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Its a Virtual World After All

Its a Virtual World After All
Mar 3, 2008
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Its a Virtual World After All


Its a Virtual World After All – Over There

There’s cartoonish graphics lack the realism of Second Life’s, but its ease of use and activities make for a popular hangout.


Its a Virtual World After All – Seeing In Second Life

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Offices within Second Life can display different content types, such as RSS feeds (on the left side of the facing wall), Web pages (on the right side of the wall) and graphics (on the right side of the slide).


Its a Virtual World After All – Croquet, Anyone?

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Data can be visualized in 3-D using a virtual space like Croquet.


Its a Virtual World After All – Qwaq Life

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Qwaq uses the Croquet open-source engine in its virtual worlds.


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Its a Virtual World After All – Qwaq Combo

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Qwaq Office combines multiple applications together so they can be viewed and edited by a group.


Its a Virtual World After All – Apartment Living

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Kaneva is a teen hangout based on “apartments.” In a corporate environment, organizations could equip apartments to their liking for professional purposes.


Its a Virtual World After All – A Whole New World

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Enterprises can establish their own virtual world using software from Active Worlds.


Its a Virtual World After All – Browser-Based

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Virtual offices can be rendered in a Web browser and made part of the corporate Web page with 3DXplorer.


Its a Virtual World After All – Collaborative Environment

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A college campus serves as ProtoSphere’s metaphor for its virtual world, which includes a wide range of collaboration tools such as whiteboards.


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