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26 points about virtual worlds for 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011 by mandy

Here are some ruminations from my research project, Immersive Internet Australia , commissioned by the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre  and Swinburne University of Technology. The list is neither exhaustive, nor final. Comments welcome. The immersive Internet is a generic term for … Continue reading →

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Swinburne University’s Koala Island

Posted on June 30, 2010 by mandy

Thrilled to be using Swinburne University’s ‘Koala Island‘ in Second Life for an event with VicRoads. We’ll be  introducing them to virtual environments. Roads, urban planning, their own distributed work force… it  makes sense to start exploring a swag of … Continue reading →

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SFO's Counter-Culture lives on! Second Life's metaverse and Burning Man

Posted on October 13, 2009 by mandy

 I have always been fascinated by the counter-cultural heritage of  Second Life  – as evidenced by Phillip Rosedale’s much vaunted epiphany   at the 1999 art, fire and community event,  Burning Man, in the middle of the Nevada desert. Residents in Second Life acknowledge the … Continue reading →

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Business Models .01

Posted on August 30, 2009 by mandy

Reading about Box, the US collaboration and storage solution company, I was interested to see the challenge they gave to would-be customers : try us, and  if you don’t like our service we’ll give you a free subscription to our competitor.   ‘Strikes me  there’s  … Continue reading →

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