Christian Salles, Olivier Lamirault, Serge Soudoplatoff, Jean Michel Billaut and Franck Bellido are five impressive individuals. All from France, they have played various roles in France's technology sector (their full bios follow at the end of this post) and they intrinisically understand virtual worlds. One (Franck Bellido) developed his company's Second Life island … [Read more...] about Realising a virtual worlds industry in Australia
Australian News
Skoolaborate: a growing success, despite government ineptitude
I spent this morning at a session organised for a team of French innovators called 'Lead Educators : Virtual Worlds and the Immersive Web' . I'll talk more about that in another post but I wanted to devote this one to a topic we've covered previously: Skoolaborate. Since that time, there’s been some incredible progress, with more than forty schools now involved. I had the … [Read more...] about Skoolaborate: a growing success, despite government ineptitude
Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Australian Second Life content developers, Top Dingo, have created a tribute sculpture for Victorian bushfire victims. You can see it here. 2. Do Avatars Dream of Human Sleep? is a mixed reality collaboration between the artists of The Physical TV Company (Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman) and MUVEDesign (Gary Hayes) on a research project supported by Critical Path, … [Read more...] about Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
eKidna World: Australia’s preteen virtual world challenger
eKidna World is one of the newest virtual world offerings on the block for preteens, and it's an Australia-based one to boot. Founded by Brisbane-based mother of two, Karen Orford, eKidna World is a web-based world with a fairly hefty feature-set. As you'll read in our interview below, eKidna is essentially a one-person self-funded operation, which makes the end result even … [Read more...] about eKidna World: Australia’s preteen virtual world challenger
IMVU and the Victorian Bushfires
I received an email from IMVU's PR people, part of which I think is worth re-publishing: IMVU user PraiseRose is turning virtual donations into real world relief for individuals and communities affected by the devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia. A Canada native, PraiseRose has never even visited Australia, but she was so moved by the coverage of the tragedy on the … [Read more...] about IMVU and the Victorian Bushfires