Where will YOU

be on 4/23? Hopefully at Virtualis! To wit:
….DANA POINT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Corporate Planners Unlimited, Inc. announced a two-day educational online seminar, “Experience the Future Now,” will mark the highly anticipated launch of its virtual mega convention center, Virtualis, on April 23-24, 2008 (9 a.m. – 3 p.m. PT). Virtualis is […]

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The Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), one of the nation’s premiere science and technology museums, announced the final group of winners of its virtual exhibit design competition in The Tech in Second Life(R), also known as The Tech Virtual. Also announced were the special “Best […]

This is really neat!

To wit:
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about a virtual reality world called Second Life. Now the publishers of this paper have launched their own 3-D experience with the hope that the community can view its news, information, and local businesses in a whole new way.
The vision is called Virtual […]

Utterly amazing.

To wit:
…When Lestat Destiny teleported onto Hillary Island for her daily prayer vigil, she was surprised to see several dozen people milling about. The Second Life virtual headquarters (unofficial) of the Clinton campaign was usually unoccupied, quiet. Yet today it teemed with life.
“I had one of those brief Yay, we can win! moments, […]

Now this goes beyond

cool - to wit:
….If you’re a Second Life player, you know how cumbersome the keyboard and mouse feel when you’re trying to move around that virtual world, interact with others and construct stuff. Second Life creator chairman and designer of groundbreaking spreadsheet software Lotus 1-2-3 Mitch Kapor is experimenting with a […]

I just came

across a neat blog regarding Space at Space CoLab, a place that is “Catalyzing interactions among scientists, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts in the space community”. The owner is using Second Life to host “Yuri’s Night 2008″ - to wit:

“Outer space is eternal and extends indefinitely far out. There is enough room for […]

Virtual Worlds News

just released the following article:
After all the negative press Second Life has gotten in the mainstream media, it’s nice to see a positive (or at least serious) take on the virtual world. Vanity Fair is taking a look at the Gone Gitmo project in Second Life, an effort to re-create the conditions […]

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from The Electronic Retailer Blog:
…In the past few days, Comedy Central has taken a brazen approach to some of the issues we deal with day in and day out. The virtual world Second Life is one of those buzzwords often thrown around conferences by […]

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Today I came across this superb article that I’ll be pounding into my kids’ heads! To wit:
….The majority of virtual worlds are “game worlds” focused on dragon slaying (such as Blizzard Entertainment’s best-selling World of Warcraft) or social worlds focused on making new friends and keeping up […]

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neat - thanks to Cisco and Second Life, a hospital that will open in 2011 is already a fully functioning Medical Campus in Second Life. To wit:
Palomar Pomerado Health is currently constructing a revolutionary medical facility in San Diego that will open in […]