News tagged with “virtual world”. Found:
47 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 47 tagged news reports
Virtual world keeps tabs on presidential election
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility
A group of people have gathered beside a gazebo in an outdoor park to discuss the presidential election. But the park isn't real, it's in the online virtual world of Second Life, where pixelated avatars fly around and interact with each other.
Tags: elect, president, obama, virtual worlds, barack, second life, news, virtual world, Barack Obama, presidential election
Forbes: Making Virtual Worlds Portable
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility You're bored, unmotivated and have a few minutes to kill before lunch. You make your way over to Facebook, where you're able to jump straight into the virtual world of your choosing--say, "Second Life"--without launching an application. You wander around...
Tags: virtual worlds, facebook, second life, social, virtual scene, virtual world
Wired: Muxlim Plans Muslim Virtual World
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Muxlim, the world's premier Muslim social networking site, plans to create a Second Life-style virtual world focusing on the ancient religion. The unnamed virtual world is set to launch in "4 to 6 weeks" and aims to offer Muslim gamers standard social...
Tags: second life, network, social, virtual world, Metaplace, social networking
Secured Capital to raise $1 bln
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Bloomberg Secured Capital Japan, which manages 550 billion yen ($5.1 billion) of real estate assets, said it plans to complete raising $1 billion for a fund by as early as December to tap investment opportunities in Japan. Tokyo-based Secured Capital...
Tags: Bloomberg Secured Capital Japan, virtual world, 3di opensim
Virtual ex-lover faces real charges
New Castle :: PA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The News Journal August 23, 2008 A Claymont man arrived home from work Thursday to find an intruder lurking in his darkened apartment, holding a Taser gun aimed at his torso. The 52-year-old man got out of the apartment as quick as he could and called...
Tags: virtual world, art, Delaware
Idea came after my house burned down
Singapore :: Singapore | about 1 year ago
Credibility This can be applied to how he scales the virtual worlds in his games. Mr Wright, who was in Singapore for the first time to promote his latest creation, a life simulation game called Spore. Spore allows players to create and modify life forms, establish...
Tags: virtual world, virtual worlds, spore, art
NBC 48 Huntsville (WAFF): Gibson promoting guitars in the virtual world
Nashville :: TN :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gibson Guitar Corp. has begun promoting its instruments in the virtual world. The Nashville company is following the trend of other companies such as IBM and Nissan North America, which have set up venues on the Second Life online community for consumers...
Tags: Gibson Guitar Corp., virtual world
Ars Technica: Hands-on: Google's Lively social 3D world is 20 percent done
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 1 year ago
Credibility Google's Lively social 3D world is 20 percent done From the Newsdesk Google today introduced a 3D chat room plug-in called Lively that is easy to embed in websites and blogs. Ars Technica went hands-on to see if Google actually has introduced us to "another...
Tags: virtual world, Newsdesk Google
Meteor Games founders hope to duplicate Neopets success with new online world
San Jose :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The virtual world business is turning into a virtual galaxy with lots of competition. But the founders of the Neopets kids virtual world are diving into the fray today with Meteor Games, a new independent game development studio working on a fantasy/sci-fi...
Tags: virtual world
Schools eyeing virtual campuses
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A new trend in online education involves students acting through animated characters called "avatars" mingling in simulated school settings and even rocketing off, via the Internet, on quests for knowledge. San Jose State University in the heart of Silicon...
Tags: virtual world, internet, second life, university, students, art
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
