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Photo For his next project, Swade says he plans on building Babbage's Analytical Engine.but this time, in a virtual space. Doron Swade is a world-renowned Babbage Expert and is also the curator of computing at the London Science Museum.
[12 May 2008]
Photo Big brands are embracing Second Life to promote their real-life goods within the virtual world. Also featured in 2007's virtual worlds photo fodder was the virtual world with a real cash economy - the Entropia Universe created by Mindark.
[13 Dec 2007]
Photo The new museum uses interactive and virtual technology to allow people to experience what transport might be like in the future. This is a virtual transport-ticket seller. This area shows urban transport systems from around the world, including...
[23 Nov 2007]
Photo Virtual network operator Vanco developed and integrated the technology involved to keep the Arctic team's communications system operating smoothly. A polar explorer attempting to traverse the North Pole next year to survey the Arctic ice has sent...
[12 Nov 2007]
Photo Virtual-world developers are getting more grounded with the help of 3D models that can be imported from Google's 3D Warehouse. Follow this link for more virtual views. The project is also aiming to turn it into the most technologically advanced...
[31 Oct 2007]
Photo Virtual-world developers using Multiverse Networks' platform are able to import 3D models from Google's 3D Warehouse into their projects. Not everything imported into a Multiverse virtual world has to be realistic.
[15 Oct 2007]
Photo One of the things it has looked at doing with its foray into the virtual world is the possibility of calling or texting people in the real world from inside the virtual one. This phone box can be used by avatars to make calls to real world phones...
[27 Sep 2007]
Photo BT is developing services that could allow users of virtual worlds to call or text out to their colleagues and friends in the real world. The consumer need we recognise is that people play Second Life but they have many friends and contacts that...
[13 Sep 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]
Photo A global team of IBM developers have created an internal virtual world called Metaverse, which is based on GarageGames' Torque Game Engine. People can hold virtual meetings and areas are dedicated to individual departments and projects.
[07 Aug 2007]
Photo Book publisher Penguin joined the Second Life party this month by running a series of events in the virtual world for the launch of a new novel by William Gibson. For more visit silicon.com's virtual worlds special report.
[27 Jul 2007]
Photo Becoming a good citizen could be the best way for businesses to get the most out of virtual worlds. For more on virtual worlds visit silicon.com's virtual worlds special report. In the next few weeks publishing house Penguin is running a series of...
[20 Jul 2007]
Photo Gadget e-tailer iwantoneofthose.com (Iwoot) has opened a Second Life island which contains a virtual store selling real-life goods. The 65,536 square metres of virtual space cost £800 to purchase and a "few thousand pounds" to develop out-of-house...
[12 Jul 2007]
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened up an island containing a race circuit within Second Life's virtual world. The virtual world has been experimenting with tennis for some time - with trials around the Australian open and French Open.
[27 Jun 2007]
Photo Virtual world Entropia Universe is 'more than a game', according to its creators at Swedish company Mindark. Offering participants a hybrid between the Second Life environment and the game-like World of Warcraft, Entropia is a virtual world with a...
[26 Jun 2007]
Photo The company has been experimenting with tennis in the virtual world for some time - it started last year with a site on a private island, followed with experiments around the Australian Open and the French Open.
[18 Jun 2007]
Photo CWID UK (the UK's arm of the virtual war) is part of the wider US-led CWID event held online and around the world with countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand involved in testing and developing new military technologies.
[14 Jun 2007]
Photo Google also showcased some of the recent apps to be launched within Google Earth - including one that lets users build 3D models of buildings and pop them on the virtual globe. Google also showed off its Street View app, which is available over...
[01 Jun 2007]
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. The island was launched at a virtual press conference - which took place at the Monaco Grand Prix and in London - with Renault...
[01 Jun 2007]
Photo Big brands are embracing Second Life to promote their real-life goods within the virtual world. AOL, BMW, Cisco, Dell, Intel and Sears are among the companies clambering for a piece of the virtual action.
[30 May 2007]
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