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Virtual World: A 3D computer environment in which users are represented on screen as themselves or as made-up characters and interact in real time with other users. Massively multiuser online games...; Full Virtual World Definition >>

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Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?: Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?"IBM has" not "IBM have"IBM is a single entity, therefore, please use singular verb usage. It should be "IBM has", not "IBM have". I see this grammatical mistake gaining momentum in a LOT of writing.RE: Virtual world tipping point: Is...; Tags: virtual world, enterprise use, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?: Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds. There may be even a few corporate uses in the future....; Tags: Google Inc., Virtual World, Avatar, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-09
The Semantic Web goes thin: The Semantic Web goes thinquestionable titleInteresting, useful info, but how does it relate to the Semantic Web?RE: The Semantic Web goes thinAnd what do virtual worlds and XML / RDF have in common?RE: The Semantic Web goes thinand just what do virtual worlds and the Semantic Web have in common?...; Tags: RDF, XML, Semantic Web; Discussion threads 2008-03-31
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
IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, security: IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityOr they buy Kaneva????IBM is playing the VR play as cool as cats. IMHO, they are going to come out shinning on this play.johnmwillis.comRE: IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityI think you will find thats Michael Ackerbauer not...; Tags: His-Name, internal virtual world, virtual world, IBM Corp., confidentiality, security; Discussion threads 2007-12-18

When virtual legal chickens come home to roost: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostJudge orders payment of $5000 virtual dollarsgood at any virtual McDonalds.Pfttt..RE: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostWhat court would actually have jurisdiction? The court where the Second Life servers are? How about where the plantiff is? What if the defendant resides...; Tags: legal chicken, virtual dollar, chicken, Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-11-07
A real yardstick for virtual worlds?: A real yardstick for virtual worlds?The vast majority of virtual worlds . . .While Second Life is a notable exception, the vast majority of virtual worlds are considered to be games, with their virtual economies largely closed off to the real world.And about interoperability: It may happen between "true" virtual...; Tags: Games, virtual world, game; Discussion threads 2007-10-18
Build 3D worlds easily through your browser: From DemoFall in San Diego: Webware's Rafe Needleman talks with SceneCaster, which recently launched its 3D social-media Web application.; Tags: Web Browser, Demofall07, demo, san diego, scenecaster, web 2.0, 3d, virtual world, social networking, google, database; Videos 2007-09-28
Gartner: Risky business in virtual worlds: Gartner: Risky business in virtual worldsWan't originally designed for businesses anywaysYeah, I agree with the risks of moving business stuff to these virtual worlds. Quite honestly, the current virtual worlds are designed primarily for entertainment, not for business. They really didn't have business needs in mind when they were creating...; Tags: virtual world, Gartner Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-12
The future of virtual worlds: The future of virtual worldsThe Future Looks Good Optimystical HeightsI am a huge long time resident of the Active Worlds virtual Universe, helping artisans establish a virtual presence on the internet through the building of virtual galleries and studios on the Artshighway.com Artshiway in AW. I also tour virtual worlds...; Tags: virtual world, virtual reality; Discussion threads 2007-08-01
The future of virtual worlds: At the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 07 the virtual worlds was under scrutiny. Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier led a panel below with Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Labs Second Life; Irving Wladawksy-Berger of IBM; Chris Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online and Chris Melissinos, chief gaming officer at Sun.The big question...; Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, Second Life, General; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Second Life a terrorist training camp?: In what has to be one of the most sensationalist and fuzzy pieces of journalism I've read in a long while, The Australian newspaper has published an article that links terrorist training with the virtual world of Second Life.Terrorist organisations al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah traditionally sent potential jihadists to train...; Tags: Virtual Worlds, Second Life; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Banned: Gambling in Second Life: If, like me, you've lost a few hundred Linden dollars on a virtual roulette wheel in Second Life, and were planning on returning sometime soon to win it all back -- you're out of luck. After coming under increasing scrutiny from the FBI and other law enforcers, Linden Labs has...; Tags: Virtual Worlds, Second Life; Blog posts 2007-07-27
Canadian cops recruit in Second Life: Last month, the Vancouver Police Department VPD held a recruitment seminar in Second Life. Yes, you read that right: recruiting law enforcement officers through a virtual world. The idea, the VPD said, was to target a generation who are extremely web-savvy. If they are early adopters venturing into a virtual...; Tags: Virtual Worlds, Second Life; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Google Earth takes it to the streets: Google Earth takes it to the streetsWhyGet a GPS phone. It'll get you to your destination better then any map you're going to pull of the Internet, no matter WHAT angle it's viewd from.Build it, and they will comeI can see that there will soon be enough technology for us...; Tags: GPS, Google Inc., virtual world, Google Earth, Google Maps; Discussion threads 2007-05-29
Viacom to buy Last.fm?; Sony launches YouTube competitor; Atari plans its own virtual world; USAToday's social strategy sees results: The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week…Viacom to buy Last.fm? The rumor mill is buzzing with news that Viacom is far in negotiations to purchase London web 2.0 poster-child, Last.fm (the leading music-based social network). "The...; Tags: Music, Second Life, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly, Virtual Worlds, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Can open source save Second Life?: Can open source save Second Life?Nothing is likely to save Second LifeNot real estate nor simulated sex. There is a long history of people making and losing money in virtual worlds - it's called multiplayer gaming. Millions of players world wide have participated in virtual worlds that far...; Tags: Games, Call centers, Nothing, open source, Second Life, virtual world; Discussion threads 2007-04-18
Report: Despite risks, school must embrace online communities: Public schools in the U.S., traditionally under-funded and slow to embrace innovative ideas, will be facing particular challenges as emerging technologies play a larger role in students lives, reports eSchool News. The "Horizon Report" recently issued by the New Media Consortium and the nonprofit group Educause, predicts that...; Tags: Education Technology, Emerging Tech; Blog posts 2007-02-13
Google Earth to get a Second Life?: Michael Eisenberg a partner at VC firm Benchmark Capital has posted on his blog about a rumor hes heard regarding Googles plans to build a virtual world based on Google Earth. Eisenberg writes:Heard an interesting rumor today from an academic who heard through the PhD grapevine...Google is working on turning...; Tags: MySpace, Virtual Worlds, Google, virtual world, Google Inc., Google Earth; Blog posts 2007-01-25
Second Life client open-sourced: The makers of Second Life Linden Labs have announced that as of today the client software for its virtual world will be released under an open-source license (GNU GPL version 2). This means that the outside development community can help improve the existing software needed to log-on and interact with...; Tags: Linden Labs, Second Life, virtual world; Blog posts 2007-01-08