Interesting months ahead for the gaming industry. The big gaming news of Q1 2008 was EA announcing its plans to release its FPS game Battlefield Heroes for free. It offers the game as a free download, and supports it trough micro-payments (you can buy in-game bonuses for real money or pay monthly fees for premium [...]

Posted on: February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Who thought Virtual Worlds could only be used for good is sadly mistaken. The axis of evil have found wicked ways to exploit virtual ‘role playing games such as Second Life’, and threaten the free world from within their illusive virtual headquarters, enjoying the dark cover of anonymity. The Washington post tells us:
“U.S. intelligence officials [...]

Posted on: February 7, 2008 | No Comments »

Yesterday I conducted a small experiment concerning ‘fast prototyping’. The objective was getting this Maya3D created image into Second Life. This (and this & this) was the result and I’m pretty pleased with it for a first try, considering I have no experience in 3D modelling of course. I could have added shadows (Second [...]

Posted on: February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Believe it or not, this is the official website of the largest metaverse project currently being developed. China’s Virtual Economy District which will be an ‘aggressive’ attack on retail everywhere. Ever since October 2007 rumours and facts about the ‘CVD’ have been surfacing in the media. The virtual district is said to be an 80-square-kilometre [...]

Posted on: February 5, 2008 | 9 Comments »