Sounds Good
One of the general internal themes of Croquet is that everything ought to just work, and work well. Most practicing software developers aren't fortunate enough to be able to create artifacts like this...
View ArticleHanging Out in the Lobby
A lot of us like to run Forums all day, like an IM client. In the new version, you can log in to your organization without actually entering any of its forums( 1).
View ArticleA Great Miracle Happened There
One of the really great things about the WWW, as opposed to the Internet in general, is that the Web separates the concept of naming from everything else. A URL is bit of text that names a resource.
View ArticleBeing There
We've all seen the cartoons of people sitting next to each other in silence and texting each other. I just picked up my daughter from a concert where she did exactly that.
View ArticleVW on the Web
One of the great mashups going on now is not just mixing content, but media. WebTV.
View ArticleDiscrimination Fades? Who Do You Want to Be Today?
The virtual world is fertile ground for exploration of social and identity issues. Like the crucible of competitive sports controversies , synthetic worlds let us burn away irrelevancies to reach...
View ArticleOperations Center +1
David Smith made this video a year ago, showing how you could have: virtual world objects automatically populated by real world objects; scripted behavior for those interactive objects that:
View ArticleOnly You Can Save Creation Science
Listen, I know that there's a pretty good chance that you (yes, you!) are some kind of policy wonk who only reads Wetmachine for the insight & analysis of all things FCC/Net Neutrality/media...
View ArticleVirtual Events
We've discussed here how collaborative virtual worlds and other technology can be used to facilitate better business meetings while reducing business travel. (See here and its links.)
View ArticleTaking the Red Pill
Under a banner that says make a difference in the world, there's a wonderful piece at active rain about using collaborative virtual worlds for Web 3.0 activity in the real estate industry. I think we...
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