The title of this story would have to be one of our most obtuse, but the story behind it is hopefully a little more transparent. VastPark is a developing virtual world platform well known to regular readers. NICTA (National ICT Australia) also has a number of years pedigree in some of the technological underpinnings of virtual worlds. In the case of the collaboration with … [Read more...] about VastPark and NICTA: Badumna beta
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Project Outback bites the dust
At SLOz we've covered Project Outback a couple of times (here and here), mainly because its CEO, Rand Leeb-du Toit, is Australia-based and was rightly touting an upcoming new virtual world competitor. On Rand's blog yesterday, I noticed the following few words: "since the demise of the virtual world I was working on", so I'm assuming Project Outback is no more. We contacted … [Read more...] about Project Outback bites the dust
Project Outback’s potential engine
Thanks again to 3pointD, there's some interesting information on Peer to Peer developments and how they may relate to Aussie-driven SL competitor, Project Outback (formerly known as Outback Online). We're currently in process of finalising a Q&A with Yoick CEO Rand Leeb-du Toit to discuss his views on virtual worlds in general and Project Outback's place within what is a … [Read more...] about Project Outback’s potential engine