A big thanks to Feldpsar Epstein for attending the real-world AVWW event last weekend. What follows are some of the highlights from her perspective. We'd also love to hear your thoughts. The Australian Virtual Worlds Workshop, Friday 28 November and Saturday 29 November 2008, held at Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus, was a bit of a mixed bag. I present here some of my … [Read more...] about AVWW Doggie Bag
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VastPark expand developer pool, SDK on the way
Vastpark's slow but steady progress toward launch continues, with an announcement that its Developer Program has some new faces. Two of those faces include Australian-based companies: Finpa (an eLearning outfit) and The Project Factory (a virtual worlds developer). The other entities coming on board are MindTaffy (USA), Metaversatility (USA) and ADMINO (Finland) … [Read more...] about VastPark expand developer pool, SDK on the way
VastPark and NICTA: Badumna beta
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
Virtual Worlds London lineup finalised
As mentioned previously, we're a media partner for Virtual Worlds London. It's looking like a dynamic get-together, with quite a list of speakers finalised. Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon is one of the many notables. If I were attending myself, I'd love to ask some questions of Niniane Wang, Google Lively's Engineering Lead, on how Google perceive Lively's performance to date. … [Read more...] about Virtual Worlds London lineup finalised
VastPark release Immersion player
VastPark have been a littler quiet on the news front recently but they've changed that today with the announcement of a virtual worlds' player called Immersion. The player, which will be open source, will allow for VastPark-created worlds to be embedded into websites. VastPark themselves mention Google Lively as the obvious comparison. CEO Bruce Joy's take: "We think that … [Read more...] about VastPark release Immersion player