Interview: Andrew Campbell – Director of Prometheus Research Team, University of Sydney
(Published earlier today on Metaverse Health)
Over the past couple of years I’ve had the opportunity to chat with Andrew Campbell on a couple of occasions. As Director of the Prometheus Research Team, Andrew is heavily involved in the area of mental health and technology. I’ve always been struck by Andrew’s objective view of gaming and [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Virtual Worlds News (USA) – Report: Virtual Worlds Growth to Skyrocket. “Market research firm Strategy Analytics today released its forecast for growth within the virtual worlds sector and to say it sees growth would be an understatement. Overall, the firm said it sees the global population of virtual world users growing from 186 million [...]
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
For anyone looking for something fun to do on Sunday night, try ABC Island in Second Life.
The next ‘Aunties Building Challenge’ is being held, starting 8.30 pm AET (3.30 am SL time). It’s a great way for newer Second Life residents to learn the ropes of content creation while more experienced people can [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. Man vs Second Life
(Thanks to Doubledown Tandino for the heads-up on this one)
2. ICS Ballet’sMist (Mitikas Stage) in Second Life
3. Rev Mark’s Farewell from Anglican Cathedral of Second Life
Australia revamped
Back in May 2007 we covered the launch of a sim in Second Life called Australia. Up until a month or so ago, things hadn’t altered much until the sim’s change of ownership when it’s previous owner sold due to real-world time contraints. Now run by Australian Second Life developers Top Dingo, there’s been [...]
Zindra: Second Life’s adult continent
As announced on the Linden Lab blog, Second Life residents now have access to the new adult-only continent called Zindra, for the next two weeks. There’s already a bunch of Linden-created content up and running, although not surprisingly there are dozens of empty buildings this early on in the piece. I’m a sucker for pretty [...]
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Starting on the 20th June, the Virtual Worlds Story Project is running Vision Quest:
This Second Life version of a Vision Quest is designed to spark your imagination and encourage you to “see” in new and thought provoking ways. Participants will have a choice between one of two Story Trails to pursue:
Story Trail #1: [...]
