In this week's roundup of recent and upcoming SL projects backed by real world companies and organizations, two real world media companies announce their arrival (with dubious results), and two technology giants continue expanding their presence, and the backlash to the Second Life hype generates its own backlash. All that after the break.
Mixed Reality Press
Fortune Senior Editor declares, No, Second Life is not over-hyped, but rather, "a preview of the Internet of the future." (Hat tip: Waits May)
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Mixed Reality Media
The UK Guardian reports on an SL tabloid backed by a major German
publisher, and an SL radio network backed by Britain's Channel 4-- and
manages to flub both bits of news. But more on that in another post.
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Mixed Reality Business
Sun Inside: Sun Microsystem offers a Q&A on open source with a couple of its top executives ( a project hosted by NWN sponsor Millions of US.)
IBM expands in-world: With the corporation's Chairman paying a visit and $10 million to be invested over the next 12 months.
Its great news; Ibm came to Sl; and Endemol in Europe is planing to do Big Brother.
Posted by: Massimo | Monday, November 13, 2006 at 04:01 PM
That's amazing. IBM, right? The same IBM that missed out all those years ago?
Posted by: lunana | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 12:24 PM