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Virtual Worlds Diversify Activities

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

The Virtual Worlds are starting to get interesting:

The MLB piped the All-Star game into Second Life (population 321,000).
Transhumanists have set up an Island in Second Life call Uvvy and held a presentation there while beta testing a new voice/hand raising technology from Vivox.
Apparel companies are selling virtual versions of their clothing before releasing the physical [...]

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Review: Google Earth

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Google appears to be unstoppable. Their recent projects have involved turning static web pages into interactive presentations, each one more useful than the last. Often called “web services” these new features are taking the World Wide Web into a welcome direction. Google unveiled today their next step, a program called “Google Earth“.
The Earth in Your [...]

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