Category: Virtual Reality
Why PlayStation Home for PS3 is a genius idea
Sony’s new PlayStation Home virtual world won’t address the issues that have resulted in pretty-much constant flak for its PS3 console in the last year. Criticisms of the console’s pricing and games line-up are both still valid, not to mention lingering resentment over the PS3’s delayed launch in Europe.
Lily Allen joins The Sims – and sings 'Smile' in Simlish
Lily Allen sang about pimps and crack whores in her ‘LDN’ song, but you won’t find many of them in EA’s The Sims games. Although it would make a corking expansion pack, if they’re stuck for ideas.
Sony's PS3 goes Web 2.0 with PlayStation Home and LittleBigPlanet
It seems the speculation earlier this week wasn't so wide of the mark. Last night, Sony took the wraps off not one, but TWO virtual worlds for its PS3 console. PlayStation Home is a Second Life style community, while LittleBigPlanet…
Web 2.0 is "digital Maoism" says Virtual Reality guru
Jaron Lanier was one of the Virtual Reality pioneers in the 1980s (i.e. Second Life is all his fault), but he's not keen on this Web 2.0 lark. At all. Interviewed by the BBC World Service, he criticises the latest…
Second Life gets its first virtual mobile operator
Vodafone is planning to launch itself as a mobile operator in the game Second Life alongside its Vodafone Island area within the popular virtual world. Second Life users will be able to use branded handsets to call each other within…
Second Life: "Brands have an important place in this world"
Part Two of our coverage of last night’s MusicAlly Second Life event in London. Following the presentation given by Rivers Run Red CEO Justin Bovington (see Part One for what he said), a panel of virtual world and music industry…
Second Life: "Not just a white middle-class geek tool any more"
Is virtual world Second Life really a powerful new way for record companies to promote music, or just a sneaky way to grab column inches for being cutting-edge? This was the topic of a debate last night in central London,…
IBM's SL event: Now taking part in SL
So I've been invited to the IBM island, in the IQ region. We're about to embark on a "quick collaborative building project" which should be interesting since I've never actually done anything like that in SL. In fact, I don't…
IBM's Second Life event: IBM's orientation trail and business applications for SL
After a few IBM staff members were put off SL thanks to too many normal punters approaching them with offers of virtual intimacy, IBM now has its own personal orientation trail away from the prying eyes of the public. Which…
IBM Second Life Day: Why is SL suddenly so popular?
Just why is SL so popular right now? With around 1.6million users it's not actually all that popular. I suspect a lot of it is down to some very good PR recently that has provided a few easy stories for…
