Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Kzero have a useful post on the mistakes made in targeting kids for virtual worlds. 2. The RSPCA are running an online campaign for its Million Paws event. Registration is free and allows for the creation of your own pet avatar and navigation around a virtual world. Money is raised by friends donating to [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. CNET (USA) – Second Life strives for a second wind. “After it made headlines last week for yet another executive leaving the company, you’d really think things couldn’t get much worse for virtual world Second Life and its parent company Linden Lab. The marketing hype–it’s the next Internet!–bottomed out long ago. There was a [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. Second Life Digital Scrapbook 2. Showgirls Dance and Stage Rehearsal in Second Life 3. Metaplace World Review – High Seas
Competition: win an ‘Avatar Dog’ t-shirt
Its been a few months since we’ve run a reader’s competition, so lets get one underway. This one’s simple: your choice of any t-shirt from the Avatar Dog range of t-shirts. To go in the draw, all you need to do is post a comment below, with the following information: 1. A favorite virtual world-related [...]
Government’s National Broadband Network could be wasted
The Government has announced it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network, delivering ‘superfast’ broadband to Australian homes and workplaces. This Fibre-To-The-Premises (FTTP) plan (at least insofar as infrastructure technology is concerned), mirrors closely the plan and rollout done [...]
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The US-based Spina Bifida Association is holding a fundraiser in Second Life this coming weekend: Spina Bifida Awareness is pleased to announce the 2009 Second Life Charity Auction on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Second Life Time at the Justice League Explorer’s Club in Port Harbor, Steelhead. Bid on the creations of [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. The Economist (UK) – Intangible value. “Perhaps it should not be a surprise. In the midst of a global capital shortage, the first company to list this year on New York’s NASDAQ exchange not only needs no money; its source of profit is receiving cash for items that do not exist. Changyou is a [...]
