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Title/Affiliation:
Virtual Worlds Analyst
Location:
Rotterdam
Website:
http://digado.nl
Other Contact Information:
http://twitter.com/digado
rvdwal@gmail.com
http://digado.nl
Preferred Virtual Worlds:
Second Life, Active Worlds

Present in: World of Warcraft, Gaia, There, Kaneva, Entropia, Habbo, vSide

Digado | Mapping the Metaverse

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Digado stands for Digital Adoption. Its the scenario I think will be most relevant for the future of the metaverse. A generation that regards 3d as a ‘natural environment’. The Xbox, playstation and PC generation. They will adopt the 3d worlds and see the benefits of the digital distribution, communication, education, information and entertainment as something that has always been part of their lives.

This blog lists my research, opinion and news regarding ‘the Metaverse’. A word I define as being a Virtual, Social Network. The goal of this network can be anything from entertainment (gaming worlds such as World of Warcraft), business and creativity (Second Life) all the way down to simply connecting people in a customizable environment (Cyworld).

The question that Digado seeks to answer is ‘how can we use Virtual Worlds in a realistic, meaningful way for the businesses of today and tomorrow’. There has been a lot of hype and information clutter surrounding virtual worlds. My objective is to distill the potential of this ‘new’ media, in a usable format. How can it help your business today, and how will it look 5 to 10 years from now.

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The Power of Immersion


When I talk about ‘the immersion in virtual worlds’ it’s not uncommon I get a questioning look. Most of the time I use a simplified example of the Matrix - The Matrix illustrates complete, 100% artificial ‘immersion’ into virtuality. At first I get a smile and something along the lines of: “yes, but we don’t have a matrix yet”.… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2008 at 2:52pm —

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On being Everything to Everyone


When the development of ‘Windlight’ (Second Life’s graphic improvements) was announced, it was greeted with much controversy. While some where happy about a graphics upgrade, most wondered about the priorities of Linden Lab. Continue reading

Posted on May 13, 2008 at 4:32am —

Digado

Instant Virtual World: Alternative 3D



The Russian team of Alternativa 3D brings you a new, one click Virtual World. A Flash 3D development project like Papervision3D and an ambitious roadmap towards the final release of this clientless, engine less world. View a demo and read more after the fold...

Posted on April 21, 2008 at 3:24am —

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Mercedes drives home: Goodbye and Good riddance


Mercedes leaves Second Life, but on a positive note according to their latest blogpost. I think Mercedes just threw a lot of money at riding the ‘Second Life hype wave’ - but eventually found the attention to Second Life depleted, and could not muster the creativity to actually be remarkable themselves... Read more Continue

Posted on March 20, 2008 at 2:30am —

Digado

The Web strikes back: Suite XX3


Last week Second Life introduced HTML, allowing webpages to be displayed within the client on 3Dobjects, but It didn’t take long for the web to retaliate introducing ‘Virtual Environments on a Webpage’. Read more...

Posted on March 11, 2008 at 9:30am — 8 Comments

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At 7:23am on May 2, 2008, Alanagh Recreant said…
Hello Digado,

Hope you have an awesome weekend. I would love to spend a bit of time with you at some stage and hear your thoughts on the place of companies in Second Life (R) and beyond... I have a theory that needs testing...
At 2:36am on March 20, 2008, Jeri C said…
Hey Digado, my pleaure. :-) Cool page! I can see I'm going to be busy for a while reading your blogs :P
At 4:17pm on March 7, 2008, John said…
Hey Digado, thanks for your words of support! I love your page! Lots of great comments and resources.
At 9:15am on February 27, 2008, Interlocuteur M said…
Assof ik nog nie zat te lezen had :) Maar, een visie uit de Maasstad mót gelezen worren. Pracht website heb je !
At 3:08am on February 26, 2008, Slim Warrior said…
Hey Digado :)
Thanks so much for your lovely comment, good to see you here.

Slimmie
At 9:57am on February 25, 2008, Andrew Peters said…
greetings from Singapore
At 9:06am on February 25, 2008, Sari Signorelli said…
Nice to hear from you again Digado. Great website!
At 4:09pm on February 22, 2008, Digado said…
Nice meeting you to Nicholas! Joined the group and look forward to some good conversations, in fact... I think I'll start one topic now.
At 6:55pm on February 21, 2008, Nicholas Ernst said…
I was in a rush to finish reading you blog posts when I wrapped up the last comment Digado, but I wanted to make sure I let you know how appreciated it would be if you chose to participate in the Virtual Worlds of Tomorrow group and the discussions presented therein. Someone with your knowledge of analytics and blogging experience would assuredly provide some excellent input into both the social and technical aspects of the threads.
At 6:00pm on February 21, 2008, Nicholas Ernst said…
Nice to meet you Digado. I have a feeling you will be a great asset to this association. Your experiences as a VW analyst will likely produce some excellent feedback for discussions, and I can already see your blog posts are going to be interesting. You'll probably have a bit in common with Mr. Porter too, as he's always trying to poke and prod around at the analytics of things.
I look forward to reading more of your commentss in the near future.

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