It's coming up to a year since Alter Ego was being completed, and finally SBS have committed to a screening date. It's showing next Monday, 14th December at 11.25pm. More on the screening time later, but first: The Mini-Review I had the opportunity to watch Alter Ego a few months back. Directed by Shelley Matulick, this documentary takes a very close look at Second Life from … [Read more...] about ‘Alter Ego’ finally hits the small screen
Virtual worlds in the media
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. The Independent (UK) - Millions and millions of little monsters. "Virtual worlds are booming. This summer, market research firm Strategy Analytics projected that the population of virtual worlds would increase from 186 million inhabitants to 640 million by 2015. And a big part of this giant leap is going to be from young people. Apparently, children between five and nine … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
Surfing the virtual world hype
Riding the hype wave of a new technology with a “world-first” isn’t exactly unusual. We’ve seen this a lot with Second Life, right? But there’s actually other, more interesting lessons to be learned. Firstly, the newspapers and magazines don’t really check if you’re first, so if you want you can just copy what someone else is doing. This happened a whole heck of a lot. If … [Read more...] about Surfing the virtual world hype
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. DNA (India) - Virtual worlds will provide real security: Indian origin scientist. "A scientist of Indian origin has determined that advances in computers are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of many different possible military and policy actions. The scientist in question is VS Subrahmanian, a Maryland computer science … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. The Huffington Post (USA) - Real Man Traded for Cartoon Rabbit. "Getting people to change their opinion of you is tough - especially if you are a rodent who has generated billions of dollars and has become a global icon like Mickey Mouse. Mickey wasn't Walt Disney's first star creation, that was another big eared little mammal, Oswald the Rabbit. Oswald was taken from Walt … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news