1. Fashion-centric world Frenzoo continues its evolution, announcing the ability to create furniture. 2. The veteran OLIVE platform continues development, this time announcing it will demonstrate the use of its platform to deliver clinical behavioral therapies, including "engaging clients and maintaining their active participation, efficiently overcoming individual emotional … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The USA's National Space Society had their machinima awards ceremony last weekend, in conjunction with the University of Western Australia. There's some superb machinima featured - you can view them all here. Also, don't forget to check out the May winners of the UWA's 3D Art competition, or go have a look yourself in-world. The scope and quality of the work on the UWA sim … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The winner of the 2010 Linden Prize has been announced - with the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop coming up trumps. A worthy, but unsurprising winner. With our parochial hat on, we were hoping for a UWA win but kudos anyway for being shortlisted. 2. It's quite the week for virtual worlds development company news. First is the creation of a new Canada-based production … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Paisley Beebe interviews the University of Western Australia's Jayjay Zifanwe in her latest episode of Tonight Live. You can watch it here. 2. If you have a Nokia Smartphone and want some tasty virtual worlds wallpapers, you might like to check this out. 3. The Second Life economy for the first quarter of 2010 hit an all-time high. In case you missed it, Tateru Nino has … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. We talk quite a bit about virtual goods and their popularity. MMO Behemoth World of Warcraft proved it in the past week, selling hundreds of thousands of an in-game mount called the Celestial Steed at US$25 a pop. No-one but Blizzard software know how many they sold but given queues exceeded 140,000 at one stage, we do know the number is big. 2. The SLENZ project has … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds