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more about #secondlife more comments → robot-shmobot: John Mahoney. Perfect name for a 1930's gangster. Whenever I read an article of yours, I picture you in a pin-stripe suit with a fedora and a tommy gun. more » secretmanofagent: Is it nitpicking, or does it bother people when someone calls an iPod Touch and iTouch? more » vista64guy: That was the best description of Second Life players I've ever heard. more » nfreader: Heh, cool. I actually live in Decatur. Not that I care about this virtual city thing. I fail to see the point and I have to wonder why they think it's... more » IN THE FACE!: So, why is the local government so interested in building a vr singles chat service? T-minus 12hrs and counting to naked man avatar filled virtual Dec... more » Pender: "For instance, did you know that the Shanghai subway transports more than the entire population of San Francisco every morning during rush hour? Crazy... more » GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff: Great post, Elaine. I don't understand the carping about "China bashing." Your snarkiness was mild compared to many Giz posts, and you had your fact... more » GTgeek: I wish there was some sort of class you could take to prepare you for traveling to foreign countries. I'd hate to be the tourist that accidentally dis... more » Red_Flag: 谢谢, Elaine. However, the "Second China Project" has my interest piqued. First I've ever heard of it. more » Giz Has Lost It: I'm a fan of Asian culture and have always thought it would be great to visit China (among other places) and experience it first-hand, but there's alw... more » Abor: Reading a lot of your articles, it seems you can't help but include some of the biases you have. Not surprisingly, they're mostly US-centric views of... more » friend-o: Isn't this where the latest Olympics were filmed? more » anonymousryan: I imagine most diplomats do their interneting through VPNs, so I don't think internet censorship would be an issue. I wonder how that works, though. more » scoopjones: My experience with China was that anyone who speaks English is doing so to sell you something. But they all know three English words: "Hello", "bye-by... more » dosthebos2: man Elanie loves that rocket/dildo phone...she should have just bought it! more » -
#iphoneapps
What the iPhone Has Needed All Along is Coming: Sparkle, A 3D Virtual World
A company called Genkii is hoping to rope a chunk of the 40-million worldwide web-connected phones and iTouches into a new 3D avatar-based virtual world, Sparkle. Too bad virtual worlds died around 4 years ago. More » -
#virtualworlds
City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface
Not one to be outdone by the likes of PlayStation Home, World of Warcraft, or even that cesspool of flying dildos Second Life, the city of Decatur, Georgia might be going virtual. -
#secondchina
Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
The U.S. is injecting a good $1.25 million into a new “virtual training ground” for American diplomats who plan on working in China called “The Second China Project.” It's a pretend city in Linden Lab's Second Life that purportedly will help almost-expatriots get used to the environment in the world's most populous nation. While some of the training activities sound useful (for instance, what to give as a gift, how to seat guests), as someone who's lived in this country for years, I can tell you there are things that diplomats should get ready for that the virtual world doesn't even seem to touch on. More » -
#playstationhome
Sony's PlayStation Home Expands Beta This Summer, Goes Open Beta Fall 2008
PlayStation Home, the long-awaited PlayStation 3 social networking++ app, is finally going to see open beta starting Fall 2008. Before that, if you're one of the few lucky users chosen by Sony, you'll be able to participate in the closed beta expanding some time in Summer 2008. No other real features have been announced lately, but if it's still kept all the details announced back at GDC 2008, there's going to be customizable avatars, modifiable living and common spaces, accomplishment galleries and lots of branding/third-party products. It's basically a Second Life that doesn't suck, and isn't full of (as many) weirdos. More » -
