This week is a busy one on the Virtual World events calendar. Today marks the start of a four day “Creative Economies: Digital and Virtual” Business Matching Forum in Beijing facilitated by X|Media|Lab. The ICCIE Summit runs from November 8th-9th followed by a X|Media|Lab which runs from November 10th-11th.
Of particular interest is the launch of [...]
“We are entering an era known as the ‘Avatar Age’ in which people connect face to face online. Because people today trust the recommendations of friends much more than advertising, companies can now seize the opportunity to support online communities and connect more deeply with their customers through social networks rather than through traditional online [...]
Catching up on virtual worlds platform related news this week the following stories caught my attention. Raph Koster finally lifted the veil on his Areae project by demoing Metaplace at the inaugural TechCrunch40 conference. Jonathan Fields has a good write up of the offering complete with a video demo. Raph has not disappointed with first [...]