avatar worlds
RSS avatar worldsSort by: Relevance | Date
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.04.08
Round-Up Anybody else suspect his aides knocked up the avatar a few minutes before the meeting to make the politician look hip, groovy and down with the orcs? Rosedale, appearing in both physical and avatar form, outlined some of the steps the company takes... [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]
CIO Essentials: Male techies, data breaches and web 2.0...
News Fancy being 'phoned-up by an avatar? Photos: BT talks big on virtual worlds Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the... [18 Sep 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. Companies need to think about security and risk management before they get too excited about virtual worlds, according to... [09 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.08.07
Round-Up Lanier's other theory is that seeing people, even in the form of an avatar, evokes empathy. Suddenly you're on your best behaviour as an avatar, even if you are improbably endowed, bright red and sporting a frankly magnificent pair of antlers. [03 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. Do people behave better in virtual worlds than on blogs, forums and chatrooms on the web? To hammer home his point, Lanier then added: "Civility is the... [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. For more visit silicon.com's virtual worlds special report. A British Airways 747 taxis past Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5... [27 Jul 2007]
Photos: E-tailer Iwoot opens Second Life shop
Photo Pictured is an avatar in the Second Life store. Visitors send their avatar to the store, select a product and take it to the virtual counter where the avatar pays in Linden Dollars. 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]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: I, Avatar
Comment For example, at a recent press conference a mysterious avatar tried to befriend me but I ignored him. 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. [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. So be careful how you choose to limit access to wikis, blogs, social networking, virtual worlds and more, warns Steve Ranger. [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]
Second Life: How to make it work for business
News Perhaps they'll try our avatar clothing.then perhaps try it for real," Schionning said. But the store is just the first step: "We know there are many more places we can go with this concept, and in the future we could use our location in Second... [01 Nov 2006]
