The Australia Council have announced the winners of their MMUVE IT! project. The project had thirty thousand dollars up for grabs for a virtual world arts initiative. The winners this time are visual artist Andrew Burrell from Sydney and artist and science researcher Trish Adams from Brisbane. The third real winner this time is startup virtual world platform VastPark, which … [Read more...] about Australia Council announces latest funding winners
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vBusiness Expo line-up announced
Virtual world business advisers Clever Zebra are continuing their relentless schedule of events and products with the announcement of the line-up for the July vBusiness Expo being held on the 30th July: - Steve Prentice from Gartner will provide the opening keynote address: 'Virtual Worlds in Business - Are we virtually there yet?', "where he will summarize the state of the … [Read more...] about vBusiness Expo line-up announced
Virtual worlds prominent in BRW’s Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications
BRW have run a feature listing the 'Top 100' Australian Web 2.0 applications. The list is a co-production with Ross Dawson's Future Explanation Network and you can see the full list here. The Australia-based virtual worlds that made the list were: 1. VastPark at number 22. 2. MojiKan at number 32. 3. My CyberTwin at number 65. 4. Mycosm at number 69. That there are … [Read more...] about Virtual worlds prominent in BRW’s Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications
VastPark tools go public
VastPark today announced the public release (albeit an alpha release) of a number of its tools. You can now download a browser to view creations dynamically, a Viewer for "viewing the virtual experience in a static and controlled environment", an Asset Publisher to get everything online and VastServer for real-time, multi-user interaction. The release is to get the tools … [Read more...] about VastPark tools go public
VastPark, Twofish Elements and TurboSquid
The announcements keep on coming out of Virtual Worlds 2008, with Australian-based VastPark using the fourm to announce some further developments. The most interesting announcement to me is the license agreement with Twofish, Inc. They provide an economic platform for 'online entertainment properties' called Twofish Elements™ . It's an ecomonic engine that claims to be "an … [Read more...] about VastPark, Twofish Elements and TurboSquid