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Virtualized Worlds and Mobile Phones:
Results of a Chat with a Real/Virtual Inventor

2D bar codes, or “QR codes,” made their debut (input as data) in Second Life today, thanks to the efforts of Dave Conway-Jones “CJ Chowderhead.” This morning, CJ kindly spent time doing an interview with me. But, of course, if you are lucky enough to meet an inventor, what you really want is an invention! […]

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Metaverse and The Mobile Space:
Blurring Virtual and Real Lines

Ugotrade Goes To MobileCampNYC, Saturday, May 19th. My friend and partner in many R & D adventures, Otto Leichliter, veteran of Ericsson’s Messaging R & D team, 3D vision, robotics, special effects for film and television, and system development, will be helping me lead a discussion, “Metaverse and The Mobile Space: Intersection or Inclusion” at […]

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Ordinary People Are Making The Metaverse
“It’s an attitude not a technology.”

These pictures are taken by Yanahin Wauja, the indigenous photographer and filmmaker who is featured at the beginning of my previous post Virtual Amazon and Metaverse Evangelism. He has a real eye for both the artistic and social relevance of photography. The women are throwing Manioc paste at the men, a very daring and provocative […]

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