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June 30th, 2009

from Cisco Live
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Cisco Live in Second Life

June 30th, 2009

it’s on now
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Old media journalists still struggling to fill pages without knowledge of virtual world subject

June 29th, 2009

With pieces like this, it’s no wonder old media is on the losing end of the revolution.

“Advertising Age” - as in, advertising’s previous age gets it wrong here: “Twitter Is What Second Life Wasn’t: Light, Cheap and Open”. Writer obviously is completely at sea about the functionality of either Second Life OR Twitter…. get ready to LOL here: (http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=137604)
And don’t miss the line: “the ascent and crash of Second Life”. What would compel a man to be so permeated by contemptuous boldness?

More reactions at:
(http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/06/twitter-versus-sl.html)

And at:
(http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=137604#comments-40309)

and don’t miss the last hilarous bit “a college textbook I’ve recently had published, “Principles of Internet Marketing” here: (http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?article_id=137604#comments-40316) Tee hee!

Next up,
“ITBusinessEdge” admits “Catty Thoughts on Job Recruitment via Second Life” finds the need to state: “I’ve yet to see any use cases that seem better suited to virtual worlds like Second Life vs. the real world or more traditional Web sites.” You know, those ancient traditional websites. Nevermind that virtual worlds and avatars are almost as old as the web itself - even part of it’s original vision. Get ready for another one here: (http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/catty-thoughts-on-job-recruitment-via-second-life/?cs=33684)

It just makes you wonder how “journalism” (aka. the pay to say industry for corporations) got into a situation where people write about things with so emabarrassingly little experience of the topic. Actually, we know why, as stated in the Metaverse Manifesto:

“These and other groups will be threatened by the coming Metaverse, and the inevitability of it will produce a strong dismissal and reactionist movements towards simplicity and the like. We know these critics to be merely cheerleaders for a game that is already over and lost. Their own world is decaying, and this is frightening to them.”

These and other groups: old media and their henchmen
Simplicity: Twitter

At least:
“Troy Media Corporation” allots 3 pages for “Enter Second Life, virtual reality’s twilight zone” with a nice ending quote by Philip Rosedale saying “(Second Life) represents a greater intellectual challenge than the actual real world around them. And in a few years, we’ll argue that if you are not spending a lot of time in virtual reality, you’re probably impoverishing yourself in some way.” This is probably the only one worth reading at: (http://www.troymedia.com/NewsBeats/Technology_News_Beat/2009/06/TMC061609.htm)

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2000-2009 What Happened?

June 8th, 2009

Where were we supposed to be?

Where are we now?

Where are we going?

Tell me at http://www.twitter.com/mro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010:_Odyssey_Two

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)

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Triple meatball logo

June 8th, 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Constellation

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The Wave is coming

May 29th, 2009

There’s lots of talk about The Wave…

Ready to jump on board??

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In orbit, @Dogshead Asteroid

May 12th, 2009

Don’t be square be there! May 13 - 14 at 7PM PST/SLT http://www.virtualworldsig.com/live http://www.twitter.com/mro
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2 nights of Virtual World SIG’s

May 12th, 2009

Better get UR bottom ova here…and landmark it. http://www.virtualworldsig.com Get on it! http://www.twitter.com/mro
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#Control over @your life…I now haz it

May 8th, 2009

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/08/twitter-is-down-15-alternative-things-to-do/

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SFSU “Meteor Slams Dorms” experiment 2PM today

May 8th, 2009

Join SFSU Design and Industry class (http://online.sfsu.edu/~jkv4edu/VWS/627/index.html) on Virtual World Design for an experiment from 2-3 PM today “Meteor Slams Dorms“. You must be added to the group by emailing gnusart[at]sbcglobal.net with your avatar name or contact avatars Jane Valentino, JD Mint or Cassandra Avedon to be added. More instructions here:

http://dai627bethr.blogspot.com/2009/04/virtual-news-experiment-instructions.html

This experiment is designed to test the theory that Internet users would be likely to choose to enter a virtual world to experience a news event such as a disaster or a crime, or to gain information on a hot topic.

The scenario: A major news event has occurred on the SF State campus, and, although news teams are on the scene, access to the site is limited.

The coverage: The basic information about the story has been reported by the San Francisco Chronicle and other news organizations, but since reporters and photographers can’t get close, visuals are limited. Please read the newspaper story at http://gnusart.com/meteor_story.htm and try to visualize the disaster scene based on that information. We assume that such an important event would be widely publicized, so your virtual experience would be augmented by some prior knowledge.

The simulation: Based on information gathered from witnesses and social networks, a team of virtual world artists has constructed the disaster scene in Second Life.

Go to the site: At 2 pm on Friday, May 8, log into Second Life. If you did not get into the scene in the previous experiment, you will be sent an invitation to join the SF State News group. The system should should automatically set that as your group. If you’ve been here before, right-click on your avatar, select “groups,” and then activate the SF State News group. After the group is set, teleport to “SF State Housing” to begin the exercise.

You will arrive across the street from the main disaster scene. You may wander at will through and around the two dorm buildings involved, but you will not be allowed in the upper floors. Most of the damage is on the exterior and ground floors, so please walk the entire perimeter. You may also fly over. Please note how you go about this, how helpful it is in comprehending the situation, and how long it keeps your attention.

More information is available on scene: Avatars Jane Valentino, JD Mint, and Cassandra Avedon will be on the scene as reporters. You will know them by their fedora hats, and signs that float above their heads that say, “I am a reporter. Ask me a question.” Reporters will answer questions (via local chat) about navigating the virtual scene, and provide factual information about the disaster itself, such as “What is that thing made of?”

Follow-up: The portal will close at 3 pm. Please fill out a survey on SurveyMonkey by following this link

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=XwhdrrxJ2UOt31KB5_2f1ANA_3d_3d as soon as possible after the event. Very important to our research!

More instructions here:

http://dai627bethr.blogspot.com/2009/04/virtual-news-experiment-instructions.html

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new home of Virtual World SIG

May 4th, 2009

new home of Virtual World SIG http://www.virtualworldsig.com http://www.twitter.com/mro
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Metaverse Manifesto review by professor Jonas Löwgren

May 3rd, 2009

From:

Jonas Lowgren, Professor of Interaction - Arts and Communication at Malmo University Malmo, Sweden
Interaction Design Bookshelf: http://webzone.k3.mah.se/k3jolo/idBookshelf/index.htm

Thanks Jonas!

Montagne, O. (2007). Metaverse manifesto. San Francisco: Studio SFO. [IM]
“Written in classical manifesto style, with each epigrammatic sentence forming its own paragraph, the book lays out a fundamental split between those humans who »cling to the dim vestiges of of a default reality« and those who create new realities. The rest of the book, simply put, outlines the ideological stance of participatory grassroots media as applied to Second Life and similar virtual worlds. The tone is confrontational, as befits a Manifesto.”

The Manifesto is slowly but surely having an impact. Can I call it an “underground classic” in Silicon Valley circles?? Let me know any mentions or reviews you see! http://twitter.com/mro

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Virtual World events for May just updated

April 22nd, 2009

UPDATES: http://www.twitter.com/mro Blog: http://virtualworldsig.com/ May 13 Twofish May 14 Sirikata Croquet Opensim May 29, 30 MetaverseU Be there or be un-virtual! See you there, MRO
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