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Next Island to launch sci-fi adventure virtual world — with time travel
Gadget Reviews —
Authority: 153
Next Island is the latest company to launch an ambitious virtual world. But this sci-fi adventure paradise comes with an interesting twist: time travel. The company is announcing today that it is building a world in MindArk’s massively multiplayer online virtual universe, Entropia Universe.That means it has licensed ...1 day ago -
Next Island to launch a sci-fi adventure virtual world — with time travel
Gadget Reviews —
Authority: 153
Next Island is the latest company to launch an ambitious virtual world. But this sci-fi adventure paradise comes with an interesting twist: time travel. The company is announcing today that it is building a world in the Entropia Universe.That means it has licensed virtual world technology from MindArk, whose ...1 day ago -
This Week in OpenSim Dev - week ending Saturday 21st November 2009
justincc.org —
Authority: 112
Hello everybody. This is a short summary of OpenSim development for the past week up until the end of last Saturday. The letters in brackets after bug and feature points are the Git revision identifiers in which the work appears. We only give the first 6 characters of each revision but this should be enough to ...1 day ago -
Hallmark, Abandon Partner for Freaky Pets
Virtual Worlds News —
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Abandon Interactive Entertainment today said it had entered into an exclusive deal with Hallmark Gold Crown stores to distribute its new Freaky Pets plush doll starting in 2010. Targeting children ages four and up, Freaky Pets is a line of reversible plush toys with a web browser-based 3D virtual world tie-in. The ...1 day ago -
Building MMO landscape scenes
Be The Gamer —
Authority: 456
Landscapes have been a staple component of almost every MMO in recent memory. With the exception of some sci-fi titles , most MMOs take place on the land of some imagined island or continent. Some use stylised fantasy landscapes that run smoothly on even low-end computers while others have managed almost ...1 day ago -
Building MMO landscape scenes
Massively —
Authority: 690
Landscapes have been a staple component of almost every MMO in recent memory. With the exception of some sci-fi titles , most MMOs take place on the land of some imagined island or continent. Some use stylised fantasy landscapes that run smoothly on even low-end computers while others have managed almost ...1 day ago -
Need 50 secondlife.com accounts + related email accounts by gonzobrains
freelancersblog.net —
Authority: 173
I need someone to create me 50 accounts on secondlife.com They each need separate email accounts from various free web-based email accounts. Both second life and email accounts must be never have been… (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Data Entry, Data Processing, Second Life / Virtual Worlds, Social Networking, Virtual ...2 days ago -
Farmville frenzy
Digital self —
Authority: 116
When 67 million users are playing an online game, I cant possibly ignore it. So I signed up for Farmville, despite the negative press. But, as you might imagine, Id rather go the real thing...2 days ago -
The two-year attention span theory (update)
MixedRealities —
Authority: 129
(adding a PS about the BBC controversy) ArminasX Saiman on Second Effects is musing about the flattening of the online users stats of Second Life. There is the Linden Lab policy on bots which certainly has an impact. Saiman has an additional explanation: the two-year attention span. Whatever people undertake in ...2 days ago -
Social Game by ashnika123
Freelancer jobs resources —
Authority: 170
I am looking for someone that will be able to build an app for me that includes virtual currency for social networking. I am looking specifically for a facebook app. It HAS to include a virtual economy/currency... (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Facebook, Game Design, MySpace, Second Life / Virtual Worlds, Social ...3 days ago -
Social Game by ashnika123
freelancersblog.net —
Authority: 173
I am looking for someone that will be able to build an app for me that includes virtual currency for social networking. I am looking specifically for a facebook app. It HAS to include a virtual economy/currency… (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: Facebook, Game Design, MySpace, Second Life / Virtual Worlds, Social Networking) ...3 days ago -
BBC News - What happened to Second Life?
Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check —
Authority: 443
A timely reality check Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world. Today youd be forgiven for asking if its still going. Once upon a time Second Life had a Twitter level of hype. Even those without a cartoon version of themselves ...3 days ago -
The Death and Life of Second Life
broadstuff —
Authority: 570
Looks like Second Life is on its way to join the choir invisibule . Once upon a time (in 2006) it was ubercool to put you business on Second Life. Now its not - BBC quoting Wireds Ben Hammersley being Wise in Hindsight (Wired et al pimped it to the nines at the time - restraint was not their watchword, I recall ): ...4 days ago -
Blizzard’s Addiction to Previewing the Future
Wolfshead Online —
Authority: 107
W hat if J.R.R. Tolkien had named his classic fantasy trilogy How Frodo Destroyed the One Ring at Mount Doom ? Thankfully he had the good sense and propriety not to do so as it would have been foolish to have revealed the climax of the story within the title of the book. Part of the reward for the reader who invests ...4 days ago -
Free Online Addicting Games
video game reviews —
Authority: 144
(1) ONLINE GAMING Play is an important contributor to human development, maturation and learning. That is why games are an essential ingredient in the curriculum of every school and college and also a popular pastime for adults. However, today’s busy lifestyle and living in matchboxes leave neither time nor room for ...4 days ago -
Second Life is Still Around but Media is Less Interested
ShoppingBlog.com —
Authority: 625
The BBC has an article about Linden Labs virtual world called Second Life and how it has faded from the news. The BBC says media mentions of the virtual world peaked in 2008. Some retailers that opened up shop in Second Life when it was still getting lots of press ended up closing them. American Apparels virtual ...4 days ago -
Linden Lab to raise Xstreet fees, loses vendors, products
Massively —
Authority: 690
This week, Linden Lab announced that it was going to start charging listing fees and minimum commissions on its Second Life Xstreet Web-shopping adjunct in the near future. Within hours, vendors took down thousands of products, many abandoning the service entirely in favor of alternative services. Its unclear ...4 days ago -
Linden Lab to raise Xstreet fees, loses vendors, products
Be The Gamer —
Authority: 456
Filed under: Business models , Culture , Economy , News items , Opinion , Second Life , Virtual worlds This week, Linden Lab announced that it was going to start charging listing fees and minimum commissions on its Second Life Xstreet Web-shopping adjunct in the near future. Within hours, vendors ...4 days ago -
Project Natal: Forget Gaming, Its a Virtual World Tool!
Second Tense —
Authority: 104
I love the idea of natural controllers and using 3-D cameras to better interact with games and virtual worlds.Working Demo, or Just a Tech Demo?Early this year Microsoft "demoed" Project Natal at E3. I put quotes around it, because a source told me that it was indeed a mock-up. That, and it was abundantly obvious to ...4 days ago -
Your Second Life Avatar Is Dressed Inappropriately
VizWorld.com —
Authority: 447
Business are slowly adapting to virtual worlds like SecondLife and ScienceSim as ways to hold collaborative virtual meetings and share information, especially as the economy makes air travel and meeting room rentals cost prohibitive. But as these virtual spaces grow, it becomes an increasingly popular question as to ...4 days ago
