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CyberLink YouCam (1622_YUC080401-01): With the same easy-to-use modes as its predecessor, CyberLink YouCam 2 makes it even more fun to have online video chats or to record videos with live effects. Based on 3D technology and facial tracking, 12 new avatars give you the opportunity to pass for a historical character or their...; Tags: Webcam, Avatar, IM, Video, CyberLink, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Marketing, Internet, Online Communications; Software downloads 2008-04-24
New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and Business: Dave Elchoness has a vision – a hallway that will reach around the globe. Well, maybe not exactly that, but the former outsourcing executive from Qwest talks about the "global hallway", a virtual space where users can meet from around the globe. "We know that real work...; Tags: Software, Network, Avatar, Association, Dave Elchoness, Elchoness, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Interviewing in SecondLife: Interviewing in SecondLifeVRWorkplaceI am an attorney, HR Consultant, former IT outsourcing executive and now a virtual worlds entrepreneur. I advise companies on using virtual worlds technology to bring people together as if in person, despite geography. Consider a term I coined, the "global hallway." We know that...; Tags: virtual world, avatar, SecondLife; Discussion threads 2008-02-11
Social Software: It's Just a Game: At Lotusphere I had the opportunity to chat with a number of the researchers about the work they have going on in the area. Here are a few of the projects cooking and worth thinking about: • Wormhole bridges the virtual and Web worlds. Woody Huang showed how you...; Tags: Software, Team-building, Avatar, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Social networks vs. the tribe of Mary-Beth: Social networks vs. the tribe of Mary-Bethfighting the bit policeI think employers should encourage participation in professional communities. (I say this partly because my employer does encourage that, and I consider this and other forums a professional community, but I'm not sure that they do...)https would not workRemember their...; Tags: Blogging, network, Nothing, avatar, blog, social networking; Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Weblin (exe): Weblin makes you and others on the Web visible as small avatars. There are others on the same page you are on right now. Weblin opens a new and exiting world on every Web site if people are surfing through the Web with Weblin. Get to know people having the...; Tags: Web, Avatar, Others, Weblin, Channel Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-12-06
QuickTime hack allows Second Life currency theft: Security researchers Dino Dai Zovi and Charlie Miller have found a way to exploit an unpatched QuickTime vulnerability to steal Linden Dollars from users in the Second Life virtual world. Dai Zovi (the hacker behind the CanSecWest MacBook Pro hijack) and Miller (creator of the first...; Tags: Second Life, Attacker, Apple QuickTime, Avatar, Video, Duo, Digital Music, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Furcadia (exe): Furcadia is the magical world where the animals have learned to walk on two legs and speak. Create your own avatar and start exploring the graphical environment of player-driven content in this Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). Participate in games, make friends, roleplay, join a guild, tell stories and meet...; Tags: Avatar, Dragon, Furcadia; Software downloads 2007-11-01
StarLine Messenger (exe): StarLine Messenger is a free and dynamic instant messaging system that enables you to chat lively anywhere on the Globe. Stay in touch with your friends across the oceans and express yourself with avatars, animations and emoticons. The program comes with a modern and highly customizable design, combining looks with...; Tags: Emoticon, IRC, Avatar, Archiving, StarLine Messenger, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Business Intelligence, Instant Messaging, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Online Communications; Software downloads 2007-09-11
Photos: Furries, pirates, drag queens at 'Second Life' ball: What do you get when you tell a bunch of Second Life enthusiasts to dress up for a real-life costume party? Many of them go just as all-out as they would with their avatars in-world.What do you get when you tell a bunch of Second Life enthusiasts to dress up...; Tags: photograph, Second Life, lace, Second Life Community, Second Life Community Convention, avatar, wig, piracy, leash, Chicago, mask, jacket, hallmark, outfit, assortment, attendance, Hilton Hotels Corp., identity, brand; Image galleries 2007-08-27
Inserting your virtual copy in a game: French researchers have developed a new system to enable users to insert virtual copies of themselves into video games or on the Web. This system combines high performance video acquisition, computation and graphics rendering. It was introduced last week at SIGGRAPH 2007. This system is called GrImage (for 'grid' and...; Tags: Game, Acquisition, Avatar, Scientist, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-08-18
BlackBerry Patent app would display caller location on map: A newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would use GPS data from an incoming caller's location, and then display that location on a map interface running on the recipient's BlackBerry.The Patent application, fittinly enough, is entitled Visual representation of contact location.The application's Abstract gives us a basic understanding...; Tags: Device, Avatar, Information, RIM BlackBerry, Status, User, Location, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-08-16
Photos: IBM lifts lid on Web 2.0 tech: Go behind the scenes at Big Blue's U.K. research lab to see what's up with projects like DIY Shopper and QEDwiki.IBM has been showing off some of the tech at its research and development labs at Hursley, near Winchester, England. Silicon.com popped over to take a look at, among other...; Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, photograph, DIY Shopper, Second Life, mashup, IBM Corp., Web, mobile, Web 2.0, buddy list, vessel, coast, tablet PC, ATM, tablet, retail application, vicinity, banking, occupant, shipping company, monitor, lid, withdrawal, bar code, avatar, Silicon.com, aircraft; Image galleries 2007-08-08
Fix8 (1): Fix8 is an interactive communication tool that animates your expressions and movements in real-time. All you need is your PC, a webcam, and a dash of creativity. Use a wide mix of creative tools including avatars, creative "dress-up" accessories, flash animation and more to create your own world of videos...; Tags: Corporate communications, PRODUCTIVITY, avatar, accessory, Flash animation, webcam, video, tool, IM, blog, PC; Software downloads 2007-07-02
CaraQ maker (exe): CaraQ Avatar Maker is a software that helps you to create your personal avatar and msn/skype picture easily. By creating avatars, you can upload your avatars on CaraQ Website (http://www.caraq.com/) and share them to all of your friends. You don't need complicate flash skill to create your flash. Simply by...; Tags: Avatar; Software downloads 2007-06-26
Job interviews in Second Life? Uh oh.: Job interviews in Second Life? Uh oh.Second LifeThe only thing I use my avatar for is to make her fly really high, then turn off 'flying' so she plummets to the ground. I'm trying to see if I can kill her, but so far she just 'shakes it off'... maybe...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Second Life, avatar, job; Discussion threads 2007-06-20
Meez Avatar (widget): Add some fun to your desktop with a 3D avatar digital persona that animates and shows off your personal style. At Meez.com, you can create a highly customized avatar in minutes. Meez gives you loads of options for creating an avatar that is unique to you, including hairstyles, clothing, accessories...; Tags: Avatar; Software downloads 2007-06-15
Images: Wii create CelebriMiis: Popularity of Nintendo's Mii Channel results in many using tools to make Wii game avatars resembling famous people.; Tags: Nintendo Wii, avatar, Nintendo Co. Ltd., game, tool; Image galleries 2007-05-11
DogfightRC (exe): DogfightRC is a fun, fast-paced online flight simulation style game based on radio control aircraft. The object of the game is to outscore your opponents by blasting them down with bullets or missiles and/or collecting pickups. You have your own choice of screen name and avatar to add to the...; Tags: Avatar, Aircraft, Medal, DogfightRC, Games, Aerospace & Defense, Personal Technology, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2007-04-28
Second Life voice is coming: are you interested?: Ive been a debunker of Second Life. Why? Its not real.But I have come to believe that when you inject real-life production value elements, (and I dont mean Linden dollars) into Second Life, then Second Life attains a patina of reality.In terms of exports from the carbon-based world...; Tags: Second Life, General; Blog posts 2007-04-25

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