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The Architects of the Open Source Metaverse at Virtual Worlds 2008

Screen shot from realXtend’s wickedly cool avatar tech demo (see video here). Some people may have walked away from Virtual Worlds 2008, NYC, thinking the vision of the metaverse has boiled down to two notions: 1) every toy should have its own own virtual world and 2) may a thousand walled gardens flourish. But, if […]

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RealXtend’s Vision for Open Virtual Worlds:
Interview With Juha Hulkko

Juha Hulkko’s Second Life avatar, Jussi Hudson relaxing in his “mirror house” in Second Life – photo by Noelani Lightfoot. The story of Juha Hulkko’s vision for realXtend, the future of virtual worlds and the next generation of the internet, is fascinating and several conversations are combined in the following interview. You can read more […]

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Open Source Virtual Worlds Pushing the Envelope

One of the dreams Adam Frisby, a key core developer of OpenSim and CTO of Sine Wave Company, is that OpenSim will be the platform to make virtual concerts a mass phenomena. Sine Wave Company is already deeply involved in developing the creative relationship between rock and virtual worlds by developing sophisticated dance animations (click […]

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