Entries Tagged as 'Public Space'

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Making the World(s) a Better Place - Virtual Worlds at Congress

To show how Social 3D Worlds are permeating the real world the first ever Congressional hearing on Virtual Worlds was run in April of this year. The then CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) Philip Rosedale, testified before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, basically telling them about the likely ‘influence’ that 3D [...]

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Filed under Alternate Reality Games, Culture, Education, Internet, Politics, Production, Public Space, Second Life, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Web 3.0, blogosphere, machinima

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Mobile games in Times Square

A company called MegaPhone have just launched a public video game on MTV’s giant screen billboard in Times Square. The game is designed to bring people together in public spaces and you interact using your mobile phone as a controller. Jury Hahn is the Korean born face behind this new public spectacle and she’s profiled [...]

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Filed under Gaming, Locative, Public Space, mobile