Archive for April, 2007

Gartner shows the way

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Gartner’s prediction that 80% of internet users will be in virtual worlds within four years is already bouncing around the blogosphere. Don’t percentages lend a lovely credibility to a forecast? Would you believe them if they said 79%?
Their advice to clients: investigate and experiment with, but limit substantial financial investments until the environments stabilize […]

Holodeck gets ITE kudos

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

My Second Life Development company, Inside This World, recently attended the International Technology Expo (ITE). The product we were demonstrating, the Holodeck, was joint winner of the People’s Choice award for best technology. Over sixty companies exhibited.
A nice acknowledgement of our scripting skills (pats Loki Clifton on back). We are also extremely strong in architecture, […]

Viral 3D advertising

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Email is the fire that fans the internet. Hidden amongst untold millions of boring, static web pages are tiny pockets of original content. Yes, there are RSS feeds and sites which aggregate content but how do you find most of the good stuff? It’s probably through people you trust sending you emails which link […]