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In Norrath, Tattoine and Rubi-ka, Just What Are Your Legal Rights? Even though virtual worlds are nothing more than code residing in banks of computers, what goes on in them poses challenges to our notions about the nature of property, the legal rights of players in virtual worlds and even the presumed boundary between the real and the imagined worlds.   |
Information Today
July 14, 2008
Lori Bell |
As the (Virtual) Worlds Turn Google released Lively, a public beta version of its much-anticipated three-dimensional virtual world. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
The Online Universe: An Old Fogey's Guide Here's a primer on the strange new world of online gaming. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Aili McConnon |
Just Ahead: The Web As A Virtual World Imagine being able to have a digital replica of yourself stroll from one site to another. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
My Virtual Life A journey into a place in cyberspace where thousands of people have imaginary lives. Some even make a good living. Big advertisers are taking notice. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Steve Hamm |
Palmisano Gets A Second Life IBM is embracing the virtual world of avatars - and other big companies are close behind. |
BusinessWeek
March 26, 2007
Reena Jana |
The New Avatar In Town Korea's Nexon and others are edging onto Second Life's turf, using simplified features. |
Entrepreneur
November 2009
Kara Ohngren |
I'll Have My Avatar Call Your Avatar With Protosphere software, it's possible to have a meeting without actually meeting. |
Wired
February 2007
Mark Wallace |
A Second Life for MTV It used to be the last word in youth culture. Now MTV is more about reality shows than rock stars. Can a virtual world of 3-D avatars help the network get its groove back? |
InternetNews
December 11, 2009 |
Feds Cite Child Safety Hazards on Virtual Worlds Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms |
National Defense
May 2010
Austin Wright |
Airmen to Live Out Their Careers In Cyberspace Air Force officials anticipate a world in which every recruit receives an avatar upon joining the service. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2010
Jonathan Allen |
9 Reasons Why it Might Be Time For Marketers to Value Virtual Goods Convergence of web, mobile and TV may create stronger emotional connections between audiences. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2007
John K. Waters |
On a Quest for English Online role-playing games, which take players on explorations of medieval fantasy worlds, are showing the potential to be a powerful tool for ESL learning. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2006
David Needle |
Is Sun's News For Real? Sun is holding a press conference from within Second Life, a virtual online world. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
David Kushner |
Winner: Make Your Very Own Virtual World with OLIVE Forterra's OLIVE software makes the business of virtual-world environments real. |
CIO
October 1, 2001
John Edwards |
Talking Heads Using an avatar means never having to worry about a bad hair day... |
InternetNews
November 24, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Get a Life: Enterprises Eye Potential For Second Life Enterprises are dipping their toes in the waters of virtual worlds, but may have to wait to see the benefits. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Frank Rose |
How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life More and more people are leaving this virtual world, leaving advertisers and big name companies behind. |
New Architect
January 2003
Lincoln D. Stein |
Get Real Internet-enabled gaming shows how virtual reality is about to take off |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Bailenson & Blascovich |
Virtual Reality and Social Networks Will Be a Powerful Combination Avatars will make social networks seductive |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Robert D. Hof |
It's Not All Fun And Games Companies are also starting to use virtual worlds as alternate offices in which colleagues and partners can meet and view materials that the Web isn't rich enough to display well. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009
John K. Waters |
A 'Second Life' For Educators Lauded as a learning tool, the popular virtual world is now being used by teachers for their own enrichment, providing them with a wealth of opportunities for collaboration, peer interaction, and sharing of resources. |
Inc.
February 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
Does Your Business Need a Second Life? Why are companies like Toyota and Dell and Starwood Hotels getting immersed in Second Life. |
Entrepreneur
November 2007
Heather Clancy |
Starting Your Business' Second Life Need to breathe some life into your business? Going virtual can open up a whole new world. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
Anders Bylund |
IBM Moves Into the Virtual World Second Life and IBM just showed that the massive Second Life world can connect to IBM's OpenSim servers. This could be the beginning of open standards that would connect every conceivable virtual reality network to each other. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Michael Tennesen |
Avatar Acts: Why Online Realities Need Regulation Conflicts on environments like Second Life can open up new legal questions |
InternetNews
January 12, 2007
Roy Mark |
Politics, Virtually Democrats' groundbreaking appearance in Second Life opens the door for what might be the Internet's next political battleground. |
National Defense
February 2012
Eric Beidel |
Avatars Invade Military Training Systems The influence of video games on military training has been substantial, and the military's interest in avatars -- for soldiers and other actors in simulations -- is growing. |
CRM
March 1, 2007
Jessica Sebor |
Material Living in a Virtual World Companies are looking to take a piece of Second Life's digital pie because of its explosive membership, but will this move prove virtually insignificant? |
PC World
October 2, 2006
Mark Wallace |
The Future of You Think the Net has changed your life? Wait until it becomes an immersive 3D environment. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2004
John Blazevic |
MMORPGs: The Next Wave A slew of MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) are due out in the coming year. These games let you create a virtual character and interact with people all over the world. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Virtual Magic A new online game finds Disney brilliantly promoting two products at once. The company began beta-testing its new Virtual Magic Kingdom online experience. |
PC World
May 21, 2007
Dan Tynan |
Traveling the Web's Third Dimension My avatar, my self: Second Life shows us the future of the 3D Web. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2007
Susan Kuchinskas |
Hey IT, Welcome to the Bverse IBM and Linden Labs, creator of Second Life, announced an initiative to create open standards and interoperability allowing people to move their avatars and virtual goods from one world to another. |
Wired
April 2006
Chris Suellentrop |
Global Gaming Crackdown How governments from Beijing to the Beltway could shackle your freedom. |
CRM
September 23, 2011
Steve Adams |
Intelligent Virtual Agents Ushering in the age of digital customer relationships in marketing |
U.S. Banker
April 2007
Rebecca Sausner |
Experimental Marketing: ABN Amro Decides To Get a (Second) Life Three-dimensional, virtual communities are all the rage at many mainstream firms, but so far only ABN Amro has bought prime real estate at Second Life. |
PC Magazine
June 25, 2003
Carol A. Mangis |
Cutting-Edge Games Every year, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) gets bigger, louder, and brighter -- and the games get better. |
Wired
April 2006
Steven Johnson |
When Virtual Worlds Collide Grand Theft Auto crashes through EverQuest into The Sims! The walls dividing the game universe are coming down. |
CIO
May 12, 2011
Maria Korolov |
Companies Explore Private Virtual Worlds Alternatives to Second Life provide security while boosting productivity. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Michael Fitzgerald |
Boomtown Virtual goods, such as avatars and Facebook gifts, are attracting major brands, celebrities, and venture capital. The money is real. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2007
Mike Elgan |
Don't Believe In Google's 'My World' What we know about the "My World" project is made up from what Google might call a "mashup" of sketchy facts, speculation and wishful thinking. Let's have a look. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006 |
Money for Nothing In the book by Julian Dibbell, Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot, the ultimate conclusion is that the boundary between the real and virtual worlds, or between work and play, is becoming increasingly blurred and mobile. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007 |
Fast Talk: Getting A (Second) Life Chuck Hamilton is using Second Life to train new IBM hires. And he looks darned good in a kilt. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Playing Games With Disney Disney's new online game may not be a runaway hit, but it has a whole lot of potential. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Zwinky Gets Swanky IAC tries its hand at creating a virtual community for kids. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Gwen Moran |
Hot New Market: Online Worlds Should you take your business to the virtual world? |
CRM
October 2010
Koa Beck |
Anybody's Bot Virtual agents, deemed the new concierge of the Internet, help customers navigate through ever-increasing Web site complexities. |
InternetNews
April 2, 2008 |
Avatars at House Hearing on Virtual World Second Life and censorship discussed on Capitol Hill. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
David Kushner |
Engineering Everquest In addition to driving the development of new software and hardware, online gaming demands heavyweight data centers. The machines that run EverQuest collectively have the bit-crunching capabilities of one of the world's top 100 supercomputers. |
