Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Internet users V virtual life


Here we collect from sources and from studies that internet is becoming the next revulation in economy ,life, personal and manythings .The online universe is brimming with dozens of virtual worlds vying to build sustainable life. From Gaia, a Japanese anime-inspired site, to vSide, a hip nightclub scene, they represent the latest way people are interacting through the Internet. Users create alter-ego avatars to navigate these online worlds, where they meet and hang out with other people, go shopping, watch movies, even start a business. And they're live: Day and night, they change as people join in. Though the idea is not new, the technology and the business to support these.



Cornell Professor Mixes Realities in Study of Virtual World 'Metanomics'
PR Newswire
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Johnson School at Cornell University has partnered with Metaversed.com, a clearinghouse for information on business and technology in virtual worlds, to launch a...

Virtual worlds can help users recover from health woes
Denver Post
Washington - After suffering a devastating stroke four years ago, Susan Brown was left in a wheelchair with little hope of walking again. Today, the 57-year-old Richmond, Va., woman has regained use of her legs...

Sony delays launch of virtual universe for PS3 -
Yahoo Daily News
20 minutes ago MAKUHARI, Japan (AFP) - Sony said Thursday it was delaying until next year the launch of an online virtual universe for the PlayStation 3 where users will be able to socialise, shop and even go...

Rome Reborn: an ancient virtual city
The Times
In the fourth century AD, Rome was a sprawling megacity feeling secure about its prominence as the undisputed capital of the world. The recently constructed Aurelian Walls enclosed the city in a fortified...

How local companies are doing business in Second Life
Newsday
When Greg Verdino of Melville gets up to go to work, he no longer makes a dash for the Long Island Rail Road to commute to Manhattan. No, as chief strategy officer of a new marketing company called crayon, on...

Economist explains move to virtual world
CNET
newsmaker The publisher of the teen-oriented virtual world Gaia Online announced Monday that it is bringing on celebrated economist Michael Boskin to lead its new Council of Economic Advisors. Boskin, a former...

Virtual, real lives intersect in OU class
Detroit news
It used to be called daydreaming. But next semester, a few Michigan college students will be able to forgo the classically flat, one-dimensional world of term papers and dead-tree literature, and troll a...

Game industry looks for answers Trailing real cheaters in virtual worlds
The News Tribune
Some players give themselves the ability to magically see and shoot through walls. Others find a way to fly, making them nearly impossible to defeat. Cheating like this in video games has a long and even...

Subdued virtual world for Japan
Buffalo News
Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "meet-me," an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope. Kunimasa Hamaoka, who oversees "meet-me" at digital...

Japanese, Scared by 'Second Life,' Get Own Virtual World
Fox News
TOKYO - Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "Meet-Me," an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope. Kunimasa Hamaoka, who oversees "Meet-Me" at...



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