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Innsmouth: View On Black

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:00 -0500

Innsmouth:

View On Black

Innsmouth: Can you fall in love with a sim? ‘Cause I...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:06:07 -0500

Innsmouth:

Can you fall in love with a sim? ‘Cause I think I just did.

Innsmouth: Can you fall in love with a sim? ‘Cause I...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:06:02 -0500

Innsmouth:

Can you fall in love with a sim? ‘Cause I think I just did.

Planet 51 Gets Grace: Free to play, the game is already...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:18 -0500

Planet 51 Gets Grace:

Free to play, the game is already available for download at www.planet51online.com

The game is based on the computer-generated animated movie Planet 51, developed by Zed Group’s sister company Ilion Animation Studios. Planet 51 is scheduled for wide cinematic release on November 20th, 2009 in the USA and subsequently in over 170 countries across 5 continents.

Rocking the Metaverse, Club Cooee Style: DD and Slim on the...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:44:24 -0500

Rocking the Metaverse, Club Cooee Style:

DD and Slim on the tables, me with the funk

Virtusphere via reuters.com Nov 2 - A New York company is...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:41:00 -0500

Virtusphere via reuters.com Nov 2 - A New York company is marketing the “Virtusphere” designed to facilitate a virtual reality experience unmatched by any other.

Disentangling how the brain regards avatars versus real...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:35:33 -0500

Disentangling how the brain regards avatars versus real individuals may help explain why some people spend large chunks of their life playing immersive online games, says Kristina Caudle, a social neuroscientist at Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire, who led the study along with her adviser William Kelley.

(via How your brain sees virtual you - life - 06 November 2009 - New Scientist)

"This Article’s analysis shows that virtual worlds exhibit —in practice at least — few of the..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:50:40 -0500

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This Article’s analysis shows that virtual worlds exhibit —in practice at least — few of the indicators of the rule of law. The reasons for the failure de-pend on source of regulation. Market based regulations, such as contracts, lack neutral and consistent enforcement mechanisms. Code based constraints are often implemented arbitrarily and without notice. Community norms are often vague, unwritten, and are enforced by mob rule. Autonomous self-regulation is too complex and costly. Real-world laws, no matter how clear and impartial in real-space, do not have a history that gives any confidence about how they might apply to virtual activity.

Further, academically popular sources of regulation — community norms, and autonomous self-regulation — are the least likely to achieve the rule of law.

”

- extracted from: Virtual Rule of Law Michael Risch
West Virginia University College of Law

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 1, p. 1, 2009

Direct link back: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1495372_code582820.pdf?abstractid=1463583&mirid=1

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:33:39 -0500

ASTRA - Creepy or normal? (via ktogias) Mediated interpersonal/...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:35:07 -0500

ASTRA - Creepy or normal? (via ktogias)

Mediated interpersonal/ social awareness

Jyri Engeström, founder of Jaiku and ex-Google, held the much...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:18 -0500

Jyri Engeström, founder of Jaiku and ex-Google, held the much awaited grande finale speech of The Really Realtime Disruptive Media Conference, about what is beyond the real time web.

"Even two years ago many people wouldn’t have predicted that the primary selling point of a mobile..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:26:34 -0500

“Even two years ago many people wouldn’t have predicted that the primary selling point of a mobile handset in its own advertising would not be the hardware, the screen size, calltime or even brand message, but the fact that you can get Facebook (and other feeds) on it.”

- David j Carr | Digital fragments and Brand Reality Creative

Artforms of Nature • subblue

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:42:55 -0400

Artforms of Nature • subblue

via img88.imageshack.us

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:37:30 -0400

via img88.imageshack.us

Vespa Chair By Bel And Bel — Autoblog Oh, I’ll take three,...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:17:54 -0400

Vespa Chair By Bel And Bel — Autoblog

Oh, I’ll take three, please!

A (very) quick look back at the Google story over the last 11...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:42:10 -0400

A (very) quick look back at the Google story over the last 11 years. From Stanford to Mountain View and around the world, featuring many different products, starting with BackRub (Search) up to Google Wave, StreetView and Chrome.

(From Havard Magazine -The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:37:03 -0400

(From Havard Magazine -The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination Commencement Speech by JK Rowling)

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

matthewb: Wow. Three cosplayers dressed as Merryweather,...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:29:36 -0400

matthewb:

Wow. Three cosplayers dressed as Merryweather, Princess Aurora and Flora from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty take a break from Dragon*Con to visit the Georgia Aquarium. (via The Daily What)

22. Oct 2009The Raindrop Team Today we’re introducing Raindrop,...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:21:08 -0400

22. Oct 2009
The Raindrop Team

Today we’re introducing Raindrop, an exploration in messaging innovation being led by the team responsible for Thunderbird, to explore new ways to use Open Web technologies to create useful, compelling messaging experiences.

How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:52 -0400

How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?