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The Foresight Institute’s Vision Weekend

19. November 2007

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Recently I participated indirectly in the The Foresight Insitute’s Vision Weekend. I joined Melanie Swan’s tour of Nanotechnology Island on Second Life which she conducted live as part of her virtual worlds presentation to the unconference. I was delighted to meet Melanie, the principal of MS Futures Group, for breakfast in New York City a [...]

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What The Metaverse Can Teach The Paraverse: Don’t be boring!

11. November 2007

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Last Saturday I went to the Book Party (and after hours party) celebrating the launch of, “Second Life Herald, the Virtual Tabloid that Witnessed the Dawn of the Metaverse” by Peter Ludlow (Urizenus Sklar in SL) and Mark Wallace (Walker Spaight in SL). The book, a history of the Second Life Herald which began in [...]

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Nanotechnology and Second Life

8. October 2007

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Nanotechnology Island has launched in Second Life with the goal to establish a place for the Nano Science and Technology communities to come together and to bring key ideas and research into public discussion. Nanoscience and technology like virtual worlds are frequently cited as “disruptive” technologies. These fields should evolve in relationships between scientists, engineers, [...]

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