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Google buries Lively
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
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Lively by Google , the search giant’s product for creating 3D virtual worlds on the web , will be shutting down at the end of the year . This news isn’t exactly a big surprise — despite creative director Kevin Hanna’s speculation about expanding the product...
Tags: google, second life, virtual worlds, virtual world, Google Inc.
Trends & Innovations - Thursday
Lander :: WY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gamers who get magic items, gold or other assets in virtual worlds are being taxed at a 20% rate. Thanks in large part to the popularity of multiplayer online games, China's virtual goods market has grown into a $1.45 bil industry. Some firms hire young...
Tags: virtual worlds, eat, meat
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
Microsoft aims to woo Japanese gamers to Xbox
Chiba :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled. Japanese game...
Tags: xbox 360, virtual worlds, games, Tokyo, art, Microsoft
iStockAnalyst: RudeVirtual.com, the Newest Addition to Utherverse's Family of Virtual Worlds, Brings the Beach Party to Your Home Computer
Vancouver :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Utherverse, Inc., developer of virtual worlds RedLightCenter.com and Virtual-Vancouver.com, today announced it has developed a new beach-themed virtual world in conjunction with Rude.com, an adult entertainment web site.
Tags: Virtual Worlds
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
Will Google Cultivate Its Virtual Worlds To Make Them Lively? Definitely
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Will Google Cultivate Its Virtual Worlds To Make Them Lively? Definitely from the me2.0 dept We're running a little experiment here with our discussion on Google's new Lively offering. Two of us at Techdirt, Mike Masnick and Mike Ho reacted quite differently...
Tags: virtual worlds, Mike Masnick
In Russia, the Flying Penises of Second Life Are Real [Peniscopter]
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Kiddies, I remember the days when flying penises could only attack public figures in virtual world Second Life. Who doesn't remember the day when virtual real estate mogul Anshe Chung, the richest lady in Second Life, was attacked during a virtual press...
Tags: second life, virtual world, virtual worlds
Avatars at House hearing on virtual world
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The founder of virtual world Second Life sought to reassure U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the online community is able to police itself. Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and a handful of other virtual reality experts, testified at a House of
Tags: virtual worlds, energy, virtual world, art, House
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