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IBM’s Virtual Wimbledon: Web Rendering in Second Life

Yesterday I visited IBM 7 in Second Life to see what Ian Hughes, IBM (Epredator Potato in Second Life) has been doing with his Wimbledon project this year. In the picture above, Tara5 Oh, my avatar in Second Life, is in the IBM Wimbledon team control room reconstructed in SL from panoramic photos. Click on […]

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Genkii:Tokyo’s Open Source Metaverse Strategists

There is a lot of excitement in the Japanese Metaverse these days. I met some of the the most important Japanese metaverse companies at the Virtual Worlds Expo and Conference in New York City earlier this year. And, last week, I managed to catch up with Naoyoshi Shimaya, CEO of Metabirds, and Hiroshi Asaeda, CEO […]

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Metabirds: Interview with Naoyoshi Shimaya,CEO

I met Naoyoshi, CEO of Metabirds, at the Electric Sheep Company’s party during the Virtual Worlds Conference, 2008. And, ever since then, I have been looking forward to hearing more about Naoyoshi’s vision for the future of virtual worlds and his pioneering company Metabirds that has developed 25 sims in Second Life â„¢ (A registered […]

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