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"By contrast, a massively multiplayer game like Age of Conan or World of Warcraft is an immense round-the-clock online environment where thousands of players simultaneously go about their virtual lives, exploring, fulfilling quests or just making friends."

Tags: OB, NP, Conan, MMORPG on 2008-06-04 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"What's more, Bailenson's research suggests that the qualities you acquire online — whether it's confidence or insecurity — can spill over and change your conduct in the real world, often without your awareness. Bailenson has found that even 90 seconds spent chatting it up with avatars is enough to elicit behavioral changes offline — at least in the short-term."

Tags: Second Life, virtual worlds, OB, NP on 2008-05-14 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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It's worth checking out the layout, architecture, and landscaping of this new area.

Tags: Second Life, OB, NP on 2008-05-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Advances in computing, graphics are creating a more realistic virtual reality"

Tags: virtual world, OB, NP on 2008-05-07 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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"The new Sculpted Primitive tool allows users to model special primitive objects in Hexagon that can be exported in TGA format, then imported and used in Linden Labs' popular 3D virtual world, Second Life. In Second Life, these sculpted primitives can be used to create more complex, organic shapes that were not previously possible with the Second Life primitive system."

Tags: Second Life, Hexagon, 3D, NP, OB on 2008-05-04 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds. Now the manufacturer of the little plastic playing blocks wants to take them online to "Lego Universe," a virtual world for fans of the ubiquitous toy."

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"Fans and producers of the hit TV show Lost are taking to the Internet, building a wiki, alternate reality games, communities, and a virtual island in Second Life to explore the world of the ABC show"

Tags: Second Life, LOST, tv, OB, NP on 2008-04-28 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"This site is created to offer a platform for the Ubuntu Linux group in Second Life. The purpose of this group is to contact with Ubuntu Linux users in Second Life and to promote Ubuntu Linux in this virtual world."

Tags: Second Life, Ubuntu, Linux, OB, NP on 2008-04-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"The 3-D service called Home, which originally was expected to be sold starting last year, now is expected to be available in the fall, the company said. The service will let users create avatar characters, decorate homes and interact with other users in a virtual world."

Tags: virtual world, SONY, OB, NP, WSJ on 2008-04-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Second Life creator Linden Lab has selected digital-strategy veteran Mark Kingdon as its new CEO, following Philip Rosedale's resignation from the post last month. Rosedale will remain chairman of the company's board."

Tags: Second Life, OB, NP on 2008-04-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Arts Metaverse provides students with the authentic and meaningful learning experience of visiting 3 -D buildings, communities, and cultures without leaving their home or school."

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"3Dconnexion announced on Thursday that it is adding support for Second Life to its SpaceNavigator 3D mouse. The company claims that adding support for navigation in Second Life means users will be able to move, fly and design objects more naturally in the virtual online world."

Tags: NP, OB, Second Life, mouse on 2008-04-04 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"IBM will pilot the technology internally using its BladeCenter servers and storage, allowing its employees' avatars to explore the "Second Life" mainland and cross over into IBM's hosted version without having to log on and off, Colin Parris, vice president of digital convergence at IBM, told eWEEK."

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"After ages spent singing of the heroic exploits of others, the bards of Azeroth are finally stepping into the spotlight on their own terms, proving once and for all that while just about anyone can pick up a sword or cast a spell, only a true hero can vanquish evil with the power of ROCK!"

Tags: NP, World of Warcraft on 2008-04-03 -All Annotations (0) -About

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