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From China to Virtual Africa: How Can Participatory Media Benefit the World?

I met with Alanagh Recreant (a.k.a. Dorette Steenkamp) from Uthango Social Investments, on Virtual Africa in Second Life. And, while Uthango’s Virtual Africa initiative has barely begun yet – terra forming is first on the agenda – there is already a very special feeling of possibility, and great things to come. Uthango has already put […]

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Spime Wrangling For a Better Planet:
Serious Second Life/Real Life Integrations

Serious virtual world applications in the form of Second Life/Real Life integrations are bubbling up all over Second Life as proof of concept, and more. And, with the recent announcement of the upcoming Serious Virtual Worlds Conference at Technocenter, Coventry University, I think we are at a tipping point for the full emergence of virtual/real […]

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Suzanne Vega on Virtual Ludlow St., Second Life

Monday, Nat Mandelbrot of Cruxy was hard at work of preparing for Suzanne Vega’s arrival, this Friday, July 13th, on a little slice of Ludlow street in Second Life. Nat was trying out his new virtual graffiti widget, and adding more textures to bring virtual Ludlow Street to life when I arrived. The Lower East […]

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