Twinity – what is it good for?
“Twinity – the virtual world that mashes up the real with the virtual world”, proclaims their website. However, Twinity is no more of a mashup of the real and virtual worlds than any other virtual world. It’s a world of real people meeting other real people, filled with real digital content, all set against a [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. The Hollywood Reporter (USA) – Nick splits games, virtual worlds. “MTV Networks’ Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group said Tuesday that it has formed separate divisions focused on gaming and virtual worlds and has promoted executives from within the Viacom-owned company to run the new groups.”
2. BusinessWeek (USA) – What Do Teens Want? “Using its [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. Retransmisja koncertu Agi Zaryan w SL TVP Kultura (part2)
2. Fracturing
3. Neko Adventures of Ivy Nakamichi ep2
World of Warcraft to be overtaken as largest world?
Wagner James Au, writing for GigaOM, gives some interesting details on teen virtual world Habbo Hotel’s ongoing growth. With 9.5 million active users it’s sneaking up on WoW’s more than ten million.
Any Habbo users out there that want to talk about its appeal?
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:
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 [...]
