January 2008
16 posts
“Failure is not an option. It is necessary.”
– I’ve been seeing this quote a lot and I like it.
Collapsing Geography →
I recently read Cory Ondrejka’s paper titled Collapsing Geography Second Life, Innovation, and the Future of National Power from the Summer 2007 issue of MIT’s Innovations journal. I read it twice and think it is thought provoking and brilliant. I put this paper on my list of must-read papers for anyone interested in the Metaverse. Second Life still has a long way to go before it becomes a true...
SSRN-Collapsing Geography Second Life, Innovation,... →
Cory Ondrejka’s paper titled “Collapsing Geography”
Darkstar Slides [PDF] →
From Perpetual Entertainment, nice slides that show the stack required to build an MMO/VW.
Virtual World Interoperability: Oct 9th Agenda →
This is the agenda for the Virtual Worlds Interoperability Workshop (10/07). Some of the presenters have posted their slides.
Onrez Viewer: The Loop →
The first version of the OnRez Viewer, which was released around the CSI:NY Virtual Experience, was purposely CSI:NY centric. The splash page showed CSI:NY branding and the pop-up web page showed you current events regarding the CSI:NY Virtual Experience. The Electric Sheep Company has recently released a general purpose OnRez Viewer. One of the differences from the original version is a featured...
Gwen Stefani, Creativity Ad →
I love this ad. This is the best I’ve heard someone describe the creative process that is relevant to me.
Street Art Represent →
I love street art. I have been reading Marc Schiller’s Wooster Collective long before I had met him. New York based artist, WK, is one of the many talented artists that have been featured on the Wooster Collective.
I was pleased to come across this post titled, Virtual WK, this week. An astute Wooster Collective reader submitted the following:
“so i hurt my knee a few months ago and i...
Wooster Collective: Virtual WK →
Great image of WK’s work inside of SL. [Street Art]
Look Mom, I Am A WWE Superstar →
Ok, admit it… you don’t want to run into this guy in a dark alley… well you probably don’t want to run into any guy wearing no shirt, a cowboy hat and a speedo in a dark alley (or anywhere).
The widget above and the widget below are part of a social networking project we have been working with the WWE on. Both widgets were created on the yourminis platform which allows you to embed it into...
Collaborating in Virtual Worlds →
Recently, many of my fellow Sheep have been thinking about more advanced collaboration tools for virtual worlds. Collaboration tools consistently rise to the top of the most important applications for the Metaverse during our brainstorming sessions. Some of us have been looking at Forterra Systems for collaboration, while Becky and I have done some initial design work on meeting tools for Second...
Second Life and the Slashdot Effect →
There was quite a buzz in the Second Life blogosphere in October about the 400+ sims The Electric Sheep Company and CBS had available on the Second Life Grid for the CSI:NY Virtual Experience. There was also a lot of speculation on what it meant when we initially cut the number of sims to 200. What wasn’t well covered was Second Life and the Slashdot Effect.
Load balancing in Second Life is an...
The 2007 Technical Emmy’s →
Last night at CES, winners of the 59th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were announced. Virtual Worlds took home three Emmy’s for advanced media and gaming, including two projects The Electric Sheep Company worked on and one for our great partners at Linden Lab. And the winner’s are…
Outstanding achievement in advanced media technology for best use of commercial advertising on standalone...
Long Live Closed-Source Software! | Computers |... →
Jaron Lanier writes the most profound piece on the Open Source vs Closed Source debate that I have read in years. In this article he argues the virtual of innovation in proprietary ideas.
BattleClinic.com →
BattleClinic.com is a great Eve Online Resource. This link is specifically for manufacturing.
Eve-MEEP →
Awesome application for Eve Online Industrialist (like myself).