whole body -- you frequently wind up breaking your legs or your spine , and it can be a slow and ...
  2 days ago

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