i havent blogged anything related to the metaverse for a while now and i thought its a good time to bring a few topics together in one blog post and point out how they will all work together in the future. i have recently sat down in a bar in berlin together with a friend of mine who was also quite active during the last two to three years in virtual worlds and we both agreed on......
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wade roush technology journalist and chief correspondent at xconomy wrote an extraordinary article in the mit technology review in 2007 which ive had in my must reread pile for a while. recently i picked it up and noticed that the article is accessible in full on the technology review web site free registration required. here is a brief excerpt fro......
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le site ugotrade a racemment publia une interview tras intaressante de mic bowmanaprincipal engineerachez intel a propos de sa vision du futur des univers virtuels interview with mic bowman intel the future of virtual worlds . il anticipe ainsi une montae en puissance de trois segments jeux metavers et paravers qui vont converger vers un modale unique de connecte......
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there have been some lastminute additions to the future of virtual worlds panel at the upcoming vbusiness expo. the panel already includes bruce joy vastpark nicole yankelovich project wonderland darius lahoutifard 3dxplorer corey bridges multiverse now in addition to these experts on specific platforms well also be joined by two of the ind......
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metaverse roadmap overview......
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tim stevens of ubiwar had a very intriguing post thoughts on countering onlineara dicalisati on athat deals withaislamist cyb erterroris ma but also the evolutionaand state of online life and the challenges these pose toaci ct and lawaenforcementa. you should go read it in full because i am going to comment upon particular snippets terrorists know their actions are r......
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im at the usdla annual conference listening to ellen wagners opening keynote. shes the senior director of worldwide elearning solutions with adobe systems inc. here are some snippets of wisdom and ideas. we cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. albert einstein shift happens watch the presentation if you ......
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im giving a guest lecture in cole and scotts class tomorrow. this post isnt really content heavy just to supplement some of the things well be covering over the course of the virtual worlds talk. a few virtual worlds world of warcraft toontown club penguin there protosphere a few tools to build virtual worlds active worlds multive......
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the last week has been a whirlwind of activity for a portion of our metaplace team who attended various conferences and meetings pertaining to the web and gaming industry. the first up was the metaverse roadmap meeting and the metaverse u conference at stanford university attended by areae president raph koster. here is some cnet coverage of raphs commentary at the roadmap mee......
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metaverse technology and approaches to how people can interact in a mmo type way are appearing thick and fast. it always opens debates around one world versus many it starts technical arguments around platforms. however that diversity is both a rich source of ideas and approaches and a restrictivce and confusing situation in social media circles. eric spin martin rice comments on ......
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this monday feb 4 2008 at 1100 slt 200 est robert bloomfield and metanomics will host robert gehorsam president of forterra systems inc . some background reading on their discussion topics forterras olive platform and association with there.com from mackena technologies inc. see olive in action investors including incutel the anomalous and s......
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im not a gamer my first life seems to be too busy to spend life in a second virtual world. on the other hand i am all about communication connectivity and information flows thats why i was blown away by the internet when i first got onto it in 1994. i was introduced to the reality of online worlds earlier this year for work purposes. for a while i became very excited by the poss......
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for our second metaverse meetup we are truly pleased to present jamais cascio one the authors of the metaverse roadmap . our first meetup turned out to be very well attended by some very interesting people both at stanford and in second life. we know we have an interesting speaker and topic for this second event and once again will open the floor for some nice and geeky conversation afterwards....
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of to a good start with a really well attended event last thursday here at stanford and in second life. mike liebhold delivered a very interesting talk entitled 3d data for real world virtual worlds. you can now see the video right here httpvid eo.google. comvideop laydocid 9062059108 751120957 we are very grateful to mike and eveyone who attended across realities for making this fi.....
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it is my pleasure to invite you to the first metaverse meetup on thursday november 8th at stanford university. we want to bring together people from across industry and academia who share an interest in virtual worlds. as our first invited speaker we are thrilled to have mike liebhold from the institute for the future. his talk will be entitled 3d data for real world virtual world....
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rereading vernor vinges a2006 novel rainbows end plunged me back into an insistent but unclear reverie concerning thea what why where of the convergence between mirror and virtual worlds. in the books first scene four of the books protagonists 3 government agents of the indoeuropean commission and mr. rabbit a potential contractor ......
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newly focused attention on the 3d web has given the impression that a confluence of activity is taking place. every time i dive into the web since entering the grid of second lifesurfing like i was when i started this weblogi find more content than i can keep up with. timely pertinent stuff from many sources. often and right in the middle of reading the longest of these pieces i stop and t......
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