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Yesterday’s WSJ noted that retailers and manufacturers were increasingly selling their branded virtual goods inside virtual worlds: Retailer Kohl’s Corp. this month launched a new line of apparel, but the plaid skirts and printed T-shirts won’t be sold in its 957 stores. Instead, it’s selling them on Stardoll.com, a virtual community for teens and tweens where kids can fork over “Stardollars” — purchased online at a nominal sum — to buy apparel for their online characters… This month, casual

Regular columnist Bill Thompson says the virtual world still needs a lot of work if it is to replace the real world.

Written on 8/20/2008 by Abhijeet Mukherjee. You can catch him at Jeet Blog where he blogs about different Web 2.0 apps and online tools and how they can help you become more productive.Photo Credit: Gunnar Wrobel As a full time blogger and freelance writer, writing web content is part of my daily routine. Since it earns me a living too, it's mandatory for me to consistently polish my skills as a writer and write better content. I am sure a lot of bloggers and web content creators realize the

– 3D worlds are the new gold rush after the social networks. The phenomena first brought to fame by SecondLife is now been mimicked by Google itself via Lively. According to a report investors put $184 million in 23 virtual worlds in the first quarter of 2008. With so much money chasing so many people, its not unlikely to have a virtual world prop up every other day. Just Leap In is yet another virtual world that wants you to have a virtual representation of yourself and the people around yo

Today we have an interesting piece of news from Sosauce, a travel startup we reviewed on Profy first when it launched back in May. At the time we called Sosauce a place to have a “really fantastic super travel journal” because the site provided all the functions a user could dream of to have a perfect travel journal - and even more so this explains some of the admiration in our description. The platform allows to record everything related to your travel experience - from the route to photos and

The Social Media Starfish created by Darren Barefoot (a Creative Commons license) illustrates some of what I call "6 Axes of Medical Education in Web 2.0 Style": Web feeds (RSS)PodcastsBlogsWikisCustom search enginesSecond Life virtual worldDean Giustini of UBC Academic Search - Google Scholar Blog posted his selection of 11+ Things of Note in Medical Web - Summer 2008. Here is my opinion on some of the services on the list. Please check the original post for all website links. 1. Surfing the

When are we going to see... by xaph Today 10:09 6,121 102,398 Events Entropia Universe event announcements and discussion. WoF 2008 Land Grab 2008 Event Promotion EstoLympics ! by bvandevelde Today 09:23 1,755 66,059 Entropia Universe Tutorials Entropia Universe tutorials, guides, maps and charts and sticky threads. Basic Hunting Tutorial by JackATHherer 08-12-2008 10:28 46 1,027 Entropians.com Support and feature discussion of the Entro

Reuters - “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore,” an online graphic novel, could be headed for television screens.

Virtual World Entropia Universe Partners With NVIDIA To Provide Enhanced Visuals For Game Play 19 Aug 2008 (GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN)August 19, 2008 - Entropia Universe, the award-winning 3D online virtual universe for interactive entertainment, social networking, and e-commerce, today announced that Entropia Universe will be part of NVIDIA's "The Way It's Meant to Be Played" program, which ensures consumers of the highest quality gaming experience when running NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics hardware

Recently, Square Enix decided to drop the first item in their Final Fantasy XI Player’s Collection. It’s a pendant with the price tag of $42.99, complete with silver-plated metal and synthetic leather. To their credit, Square Enix realizes that regular consumers are not willing to buy expensive and ugly items for no reason. So instead of just allowing the pendant to speak for itself, the company is offering an in-game bonus for consumers. Buying the pendant allows players to teleport around

The competition in the GT Academy has just become very real, with players stepping out of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and onto the starting grid of the Silverstone circuit.   Contestants will be behind the wheel of Nissan’s modern performance icons - the 350Z and infamous GT-R for a chance to join the Nissan racing team in the Dubai 24 hour race in 2009. Read more… This leg of the competition truly tests the realism of the Gran Turismo racing world, seeing if their skills in the virtual w

How to reach real people in a virtual world By Adam Broitman and Jack Tatar As people increasingly hide behind self-selected personas online, should marketers target the avatars or the people who created them?

Report Get your passport photo ready! FaceSpook is here. Upload a photo when asked, the facemapping program places you in the story. You have to make a couple of decisions. People live or die by your choices. Interactive TV, online game and movie all in one. Now all I need is for them to make a virtual world out of it, and it'll be truly cross media. What choices did you make and what was the outcome? Are you a fan of Spooks, the British spy show? Hat Tip: Gary Hayes and his LAMP post goes i

DALLAS, Aug 19, 2008 / FW/ — With invitations and previews for the New York Spring 2009 season coming in fast and furious, it is easy to lose track on what’s going on with the other segments of fashion. An interesting development is that mainstream retailers like Kohl’s, Sears, even K-Swiss are starting to ‘sell virtually’ to the young with the hope that it will translate to real world sales. But, instead of using the very popular platform, Second Life, they have developed their own flavor

Continuing our coverage of the mainstream web, in this post we look at some of the most popular websites for kids. We've gathered information from a recent report (pdf) from Nielsen Online, via Marketingvox, which studied the online habits of Britons under the age of 23. We also polled friends of RWW via Twitter. The Nielsen report concluded that entertainment sites have the greatest affinity with under 12s, games sites for 12-17 year-olds, and student and video sites for 18-22 year-olds. We'

Although some still doubt that free to pay games have a viable business model, this month’s launch of game cards at Bestbuy may change some minds. Reports Virtual Worlds News Stardoll, Meez, AdventureQuest, and Gala-Net have all partnered with GMG Entertainment to launch individually branded prepaid cards at Best Buy. The Meez card will come with an exclusive virtual good, and Stardoll, which has previously worked with GMG Entertainment, is expanding its prepaid offerings to include a $15 car

Permalink Comments (1) MP3 Download Tonight on GeekNights we briefly review the old NES game North and South. In the news, Bionic Commando has rearmed and virtual world historians exist. Scott’s Thing - Wii DVD Playback Rym’s Thing - 8-bit Slayer

Sosauce, the aesthetically-pleasing network designed for sharing photos and travel adventures, has rolled out two new major updates, both of which revolve around the sharing of media in an enlightening environment. Expanding on its existing travel features, Sosauce’s new Travel Guide works in conjunction with the site’s travel recording tool for improved journey-sharing capabilities. This reflects Sosauce’s desire to become a more comprehensive service for planning trips, recording trips, a

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Watch Emily speak about Image Metrics, “a marker-less performance driven animation company.” Emily – the woman in the above animation – was produced using a new modelling technology that enables the most minute details of a facial expression to be captured and recreated. Very neat stuff. Read more at timesonline.com.