Chapter & Metaverse

If you are considering streaming video into Second Life/Opensim (SLOS), either from a dynamic video source such as a webcam, or from pre-re...

Following the previous article outlining my experiments with using the Kinect for creating animation files for Second Life and Opensim, I t...

To move/copy your objects from your Opensim into another Opensim or Opensim-based world (where it is permitted) you need to do the follow...

I have been experimenting of late with the Xbox Kinect as a cheap Mocap source to generate BioVision Hierarchy (BVH) files for upload into S...

 Following Linden Lab's internal restructuring which saw it lose 30% of its staff, and the recent decision to close the Teen Grid, wit...

Some recent advances give us a clue what might next be in store for Virtual World and 3D Virtual gaming development in the not too-distant f...

Denver, CO USA / Frankfurt, Germany – July 13th, 2010: Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) and IllFonic, LLC announced today that IllFonic has licensed ...

An article by Guest Contributor, Miidasu The real life economy may be undergoing a slow, torturous recovery, but virtual world economies a...

Although I am taking a sabbatical from writing for a while, I just could not resist this one. Business Insider reports that Zynga, the...

I am taking a break from writing and updating my blog for a little while, while I work on finishing a book. I hope to continue the blog at t...

For some time Nortel had been pondering what the 'connectedness' of the Internet, broadband access, camera phones, voice-over-IP, in...

Continuing the recent trend of failing Virtual Worlds (e.g. Metaplace, Legend City Online, There.com), yet another company has bitten the v...

Today saw the launch of another significant Blue Mars release, with important updates to the Client, MyPage, and the SDK, although I will co...

OpenSim preparing Version 0.7 The core developers at OpenSim are busy preparing Release 0.7 of their opensource virtual world framework. ...