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Virtual Worlds

A Brave New World

How do you innovate in the post-Wikipedia era? How about by creating a virtual world built from geographical data of the real world?
- Micazook
- Virtual Worlds
November 05, 2009
Users Spend One Billion Hours In Second Life

Residents have also generated more than $1 billion through the sale of virtual goods and services.
September 23, 2009
Ex-Disney Exec Hangs Out with Virtual World Firm

Mike Goslin, co-creator of Pirates of the Caribbean Online, now part of Hangout Industries.
March 18, 2009
Woman Jailed for Virtual Murder

Divorced online, MapleStory player logs into virtual husband and deletes him from life.
- Crime
- Virtual Worlds
October 24, 2008
Six Degrees Games Nets $7 Million Funding

Money to be used to develop and launch sports-themed virtual world aimed at kids.
August 06, 2008
Gaia Online Gets Cash Infusion

The teenage-oriented virtual community gets some funds to grow on.
July 14, 2008
Google Gets Lively with Virtual World

Search engine giant Google is entering a new space, with the introduction of Google Lively, a 3D virtual world.
July 08, 2008

Today's News

Activision "Not Overly Concerned" By MW2 PC Furore

Activision president Mike Griffith claims removing support for dedicated servers will lead to improved "consumer experience".
Digital Distributors Refuse To Stock PC Modern Warfare 2

Mandatory installation of Steam for the game's use of Steamworks deemed a "Trojan horse" by Direct2Drive; Impulse and Gamersgate follow.
Square Enix Sales Up 33 Per Cent

Half year financial results show jump in sales on same period 2008, but down 55.7 per cent in net income.

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A Brave New World

How do you innovate in the post-Wikipedia era? How about by creating a virtual world built from geographical data of the real world?

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