We have come a long way since cardboard cutout VRML back in the 90s. It is interesting to watch a revolution take place at the moment in Mixed Reality and one particular subset, augmented reality. I produced a compilation of various activities in a short video at the bottom of this post but before that, [...]
There have been a few TV shows that have offered new and immersive experiences into collaborative virtual worlds notably MTV with Laguna Beach, The Hills, Pimp My Ride and others into There.com as well as CSI and BigBrother (that I wrote about 2 years ago) into Second Life - and lots more. The latest entrant [...]
… and we are all encouraged to be a part of the demise of mankind for a few months starting on October 6th. I suggest you join the facebook group which will keep you up to date with events. Feed your experiences into your blog/s, find wiki’s tracking events then contribute and of course post [...]
Griefing in WoW - image from thegrief.org
An article by Christian Nutt posted on both Gamasutra and Worlds in Motion covers a discussion at AGDC between MMO community managers and psychologists on unpleasant behavior in MMO environments, the why’s, wherefore’s and possible solutions.
Now I’m a psychology student (so I’m probably coming at this from the wrong [...]
I was reading on Tubefilter News about the new ARG web series “Do You Believe Me?” that has just scored distribution with I-Rights, of the Digital Rights Group, when I saw a comment about an ARG from 2005 - Perplex City and followed the link.
Why oh why do I always hear about these things after [...]
A hat tip to Dan Taylor over at BBC for pointing out this lovely little viral that allows you the passive, sit-on-the-couch-and-munch-crisps viewer (well fiddle with laptop) to be the star of Spooks. FaceSpook is a personalized video tool where your face is mapped onto a character in an action scene - and all via [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY GARY ON PERSONALIZEMEDIA
Fed up with your avatar having to live inside a wall-garden world? Want to bring it out into the wider web to play? Well it seems a revolution is at hand, early days and a few notable services listed below, but keep your eyes peeled as virtual characters start to [...]
“There’s no question that all my synapses were firing in the virtual world and in real reality.” Margot Knight, alternate-reality game heroine
OK this is old news as far as Watercooler timescales are concerned, June 2007, slaps wrist. But as I have just stumbled across it, worth blogging about for reference, because not many have - [...]
