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'Second China' in Second Life seems uselessly second-hand

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 1:59pm

The "Second China Project" is a federally-funded initiative by a team at the University of Florida to create a virtual training ground for American diplomats who will work in China. It'll be a virtual city in Linden Lab's Second...

The Life Clock lives your life better than you do

Kevin Hall

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 4:17am

You may remember the Life Bank, a quirky Japanese toy that displayed a digital family getting wealthier the more money you put away. Well, here's the Life Clock, or Jinsei Tokei, and it's little avatar will mimic your life...

Microsoft's virtual receptionist will surely take over the world

Kevin Hall

Friday, September 26, 2008 - 7:24am

Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Honcho Craig Mundie spoke at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference and prophetized up a techno-storm. Evidently he sees technology taking us toward a world where virtual presences inhabit a 3D space and use that...

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'Second China' in Second Life seems uselessly second-hand

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Microsoft's virtual receptionist will surely take over the world

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