Project Wonderland’s Future
The Project Wonderland development team just found out that development resources will no longer be applied to the project, Sun/Oracle resources that is. However, the avid team plans to keep up the great work...
Tagged: virtual_world
Stigmergy in Virtual Worlds
Many researchers have been talking about stigmergy in Web-based environments. Sarah Intellagirl Robbins has been doing research in facets of Virtual Worlds and their potential for education. Stigmergy is one of the affordances she...
Microsoft Doesn’t Believe in Open Source Virtual Worlds
As seen in this article from PC Magazine reported by ITExaminer, Microsoft (via Craig Mundie) doesn’t seem to believe in Open Source virtual worlds such as Second Life. While I agree that (open) virtual...
Handipoints – Virtual World that Helps Kids Do Chores in Real World
Speaking of persuasion power, Handipoints is a clever idea of getting kids’ interest in video games and virtual worlds to get them to do something productive in real life through an “incentive program”. I...
Immersive Education – Education Grid Initiative
An interview with Aaron Walsh, professor of virtual environments and games for learning at Boston University: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8eK0jfbYRA&hl=en]
