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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 Ups Sales 200 Percent, Cuts Costs With Virtualization, New Database: ReactionGrid is a virtual world that offers a safe, online environment where students, business people, and others can come together to learn, share ideas, and interact. The company founders launched the site using a single server and an open-source database program but quickly realized that they needed more performance and...; Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Virtual World, Microsoft Corp., ReactionGrid, Server Virtualization, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Virtualization, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2009-05-01
Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World: Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual WorldSun acquired MySQL last yearDon't forget that Sun acquired the open source MySQL database management system last year! I can imagine that MySQL users are not very happy about Oracle's move.Which business model worked?Sun lost its way with the diversification of...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., MySQL, Oracle Corp., virtual world; Discussion threads 2009-04-20
Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World: If Oracle's acquisition of Sun actually becomes a market reality, it will most certainly change the dynamics of the market for servers, operating systems, development tools, database management systems, applications and, of course, virtualization technology. Let's take a dark view of the possibilities in each area. ...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual World, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Productivity, Virtualization, Storage, Databases, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-04-20
Ghost Buddy 1.0 (Mobile): Ghost Buddy is a 3D first-person simulation that casts you as a kind of 'ghost whisperer' who has devoted himself to helping lead lost souls to their graves. You must first find and capture each good ghost, then return it to its properly named grave. There are, however, nasty red...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Ghost, Mobile, Virtual World, Apple iTunes, Quinn Genzel, Digital Music, Digital Media, Virtual Reality, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2009-02-14
Second Life's Linden Labs adds execs from Intuit, McKinsey: Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, announced today the appointments of Brian Michon, formerly VP of Engineering at Intuit, as Vice President of Core Development and Judy Wade, formerly a partner at McKinsey...; Tags: Second Life, Intuit Inc., McKinsey & Co., Virtual World, Linden Lab, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-01-27

Complete Protection of Your Virtual World: Award Winning Backup and Recovery With NetBackup 6.5: NetBackup for VMware is the most integrated VMware backup solution on the market today. The attendee will experience just how NetBackup delivers the industry first granular recovery capability from a single image level backup. In combination with VMware Consolidated Backup VCB, NetBackup for VMware delivers both the backup performance and...; Tags: Recovery, Virtual World, VMware Inc., Backups; Webcasts 2009-01-08
Forterra Systems On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE) Technology Overview: A Multi-User, Virtual World Software Platform: Virtual worlds are being developed to support a variety of industries for the purposes of collaboration, training, analysis, experimentation, socializing and entertainment. The creation of realistic, virtual worlds, populated by large numbers of people, requires a sophisticated, distributed architecture. Organizations developing these solutions will need to create, support, and maintain...; Tags: Virtual World, Olive, Virtual Environment, Forterra Systems, Virtualization, Hardware; White papers 2009-01-05
Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worlds: Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worldsQuake 3 predates this patent by two yearsQuake 3 would seem to run counter to this patent, as would Tribes, and several other online games from the 90s. The core concepts of such online interactions were also presented in the 90s movie...; Tags: Quake 3, patent, virtual world, patent litigation; Discussion threads 2008-12-30
Worlds.com patent litigation could ripple through virtual worlds: Every virtual world in existence could find itself facing litigation over a patent held by Worlds.com that appears to cover any and all uses of avatars. by Richard Koman; Tags: Patent, Virtual World, Patent Litigation, NCsoft Corp., World.com, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-12-29
PlayStation Home virtual world hacked: PlayStation Home virtual world hackedHope the PS3 will sink SonyDear Sante all i want to chrismas is for the PS3 sink and take Sony with it.Sony was once a great company, but now there are only a pale crooked image of what it use to be.Sony as commit enough crimes...; Tags: Game players, Games, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, game, PlayStation Home virtual world, PlayStation Home, Sony Corp., virtual world, Sony Playstation; Discussion threads 2008-12-22
PlayStation Home virtual world hacked: Hackers are using a combination of DNS redirection, software vulnerabilities and the open-source Apache Web server to exploit holes in Sony's new PlayStation Home virtual world, according to a Telegraph report. The hack is allowing developers to customize their PlayStation Home experience beyond...; Tags: Virtual World, Sony Playstation, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-12-22
A Tour of Nortel's WebAlive Virtual World for Business: Nortel's new WebAlive world combines a virtual world with fantastic audio to make a business collaboration platform. Here's a preview of that world. by David Greenfield; Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Virtual World, VoIP, Virtual Reality, Conferencing, David Greenfield; Image galleries 2008-12-04
WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business: The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t just any campus. It was NortelÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...; Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-12-04
Recipe for Success With Enterprise Virtual Worlds: The Masie Center, a think-tank focused on enterprise learning and knowledge, and Forterra Systems agreed in the spring of 2008 to provide a "3D Sandbox" for members of The Masie Center's Learning Consortium to explore their learning use cases in a virtual world. The Sandbox used Forterra's On-Line Interactive Virtual...; Tags: Virtual World, Use Case, Forterra Systems; White papers 2008-12-01
Virtual worlds: Not so Lively: Virtual worlds: Not so Livelythis is kind of rediculous...send your avatar..? its you. You are going, not sending some "avatar." Its just a virtual representation, not unlike putting an Icon on an application on your computer... or a little picture of whatever besides your name on a...; Tags: avatar, virtual world; Discussion threads 2008-11-20
Virtual worlds: Not so Lively: Google Labs has killed its virtual world experiment dubbed Lively in a mere five months. What does GoogleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s move say about virtual worlds? While the death of Lively puns are unavoidable Techmeme, I've been pondering the virtual world thing for a few days. On Monday, I was...; Tags: Virtual World, Avatar, Google Labs, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-20
Google Lively (Gallery: Five virtual worlds you need to know about ): Google Lively (Gallery: Five virtual worlds you need to know about )Huh?...I guess Second Life didn't make the cutRE: Google Lively (Gallery: Five virtual worlds you need to know about )What about Metaplace from MS? (http://metaplace.com/)Ok...So you don't list hipihi, perfect world online, or any the graphically and systematically superior...; Tags: Games, Second Life, Gallery, virtual world, Google Inc., game; Discussion threads 2008-10-23
Gallery: Five virtual worlds you need to know about: New virtual worlds are popping up as tools for businesses to make the workplace a little more interesting. Silicon.com's Tim Ferguson visits some of the new office spaces. by ZDNet; Tags: Virtual World, ZDNet, Virtual worlds; Image galleries 2008-10-23
Web Threats: Virtual Worlds: To help protect employees from these threats and maintain corporate IT systems free from malware, a multi-layered approach to security is needed. This approach combines protection methods in the cloud, at the gateway, and at endpoints with user awareness and education programs. This white paper introduces the kinds of threats...; Tags: Web, Virtual World, Trend Micro Inc.; White papers 2008-10-01
Raptivity 5.0.2905.2009 (Windows): Raptivity allows you to create meaningful learning interactions quickly and easily. The Raptivity library of 3D objects, virtual world interactions, games, simulations, videos, and 200+ such pre-built interactions is based on best practices in instructional design. Raptivity outputs your interactivity to a single Flash file. Note: This is a very...; Tags: Virtual World, Interaction, Microsoft Windows, Harbinger, Raptivity, Modems, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2008-09-12