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 Underwhelmed by the Xbox One Reveal? It's Not Nearly As Bad As It Seems tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c76fcc4970b 2013-05-23T14:04:12-07:00 2013-05-23T21:13:09Z 2013-05-23T21:04:12Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Tuesday's reveal of the new Xbox, Xbox One (a name that definitely leaves the door open for a lot of awkward family pranks this Christmas) hasn't exactly been... Iris Ophelia Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Henry Segerman 3D Prints a Powered, Working Triple Gear (Apparently a First) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa3ab6fa970d 2013-05-23T06:52:18-07:00 2013-05-23T17:56:50Z 2013-05-23T13:52:18Z This is a powered triple gear, which was created in a 3D printer, and it works just great, watch: It was co-created by a math professor called Henry Segerman, who also once made a working tesseract house in Second Life,... SLHamlet New World Tech Gold Harvesting Bots Nearly Destroy Diablo III's Economy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa339320970d 2013-05-22T11:07:32-07:00 2013-05-22T18:11:12Z 2013-05-22T18:07:32Z If you're a virtual economy geek this is a very interesting post on the recent woes suffered in the virtual economy of Diablo III, which allows the buying and selling for in-game goods for real world money. However, hundreds and... SLHamlet New World Gaming Open Forum: What's the Most Amazing or Interesting Second Life Content New World Notes Hasn't Covered Yet? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019102680cc3970c 2013-05-22T08:45:00-07:00 2013-05-22T10:42:10Z 2013-05-22T15:45:00Z This is a Second Life screenshot shot by Ms. Whiskey Day (click here to embiggen) and it uses the Firestorm SL viewer's new alternative cloud maps, which I wrote about last week. It is amazing and interesting. When I wrote... SLHamlet Open Forum Strawberry Singh's Latest Educational Meme Offers Insights Both To And From SL Bloggers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa2b60f1970d 2013-05-21T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-21T20:54:39Z 2013-05-21T21:00:00Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style SL fashion and photography blogger Strawberry Singh routinely shares (and even starts) some of the most interesting blogger challenges and blogging memes that circulate in the Second Life... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL blogger link SL Fashion Virtual Fashion Philip Rosedale & Team Developing Avatar Controllable with Google Glass App tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c6b77e0970b 2013-05-21T09:35:29-07:00 2013-05-21T16:45:50Z 2013-05-21T16:35:29Z This open job posted to Worklist by Philip Rosedale and Ryan Karpf of High Fidelity reveals a very interesting thing (as MIT's Technology Review first pointed out): The founders of Second Life have developed "an app for Google glass and... SLHamlet New World Tech Materials-Ready Second Life Fashion from FATEwear, Coming Soon to a Virtual Poolside Near You tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa223027970d 2013-05-20T14:03:54-07:00 2013-05-20T21:03:54Z 2013-05-20T21:03:54Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style If you're eager to take a piece of materials-enabled mesh fashion for a spin in Second Life, FATEwear is a brand worth paying attention to. Designer Damien Fate... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion SL Mesh Virtual Fashion Oculus Rift Makes Virtual Reality a Shared Group Experience tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01910258bf6a970c 2013-05-20T12:00:00-07:00 2013-05-20T17:35:30Z 2013-05-20T19:00:00Z This is a pretty funny Oculus Rift demo which illustrates a very important point about the VR technology -- it's at its best as a group experience. Watch: I don't just mean "group" in the sense of several people experiencing... SLHamlet Oculus Rift Share the InWorldz Objects You Create on the Web tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa20b820970d 2013-05-20T09:38:23-07:00 2013-05-20T16:39:41Z 2013-05-20T16:38:23Z Dreamshare is a cool new feature by Tranquility Dexler, one of the owners of the OpenSim-based virtual world called Inworldz, and it lets you share objects that you created in-world on a web browser, like so: Ms. Wizzy Gynoid, who... SLHamlet Open Sim Top Seven New World Notes Posts from Last Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0192aa206b10970d 2013-05-20T08:43:41-07:00 2013-05-20T15:44:49Z 2013-05-20T15:43:41Z Rod Humble: Linden Lab Already Integrated Oculus Rift with Second Life, Fine Tuning It Now, Videos Coming Soon Why WeChat is Wonderful: The Cross-Platform Mobile Chat/Audio/Video/Social Network That'll Change the World Downton Abbey meets The Sims 3, Snowflake Day Special... SLHamlet Weekly Recap Learn All About Famed SL Animator Abramelin Wolfe in the Latest Episode of The Drax Files: World Makers tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeb467ec9970d 2013-05-17T14:08:46-07:00 2013-05-17T21:08:46Z 2013-05-17T21:08:46Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Famed SL machinima artist Draxtor Despres has released a new episode of his ongoing series, The Drax Files: World Makers, which highlights the work of virtual builders, designers,... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life Second Life Arts and Entertainment SL Machinima Rod Humble: Linden Lab Already Integrated Oculus Rift with Second Life, Fine Tuning It Now, Videos Coming Soon tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0191023c42c1970c 2013-05-17T12:08:00-07:00 2013-05-17T19:17:51Z 2013-05-17T19:08:00Z Jo Yardley has a great scoop: Rod Humble recently told her all about Linden Lab's efforts to integrate the Oculus Rift with Second Life, and they're going great: It is up and running right now within SL but we want... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Oculus Rift Linden Lab Hastily Launches Authorized Linden Dollar Reseller Program to Allow (Highly Regulated) Third Party Selling of L$ tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c4832bc970b 2013-05-17T10:49:17-07:00 2013-05-17T17:56:52Z 2013-05-17T17:49:17Z As earlier indications suggested, Linden Lab has just announced an official Linden Dollar (L$) Authorized Reseller Program. Currently, Resellers include AnsheX, Bulido, vForEx, VirWoX, ZoHaIslands, but the company is taking applications for others. These are no longer third party vendors... SLHamlet Economics of SL Linden Lab News & Analysis Linden Lab Reportedly Working on Compromise to Allow Some Third Party Exchange of Linden Dollars tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c463816970b 2013-05-17T08:57:00-07:00 2013-05-17T11:03:21Z 2013-05-17T15:57:00Z According to Hypergrid Business, a compromise may be in the works that will allow some third party groups to buy and sell Linden Dollars again: Meanwhile, while some exchanges were being kicked out of Second Life by force, others received... SLHamlet Economics of SL Linden Lab News & Analysis Downton Abbey meets The Sims 3, Snowflake Day Special Part 2: It Takes Two to Igloo tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019102386ae9970c 2013-05-16T16:15:00-07:00 2013-05-17T01:11:21Z 2013-05-16T23:15:00Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing effort to simulate Downton Abbey in The Sims 3 Winter has been bleak and unforgiving at Sim Downton Abbey. The family is nearly destitute, and the biggest holiday of the year, Snowflake Day, is just around the... Iris Ophelia AI Artificial Life Celebrity to Avatar Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Sims 3 Firestorm's New Alt. Cloud Maps Make SL Skies Awesome tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c40e853970b 2013-05-16T11:18:59-07:00 2013-05-16T18:42:34Z 2013-05-16T18:18:59Z So this is not a realist painting, but an untouched screenshot from Second Life -- yes it is, yes it is: The artist known as Whiskey Monday sent it to me, because it's the original of this image she posted... SLHamlet Open Source/Reverse Engineer Sunny Machinima About an SL Island Called Baja Norte tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c408d36970b 2013-05-16T10:15:17-07:00 2013-05-16T17:21:22Z 2013-05-16T17:15:17Z It's a cold and rainy night in right Shanghai now, so how about some lovely sun-dappled machinima about a virtual island called Baja Norte, which you can visit right now if you click right here. Shot by Erythro Asimov, whose... SLHamlet SL Machinima New MMO Marvel Heroes Has Its Fair Share of Problems (And Nearly None of Them Were Caused by Dr. Doom) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeb33bccb970d 2013-05-15T15:00:00-07:00 2013-05-16T03:48:42Z 2013-05-15T22:00:00Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Last weekend I had the chance to play Marvel Heroes, an MMO that combines Diablo-esque play with a litany of characters from the Marvel universe. It'll be free-to-play... Iris Ophelia Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Linden Dollar Third Party L$ Exchange Survey Results: 28% Report Moderate to Heavy Impact on Their SL Usage. Also, SurveyMonkey Sucks. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0191022b122c970c 2013-05-15T10:28:13-07:00 2013-05-15T17:43:57Z 2013-05-15T17:28:13Z Here's the first 100 votes from yesterday's survey on the impact of Linden Lab forbidding third party exchanges trading in Linden Dollars. Of those who took the survey, 28% say this policy change signifies a "Heavy" or "Moderate" impact on... SLHamlet Education in SL Linden Lab News & Analysis Why WeChat is Wonderful: The Cross-Platform Mobile Chat/Audio/Video/Social Network That'll Change the World tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019102298f99970c 2013-05-15T09:16:40-07:00 2013-05-15T17:06:45Z 2013-05-15T16:16:40Z "WeChat is going to change the world!", says my colleague Lisa Hanson, renowned expert on China's virtual goods market, and I tend to think she's right. It's a cross-platform mobile chat service first launched in China now rolling out to... SLHamlet New World Tech Upcoming Puzzle Game Road Not Taken Might Look (And Sound) Familiar to Fans of Defunct Virtual World Glitch tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019102206ded970c 2013-05-14T14:00:00-07:00 2013-05-14T21:37:16Z 2013-05-14T21:00:00Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Spry Fox, the indie publisher behind the addictive multi-platform puzzle/strategy game Triple Town, has been working with two Tiny Speck alums to put together Road Not Taken, a... Iris Ophelia Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Survey: Is Linden Lab's New Policy Forbidding Third Party L$ Exchanges Affecting Your Second Life Usage? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c2b98de970b 2013-05-14T10:27:09-07:00 2013-05-15T15:26:32Z 2013-05-14T17:27:09Z Update, 5/15: Survey is over, thanks to all who took it! Linden Lab's new policy forbidding third party exchanges from trading in Linden Dollars (apparently for US Treasury regulatory reasons) has led to over a dozen such services closing down,... SLHamlet Economics of SL Linden Lab News & Analysis These Historical Second Life Headdresses from Illusions Are Fit for a Virtual Queen tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c22b35b970b 2013-05-13T14:23:57-07:00 2013-05-13T21:23:57Z 2013-05-13T21:23:57Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Whether you enjoy decking your avatar out in historical fashion or you just like keeping a stock of fantasy-chic items on hand, Siyu Suen's latest release at Illusions... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion Virtual Fashion I Keep Coming Across Chinese Hotel Workers Playing MMOs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeb1eac26970d 2013-05-13T11:11:48-07:00 2013-05-13T18:34:24Z 2013-05-13T18:11:48Z I was on my way to a bar in the sky above Beijing when I came across this guy in the hotel's very posh lobby playing an MMO like his life depended on it. When my friends and I left... SLHamlet New World Culture Top Seven New World Notes Posts from Last Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeb1e59ee970d 2013-05-13T08:40:57-07:00 2013-05-13T15:40:57Z 2013-05-13T15:40:57Z Did Linden Lab Change Its Terms of Service Around Second Life Currency to Comply With US Treasury Guidelines? Dear Internet: If You Must, Harass me for What I'm Doing -- Not for What I Am I Avoided Second Life Drama... SLHamlet Weekly Recap State of the Av: The Virtual Future's So Bright, I Need to Wear Cybershades tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c0942e9970b 2013-05-10T14:28:00-07:00 2013-05-10T21:46:06Z 2013-05-10T21:28:00Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style This month an item I'd been waiting ages to get finally came out. Even better, something I didn't even know I needed came out alongside it... Lucky me,... Iris Ophelia Events Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion SL Mesh Virtual Fashion Second Life's 10th Birthday has an SL Photography Contest tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c05bb81970b 2013-05-10T09:33:00-07:00 2013-05-10T11:38:15Z 2013-05-10T16:33:00Z Second Life is nearing its official 10 year anniversary (even I can't believe it's been that long), and the SL10B team is running a photography contest to help celebrate. Theme is “Looking Forward, Looking Back”, which tempts me to go... SLHamlet Contests SL blogger link Virtual Currency Legal Analyst: Linden Lab Has to Comply With New US Treasury Guidelines or Face Criminal Penalties tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c057b5e970b 2013-05-10T07:00:00-07:00 2013-05-10T11:15:38Z 2013-05-10T14:00:00Z Virtual currency legal analyst Alex Kadochnikov adds more context to Linden Lab's apparent move to comply with new US Treasury guidelines by forbidding the trading of Linden dollars (L$) on exchanges other than the official LindeX. As part of the... SLHamlet Economics of SL Linden Lab News & Analysis SL blogger link Dear Internet: If You Must, Harass me for What I'm Doing -- Not for What I Am tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901c0080c0970b 2013-05-09T15:00:00-07:00 2013-05-10T08:13:56Z 2013-05-09T22:00:00Z Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in a charity streamathon, an event where people essentially play games for an online audience to... Iris Ophelia Deep Thoughts Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Strangelings Virtual Pets Auction for Up to $30 in Real Cash tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101f4d8dd970c 2013-05-09T10:59:39-07:00 2013-05-09T18:01:22Z 2013-05-09T17:59:39Z Strangelings, the cross-platform virtual pet game from Linden Lab veterans, has gained nearly 2,500 players since launching last month, and recently launched an Auction House where players can sell their pets for real money. Most recently, one pet went for... SLHamlet New World Gaming Chinese Art Installation Makes Virtual Worlds Real tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeafbc2be970d 2013-05-09T09:54:04-07:00 2013-05-09T17:06:05Z 2013-05-09T16:54:04Z Yesterday at Beijing's famed 798 art space, I stopped by the Long March gallery expecting to find an installation or two, and walked into a virtual world instead. Movement Field by Xu Zhen turns the entire warehouse-sized space into a... SLHamlet New World Culture Downton Abbey meets The Sims 3, Snowflake Day Special Part 1: A Song of Ice and Fire Alarms tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bf1ed2b970b 2013-05-08T15:18:00-07:00 2013-05-08T23:26:04Z 2013-05-08T22:18:00Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing effort to simulate Downton Abbey in The Sims 3 Winter is coming. ... Actually, it's already here; the abbey grounds were enveloped in a thick layer of snow almost overnight. The scenic ponds and rivers may have... Iris Ophelia AI Artificial Life Celebrity to Avatar Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Sims 3 Did Linden Lab Change Its Terms of Service Around Second Life Currency to Comply With US Treasury Guidelines? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bed75e4970b 2013-05-08T03:20:12-07:00 2013-05-08T10:28:20Z 2013-05-08T10:20:12Z Linden Lab has updated Second Life's Terms of Service regarding Linden Dollars, the world's official currency, in a way that will impact third party sites which exchange L$ for real money or other virtual currency, including Bitcoin. In the new... SLHamlet Economics of SL Linden Lab News & Analysis Ink Innovation: Nian Design's Affordable Solution to One of SL's Oldest Avatar Issues tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101dfb302970c 2013-05-07T14:28:46-07:00 2013-05-07T21:28:46Z 2013-05-07T21:28:46Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style For nearly a decade, SL tattoo makers have had to respond to one irritating and ignorant request day after day, week after week. "Can you make a single-arm tattoo?" No,... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion SL Mesh Virtual Fashion Strange and Beautiful SL Machinima from William Weaver an Egyptian Artist tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeae62790970d 2013-05-07T10:45:24-07:00 2013-05-08T17:38:29Z 2013-05-07T17:45:24Z OK this is among the most excellent Second Life machinimas I've seen in quite some time, so you should darken the lights and just click play: It's shot by an SLer named William Weaver Eslam T2 (known as TheT2Day on... SLHamlet SL Machinima Cloud Party Marks 1 Year Anniversary With $1K Art Contest tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101de1f50970c 2013-05-07T09:19:09-07:00 2013-05-07T16:24:36Z 2013-05-07T16:19:09Z Cloud Party is marking its first year of operation with a 3D virtual art contest, which is being judged by the editor of Artinfo magazine, with the winner taking a cash prize of $1000. Read all the details here. With... SLHamlet Cloud Party Looking Forward to This Month's Collabor88? Here's Why You Should Be! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeadf3584970d 2013-05-06T14:11:46-07:00 2013-05-06T21:11:46Z 2013-05-06T21:11:46Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style The 8th might be my favorite date, because that's when Collabor88 throws open its doors for a new round of cleverly themed shopping every month. Collabor88 May will be open... Iris Ophelia Events Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion Virtual Fashion I Avoided Second Life Drama and Met My Real Life Fiance Instead (Comment of the Week) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101d67c8b970c 2013-05-06T10:19:51-07:00 2013-05-06T17:37:32Z 2013-05-06T17:19:51Z Second Life social drama and negativity can drive people away, as illustrated by last week's Comment of the Week, but in response, Sylea Sygall offered her own very contrary perspective, which is just as worth sharing if not moreso: "I... SLHamlet Comment of the Week Sex and Romance Top Five New World Notes Posts Last Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101d5eebb970c 2013-05-06T08:42:12-07:00 2013-05-06T15:46:56Z 2013-05-06T15:42:12Z My post on the open source artificial life project known as OpenWorm got a nice mention in Boing Boing, where it was picked up by the BBC and also PopSci. Other posts especially worth reading (if you haven't already): Linden... SLHamlet Weekly Recap Watch It This Weekend: The Drax Files: World Makers Meets SL's Live Music Scene in Episode 5 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeacc4c39970d 2013-05-03T13:57:39-07:00 2013-05-06T21:12:38Z 2013-05-03T20:57:39Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style If you're looking for a little light viewing this weekend, the latest episode of talented machinima-maker Draxtor Despres' ongoing series is up and ready. The Drax Files: World Makers offers... Iris Ophelia All About My Avatar Film Iris Ophelia's Gaze Live music in SL Second Life Second Life Arts and Entertainment SL Machinima SL Music Whiskey Monday Depicts RL Milestones With Her SL Art tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bcacba3970b 2013-05-03T07:00:00-07:00 2013-05-03T06:32:33Z 2013-05-03T14:00:00Z In some of her latest blog posts, the SL artist known as Whiskey Monday (who I profiled here), illustrates important real life events through her medium of finely crafted and choreographed Second Life screenshots elevated to pop art. I won't... SLHamlet Art projects in SL SL blogger link There's a Lot to Hate About Ultra-Trashy Sci-Fi MMO Scarlet Blade, So Why Don't I Actually Hate It? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeac4ee3f970d 2013-05-02T14:49:00-07:00 2013-05-02T23:47:48Z 2013-05-02T21:49:00Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style Today I want to write about something I've been wrestling with for a few weeks, a new MMO for mature audiences that makes me feel very... conflicted. I'm not quite... Iris Ophelia Avatars and Identity Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Virtual Fashion Linden Lab Looking at the Oculus Rift for Second Life Now: One Insider Weighs Its Pros & Cons tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef017eeac42ba8970d 2013-05-02T12:22:54-07:00 2013-05-02T19:26:56Z 2013-05-02T19:22:54Z Linden Lab is planning to integrate the Oculus Rift VR headset with Second Life, as I reported last week, and staffers just received a dev kit. Some developers like it, an insider told me, "others do not." As for Linden... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Oculus Rift "Second Life", LA Art Gallery Show Inspired by Second Life tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101bb6b1d970c 2013-05-02T09:52:37-07:00 2013-05-02T16:54:01Z 2013-05-02T16:52:37Z "Second Life" is the name of a new show at the CB1 gallery in Los Angeles by Lisa Adams, a painter of some renown, and yes, it's inspired by Second Life itself -- or more specifically, as the gallery write-up... SLHamlet Art projects in SL Game Dev Tycoon Offers Surprising Insight into Game Development... Especially If You've Pirated It tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bbf95b1970b 2013-05-01T15:00:00-07:00 2013-05-01T21:09:17Z 2013-05-01T22:00:00Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style There's a new indie game in the spotlight this week, but it's not there for the reasons you might expect. At first blush, Game Dev Tycoon by two-man team Greenheart... Iris Ophelia Games Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming An Open Source Artificial Life Project Called OpenWorm tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bbed9e1970b 2013-05-01T11:52:04-07:00 2013-05-01T18:55:10Z 2013-05-01T18:52:04Z OpenWorm is a very cool project that also scares me a little bit: a collaborative, open source attempt to construct an artificial life form -- a simple worm, computationally created from the cellular level to a point where it's sophisticated... SLHamlet Artificial Life New World Tech Google's Eric Schmidt & Jared Cohen Think Virtual Reality Will Become More Commonplace, Online Identity Less Anonymous - They're Half Right tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bbc2b78970b 2013-05-01T09:32:36-07:00 2013-05-01T16:36:19Z 2013-05-01T16:32:36Z This is a thought-provoking trailer to The New Digital Age, an upcoming book by Google execs Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, and it's very interesting that they describe the future of the Internet as a "virtual world": One point seems... SLHamlet New World Culture New World Tech Why Do I Blog? SL Blogging Community Meme Asks The Big Questions tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bb85287970b 2013-04-30T14:27:58-07:00 2013-04-30T21:30:28Z 2013-04-30T21:27:58Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style There's a new meme working its way around the blogging community right now that has writers answering the big questions about why they do what they do. Strawberry Singh brought... Iris Ophelia Avatars and Identity Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL blogger link SL Fashion Virtual Fashion Oculus Rift + Kinect = Awesome Real Time 3D Environment tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef019101ad8c0b970c 2013-04-30T11:28:25-07:00 2013-04-30T18:31:26Z 2013-04-30T18:28:25Z So a dude called "PlayerDuce" on YouTube recently uploaded this video which shows him using the Oculus Rift in conjunction with the Kinect. He uses the Rift's sensor for head rotation, while his Kinect generates a 3D point cloud environment... SLHamlet Kinect Oculus Rift Mr. Bones' Titanic Machinima Will Make You Laugh Your Bony Ass Off tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01901bb71a63970b 2013-04-30T09:20:23-07:00 2013-04-30T16:23:21Z 2013-04-30T16:20:23Z When we last saw Ole "Mr. Bones" Etzel, everyone's favorite skeleton was singing bluegrass. This time, he's stranded on the arctic sea, and Leonardo DiCaprio is nowhere near to saving him. But hang on, help is on the way, or... SLHamlet SL Machinima