Did you know the whole of World of Warcraft comes out at 112 kilometres squared in real world measurement? For those interested in WoW and science, spend six minutes watching this: … [Read more...] about World of Warcraft: 112 km squared
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Club Penguin intensifies its Australian presence
As reported in news.com.au late this week, the Australian Disney website will soon have a direct link to the incredibly popular Club Penguin virtual world for kids. More Australian staff are expected to be employed, particularly given the future plans for virtual world products based on the Cars and Pixie Hollow franchises. There's certainly a momentum building in … [Read more...] about Club Penguin intensifies its Australian presence
50 Twinity invitations for TMJ readers
Metaversum, creator of Twinity are kindly offering fifty Metaverse Journal readers an invitation to join its beta program. The first fifty people to go to this link will be able to sign up. If you do register, post a comment on your experience with Twinity. … [Read more...] about 50 Twinity invitations for TMJ readers
Interzone’s MMO: Interzone Futebol
Sporting virtual worlds are few and far between, so the announcement of a soccer MMO is likely to cause some interest. Interzone Futebol (futebol = soccer = football) will initially be released in Portuguese only but international versions are planned not long after. The feature set touted is: team-based multiplayer matches, with every character on the pitch (playing field) … [Read more...] about Interzone’s MMO: Interzone Futebol
ViZiMO at Tokyo Metropolitan University
We've covered Hidenori Watanave's work before and we were pointed to an interesting project recently completed at Tokyo Metropolitan University. A three-week workshop was held with the theme 'Translating real space into virtual space', with eighteen students taking part. An application called ViZiMO was used to create the final works, and fascinating those works are: You … [Read more...] about ViZiMO at Tokyo Metropolitan University