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The Motley Fool
July 9, 2008
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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.   |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
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. |
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. |
Reason
February 2007
Jesse Walker |
Sim Pickings A former chairman of the Joint Economic Committee noted that "there is a concern that the IRS might step forward with regulations that start taxing transactions that occur within virtual economies." |
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. |
Wired
April 2006
Chris Suellentrop |
Global Gaming Crackdown How governments from Beijing to the Beltway could shackle your freedom. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Dan Costa |
Virtual Worlds Tired of the real world? Try a virtual one. These sites can have the graphic richness of massively multiplayer online role-playing games but are focused more on social activities and creativity than on dragon-slaying. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Seth Jayson |
eBay of the Elves A new computer game from Vivendi takes cues from the success of eBay. |
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. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Gwen Moran |
Hot New Market: Online Worlds Should you take your business to the virtual world? |
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. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
Out of This World Opportunities abound in online gaming. |
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. |
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. |
Wired
November 2002
Robert Levine |
The Sims Online Welcome to The Sims Online, virtual reality with a white picket fence. |
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. |
CIO
May 12, 2011
Maria Korolov |
Companies Explore Private Virtual Worlds Alternatives to Second Life provide security while boosting productivity. |
InternetNews
December 11, 2009 |
Feds Cite Child Safety Hazards on Virtual Worlds Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies An economist talks about how online games can blur the line between fantasy and reality. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
PC Magazine
June 28, 2005
David Murphy |
Virtual Currency For the over 800,000 subscribers to Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest II game, life in a virtual world follows a familiar pattern. |
PC World
January 29, 2007
Julian Dibbel |
Virtual Gold Could Draw Real Taxes Congress is investigating whether the IRS should tax online game loot. |
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
October 2010
Mark Anderson |
The End of Gold Farming? Real-world laborers make real-world money in virtual worlds. But maybe not for long |
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. |
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. |
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 |
PC Magazine
August 31, 2005
Karen Jones |
Virtual Sociology A collaboration of European universities is developing a computer-simulated society to study sociological development and culture evolution. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Peter Suciu |
Online Games Revisited Part of the appeal of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) is that they are built around persistent worlds -- which means these online universes can change and develop. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Virtual Currency Gets Real Will Facebook Credits and other social scrip challenge government-backed currencies? |
InternetNews
April 2, 2008 |
Avatars at House Hearing on Virtual World Second Life and censorship discussed on Capitol Hill. |
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. |
