Relay for Life event at Acedia’s

In coordination with Dedric Mauriac tonight we had a MRO Show to benefit Relay for Life. Acedia Albion donated a venue, I chipped in with the hosting and stream, and everyone brought a lot of enthusiasm.
Core organizers of Relay for Life Fayandria Foley and Dedric were on the line * […]

San Francisco Olympic Torch Route

For those of you in SF…. Here’s the torch route for April 9 via Mercury News.com
“The Olympic Torch Relay Run will be held in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 9, starting at McCovey Cove. The Torch Relay Run will begin following a brief opening ceremony at McCovey Cove at 1:00 P.M. The route is as […]

let’s try this youtube thing

again

woooot it works on the edit??

MRO typist to present at NASA

Hello Metaversals.
This weekend kicks off three straight days of metaverse chat -
NASA Jan. 26 Virtual Worlds conference Day 1 with Will Wright and Virtual World SIG Co-chair Corey Bridges of Multiverse.
More at:  http://amesevents.arc.nasa.gov/virtual-worlds/
NASA Jan. 27  Virtual Worlds conference Day 2 featuring
Virtual  World SIG Jan. 28 7pm SL time  with presenters Gemini Mobile
My talk at NASA […]

Gemini Mobile to present at Jan. 28 Virtual World SIG

Hello Virtual Worlders,
Rob Osborn of Gemini Mobile (http://www.geminimobile.com/) will present information about the company’s eXplo platform (http://www.geminimobile.com/products/community.html) on Jan. 28.
Here’s the description of the SIG:  (http://sdforum.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=650&parentID=483&nodeID=1  )
This will be a joint meeting with the SDForum Mobile SIG.
The idea is, how can the MMO / Virtual World experience and services be extended to mobile platforms?
Virtual Worlds […]

Virtual worlds 2008 > where do we go from here?

Ok welcome to 2008. What does it mean for us here in virtual worlds?
Well VW have in many ways been THE story in 2007 so approaching 2008 I
do not think that the RL press will be so enamored. Whar this means is
that for those of you deeply, madly immersed, the best times […]

Riding the subway of a new theme

whoa, does it work?? MRO says … ya it works!

whoa, does it work?? MRO says ya it works!

MRO Show…the show must go on !!

Kudos to pals Dedric Mauriac and Darien Mason for these posts after a night at Acedia’s and an episode of the MRO Show.
It really was a fun time considering these guys are long-term SL’ers and Kool-Aid drinkers in both the Metaverse and the Steampunkverse!   Thanks to all who came out last night.  Truth is, […]

MRO LIVE AS MRCLAUS

yes, that would be me LIVE…at Acedia’s ICE DOME .. now!posted by Orange Montagne on Acedia using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

Here come the frauds: Elizabeth Arden - Ford Models - MTV

Here come the “first” claims again:
Frauds MTV Networks, Elizabeth Arden and Ford Models are directly responsible.
“NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ — In a first for any virtual world, MTV Networks, Elizabeth Arden and Ford Models today announced they are launching a campaign to find the world’s first-ever virtual supermodel. The three iconic brands are teaming […]

Metaverse Manifesto moment - Gartner firm statement mirrors the manifesto

Just read this on VirtualWorldsNews.com where the Gartner firm mirrors exactly what I stated in the Metaverse Manifesto published earlier this year.
The link:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/11/gartner-says-ge.html
The quote:
“the way we represent ourselves through virtual personas–from 3D avatars to Facebook profiles to Amazon wish lists–will become more important for business than who we are as actual […]

Second Life/CBS - CSI: NY episode - Metaverse Manifesto moment of today = “LOG OFF NOW”

Wow - here we go -
Corporate media in its death throes is not a pretty sight.
- Desperate
- Desperate to assimilate and monopolize.
As we read in the metaverse Manifesto:
“Whenever a reality arises that competes with a corporate reality - it must be assimilated or better yet, destroyed. There is no option of co-existence with the corporate […]

Virtual Worlds SIG: Virtual Worlds - Future Scenarios

It’s an exciting month coming up for those interested in virtual worlds.  With the big conference and now, this:
Virtual Worlds SIG: Virtual Worlds - Future Scenarios
http://sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=12941
In this session we will draw on presentations from the Virtual Worlds 2007 conference to look at emerging factors in the virtual world space.  We will use scenario planning methods […]

How many more fake “first” second life claims can you think of?

Watch out folks, as I warned you, corporations continue to land like flies into Second Life, claiming to be “first” to do this and that. Whatever.
It’s nauseating to watch. But now that I am considering how far behind these creeps are (2 to 5 or even 10 years behind depending who you ask) […]



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