Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Teen virtual world Habbo Hotel have teamed up with MTV International to bring the European MTV Awards vibe to Habbo. Users can vote in-world for the awards as well as get involved in some competitions.
2. Caleb Booker has created a great wish list of features that would make a truly successful 3D platform. [...]
Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Habbo Australia are hosting World Wrestling Entertainment®’s Batista™ (nicknamed “The Animal”) tomorrow at 4:00pm AEST (Monday 9th March). This is a free event and the venue will be the ‘Opera House’ public room.
2. Australian educator Jokay Wollongong held one of her regular ‘Unconferences’ today and there’s some great notes and links from it here.
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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?
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. The Washington Post – Spies’ Battleground Turns Virtual. “U.S. intelligence officials are cautioning that popular Internet services that enable computer users to adopt cartoon-like personas in three-dimensional online spaces also are creating security vulnerabilities by opening novel ways for terrorists and criminals to move money, organize and conduct corporate espionage”.
2. CNN Money – Pointing [...]
