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Virtual Worlds 2007: The Tipping Point?

Everyone I met at Virtual Worlds 2007 seemed to agree this conference, the first of its kind, marked a “Tipping Point”. Of course, people love to talk about Tipping Points. It is one of those ideas that adds a little excitement to an occasion regardless of accuracy. But, the buzz and excitement was tangible at […]

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Virtual Worlds ’07: Philip Rosedale, Second Life
and Positive Global Development

Day One of the Virtual Worlds 2007, NYC. Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Labs gave the opening presentation at VW ‘o7, 9am. In an auditorium jam packed with a Fortune 500 crowd gathered to look at, “The Future of Marketing and Media,” Philip Rosedale/Linden stayed true to his visionary, futurist roots. His talk […]

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From Net 0 To A Virtual World:
New Ways To Use The Net

Servers for the people! (picture from O’Reilly Radar) Welcome to Net 0! Warana Unwired, a project from Microsoft Research India (see blog), bypasses Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web 3D and Web(n+1) etc., etc. and puts the power of servers directly into the hands of the people, replacing pcs with cellphones. This may be the first […]

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