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Photos: It's virtual everything in Cisco's future
Photo The company added it is also exploring ways to bridge the real and virtual world environment, by for instance being able to include virtual objects - such as documents or avatars - in a videoconferencing session. [16 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up Also on the screen was an avatar representing Edward Markey, the Massachusetts democrat who chairs the subcommittee. Anybody else suspect his aides knocked up the avatar a few minutes before the meeting to make the politician look hip, groovy and... [04 Apr 2008]
Virtual tech will 'kill the office'
News But if in fact I could walk up to the virtual support desk and meet the avatar of the virtual support person which would then find somebody in the company that has the right skills to actually help me that could become of great value. [31 Jan 2008]
Photos of the month - August 2007
Photo Here an avatar attempts to withdraw virtual money from the Smartbank system found on IBM's company island in Second Life. This is a 3D model of a hospital in Liverpool created by Taylor Woodrow Construction, a company which has been using Google... [31 Aug 2007]
Five virtual world security worries for business
News It's difficult - if not impossible - to ensure that any avatar is the real-life person it claims to be, according to Garter. Uncontrolled virtual worlds represent an environment "fraught with danger" for enterprises that are sensitive to brand and... [09 Aug 2007]
Photos: IBM lifts the lid on web 2.0 tech
Photo Here, a shopper's avatar is able to show how the materials from the website appear when used in Second Life. A global team of IBM developers have created an internal virtual world called Metaverse, which is based on GarageGames' Torque Game Engine. [07 Aug 2007]
Second Lifers on their best behaviour?
News Lanier's other theory is that seeing people, even in the form of an avatar, evokes empathy. And it has about 830 residents who make more than $1,000 per month in the virtual world. A group of virtual world advocates say "yes". [02 Aug 2007]
Photos of the month - July 2007
Photo See what else is on the company's virtual island and how your avatar can do the shopping in our recent photo story. Book publisher Penguin joined the Second Life party this month by running a series of events in the virtual world for the launch of... [27 Jul 2007]
Photos: E-tailer Iwoot opens Second Life shop
Photo Visitors send their avatar to the store, select a product and take it to the virtual counter where the avatar pays in Linden Dollars. Pictured is an avatar in the Second Life store. Other features include a 3D maze within one 'o' building where 100... [12 Jul 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo Pictured is silicon.com's avatar taking a walk around the virtual Renault F1 garage. The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo The Asteroid was named 'Club NEVERDIE' after the owner's avatar and contains 1,000 apartments, a shopping mall and stadium for virtual sporting events. Above an avatar hunts a virtual animal. Pictured is an armour-clad avatar. [26 Jun 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: I, Avatar
Comment I had no way of knowing he was one of the people I'd come to meet because the individual's avatar didn't share his real world name. For example, at a recent press conference a mysterious avatar tried to befriend me but I ignored him. [19 Jun 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?
Comment Find out how many have posted a clip to YouTube, or have a Second Life avatar or a MySpace account. And I know companies that are benefiting from the use of social networking to share knowledge internally, creating virtual teams that could never... [14 Jun 2007]
The hard reality of virtual world litigation
Comment He even created his own avatar and held virtual town hall meetings in Second Life where he discussed the purchase of virtual land. The brave new world of virtual worlds creates a constellation of new - and still foggy - legal questions. [14 Jun 2007]
Photos: Renault F1 races into Second Life
Photo Photo credit: Tim Ferguson silicon.com's avatar explores the Renault F1 garage on the island. Here, silicon.com's avatar warms up for the race while chatting to other competitors. The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and... [01 Jun 2007]
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