Last Friday night, ABC show Can We Help covered the topic of virtual worlds, with host Peter Rowsthorn being shown around Second Life by the RMIT's Lisa Dethridge. Watch it in full here: SLUploaded by Wolfie_Storr Thanks to Wolfie Rankin for the heads-up! … [Read more...] about Peter Rowsthorn gets virtual
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Second Life on your iPhone
...well sort of. Dynamo teen developer Katharine Berry has created an iPhone (or iPod Touch) version of her AjaxLife application. Using it is as simple as pointing your iPhone's web browser to http://ajaxlife.net/?iphone. Once logged in you can send and receive IM's as well as see which of your friends are in-world. Amazing work from a solo operator. … [Read more...] about Second Life on your iPhone
What looks like addiction, but is not – Virtual Addiction, Part 3
I spend hours with my computer. It is my favorite tool. I spend time in and out of virtual worlds; I spend time on and off the Internet, surfing with my browser. I communicate, I work, I play. From the sheer amount of time spent with my machine during the day, according to some measures, it would be correct to say that I am addicted to the behaviour of using my computer. I do … [Read more...] about What looks like addiction, but is not – Virtual Addiction, Part 3
Lively – not a rival; still a challenge.
Will Lively supplant Second Life? Is it a rival, a match for, or a strong competitor to Second Life? Will we all someday have left Second Life and made the transition to Lively instead? Not likely. Is this an issue? Not really. Lively is a pretty-looking mashup – it has taken multiple ideas and technologies from various places and smushed them together into something … [Read more...] about Lively – not a rival; still a challenge.
World of Warcraft: 112 km squared
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