Visit our new Headquarters in SecondLife. Click HERE or on image for more information.
Watch the new video HERE and part II HERE. See the buildings on the campus HERE
Recent Technology Scanning Hits
- PC era ending, tablets and smartphones on the rise.
- Franks Blog Timeline
- Reverse Combustion: Can CO2 Be Turned Back into Fuel? [Video]: Scientific American
- Fuel Cell Power - GOVERNMENT ACTION TO BUILD A LOW CARBON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
- U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects | Reuters
- Spirituality & Belief | Second Life
- 5 Ways to Well-being (imagined in an iPhone app) - juzmcmuz.com
- A Promotional Video from our new LA Node
- As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather - NASA Science
- Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation - Telegraph
virtual worlds
The Escapist : News : Man Spends $330,000 on Virtual Item
Submitted by frank on Fri, 01/01/2010 - 17:05.http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97189-Man-Spends-330-000-on-Vi...
The world record for "most expensive virtual item sold" has been raised, as a man has purchased real estate in Entropia Universe for a staggering $330,000 in real-world money.
Korea and Virtual Worlds
Submitted by frank on Sun, 12/27/2009 - 17:06.Welcome to a new reality - INSIDE JoongAng Daily
‘Virtual worlds will bring about a revolution in our lives just as the Internet did.’ - Park Soo-yeon, Korea Creative Content Agency
“Avatar,” a new film by director James Cameron of “Titanic” fame, is currently the talk of the town in the entertainment world.
How Fictional Story Worlds Influence Real World Politics | Center for Future Civic Media
Submitted by frank on Sat, 12/19/2009 - 16:04.Purdue University profs: virtual reality a valuable teaching tool - Hypergrid Business
Submitted by frank on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 01:19.Collaboration in Second Life
Submitted by frank on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 23:02.http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01005c/isv/marketing/industrynetworks/benefits...
Network with IBM and IBM Business Partners from the comfort of your desk
Connect with IBM and IBM Business Partners in Second Life®, a 3D virtual world where collaboration takes place outside of geographic boundaries. You can:
- Attend Business Partner events
- Get updates on industry networks benefits
- Meet with other Business Partners from across the country or across the world in a virtual conference room—the
- virtual Value Net zone
- Participate in training from the Virtual Innovation Center
- See the latest from the IBM Innovation Centers
USC Public Good Challenge to Virtual Worlds
Submitted by frank on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 19:13.In June 2007 USC won a McArthur competition to explore the use of virtual worlds for the pubic good. Watch the attached "in world" videos or as it is called "in world" machinima to learn more about this initiative.
