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1. CNET (USA) - Start-up hopes to bridge real, virtual worlds. "Micazook, a start-up trying to bring some real-world flavor to virtual worlds on the Net, plans to publicly launch an online realm it calls Project X for now. "A beta will be out in the next few weeks," Michael Fotoohi, managing director and one of the prime programmers behind the project, said at the Image Sensors … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. Times of India (India) - Amputees could feel artificial limb if put in the virtual world. "Anthony Steed, a computer scientist at UCL, studied how the rubber hand illusion Movie Camera works in virtual worlds. In the standard illusion, a false hand is placed on a table in front of a volunteer whose real hand is out of view, and both are stroked at the same time. After a … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. Casualgaming (USA) - GDC: Virtual worlds need better player contact, says Habbo Hotel designer. "Speaking at today's Game Developers Conference's Social and Online Games Summit, the lead designer of Habbo hotel has suggested that virtual worlds are loosing out on an opportunity to welcome more users because of an ingrained blinkered focus on real time interaction. In his … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. The Australian (Australia) - Is putting real-life law into an avatar's hands viable? "The difficult business of enforcing law and order in virtual worlds -- and resolving the messy consequences when problems spill into real life -- needs to be debated before knee-jerk political responses. Over the past fortnight Facebook memorial sites for murdered Queensland children … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news

1. CNET (USA) - Where virtual worlds once ruled, FarmVille dominates. "Almost every week for the last few years, it seems, I've gotten a press release or a pitch touting some company's great new Facebook games network or kids' virtual world. And why not? Companies like Zynga and Playfish are making money hand over fist with their collections of massively popular social games, … [Read more...] about The Watch – virtual worlds in the news