In the wake of a fire that devastated one of France’s most famous landmarks, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, residents of the virtual world Second Life visited its replica to pay their respects. On April 15th, while undergoing renovations it was reported the roof of the 856-year-old cathedral caught fire…
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InWorldz is in trouble and need YOUR help
Late last night I was hit with the news that InWorldz has ended up in financial trouble and will close on Friday. Today Beth made an update to her original post. By popular demand she has set up a GoFundMe campaign to save the 10 year old virtual world. For…
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Virtual News Bites: Second Life Hits the Reset button with Latest Update
In what Linden Lab calls 15 updates for the 15th Birthday, they announced many things we oldies find familiar. Among the new things like real-world adjustments to the Day-&-Night Cycle and better filters for the Marketplace you’ll find things like themed Tutorial Islands that new players will start at. For…
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Virtual Reality Worlds topped by Rosedale… twice
Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab (that created Second Life), left his company a few years ago to form High Fidelity. The new company aims at creating a brand new virtual world, using future technologies and truly immersive Virtual Reality. Meanwhile, his former company is creating Sansar, a virtual…
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Zappar Revisited – A talk with the founder
I got to talk to Zappar CTO and Co-Founder Connell Gauld about the company’s past, present and future. It was a bit of a fan moment for me, as Zappar was what introduced me to Augmented Reality a few years ago. Introduction to AR I first saw AR when Green…
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Second Life Residents Begin Prep for the Virtual World’s Anniversary
Many virtual spaces have anniversaries, but none have more user input and contributions than Second Life. The Linden Lab created virtual world will have its 13th Anniversary in June 2016 and its residents have begun their preparations for the big celebrations. On their website they called for contributors such as sim builders,…
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The Next Generation of Virtual Worlds – #VirtualWednesday
I’ve ranted a lot in the past about how I don’t see a future in VR. Fortunately, some developers have not listened. We now have a host of new Virtual Worlds coming out, all based on Full Immersion Virtual Reality technology. This new generation of Virtual Worlds is much…
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Zappar – The gateway to Augmented Reality
Those who have followed my articles knows that I personally thing Augmented Reality is the path to the future, rather than Full Immersion Virtual Reality. Or, to be more precise, I think FI-VR will be implemented through AR. I have followed the VR/AR technology advancement closely over the past decade…
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Wil Morris Reporting… Oculus Rift and Assassin’s Creed Rumours
This week, Wil tackles the news around the Oculus Rift price and the new “Assassin’s Creed” rumours.
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The Lab Chat Series
Photograph by Torley Linden On 19th November, 2015, The Lab Chat hosted its first show with Jo Yardley and Saffia Widdershins. A total of 46 questions were asked in the forum. Here are a few pointers on: Land Pricing and Prim count Attracting new users Gateways Program Marketplace Beta Structure…
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