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April 2009 Blog Posts (13)

Mid-Atlantic Event with Game, Simulation and Virtual World Case Studies

LEEF: Games & Simulations for Performance

http://www.leef2009.net/

LEEF is an interactive professional development event that will showcase game, simulation and virtual world case studies and explore the benefits of, and business case for, games and simulations for learning and performance.

Learn more about case studies from ACS Learning Services, Forterra Systems, Deep End Interactive, Enspire Learning, ExperiencePoint, Humentum, NexLearn, ViaVivo and Visual… Continue

Added by Andy Petroski on April 30, 2009 at 9:48am — No Comments

2009 LOGIN Conference Coming Soon to Seattle!

The LOGIN Game Conference is just a couple weeks away from going live! From May 11th to May 14th, LOGIN 2009 will be held at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront hotel in scenic downtown Seattle, Washington. Now in its third year, the LOGIN Conference is an event dedicated to serious online game industry professionals, covering MMOGs, virtual worlds, social games, casual, console and mobile in… Continue

Added by Paul Philleo on April 29, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

New Developments Developing!!!

Some very fun stuff at MUVErs.org this week. There's a great article from a major print and online Nursing Education journal and a new video of the MUI (MUVErs User Interface) in use. John Miller, pioneer in the field, has driven the development of a user interface that is as elegant as it is functional. See the website for more info, and, hey, let's stay in touch!

Added by Scottmerrick Oh on April 26, 2009 at 7:06pm — No Comments

some browser based vr worlds with avatars,,

heres some new tests...

www.cube3.com/cipodz.html

www.cube3.com/c3fashionpodz.html

www.cube3.com/c3cinemapodz.html

all are using 3dxplorer and should run in most browsers and platforms

if interested please join the new http://www.mediaverse.ning.com group

ill be updating the cinema insomnia screaming room through there....

cube3

Added by Larry Rosenthal on April 23, 2009 at 7:36pm — No Comments

SLOODLE Meeting @ University of Ulster

Updated Flickr account with images of yesterdays SLOODLE meeting in Second Life http://tinyurl.com/cjsgk4

Added by Kerri McCusker on April 23, 2009 at 4:57am — No Comments

Bliss Couture Spring 2009 Fashion Show

Bliss Couture

12 APRIL 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PR Contact: Annette Wilder, Wilder Public Relations Firm Inc. for Bliss Couture

Re: Bliss Couture Spring Fashion Show

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You are invited April 18th at 1pm slt, to attend a fabulous fashion show featuring the new line of extraordinary clothing by… Continue

Added by Wilder Public Relations on April 12, 2009 at 8:33pm — No Comments

BEST OF ITALIAN Style Presents ELEGANCE SL

The BEST OF ITALIAN

9 APRIL 2009

PR Contact: Annette Wilder, Wilder Public Relations Inc™ for

The BEST OF ITALIAN

Re: BEST OF ITALIAN Style Presents ** ELEGANCE SL **

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The Best of Italian's Elegance SL Competition will begin with a bang on April 13th at 1:30pm slt. The long awaited much buzzed about… Continue

Added by Wilder Public Relations on April 9, 2009 at 11:16pm — No Comments

Rocky's Blog

Rocky blogs here: In-world and Out

Added by Rocky on April 9, 2009 at 9:21pm — No Comments

Do You Have An Audience?

Everyone is either chasing, participating in or gathering an audience. Having an audience fulfills many different purposes. Whether two or three people or millions, unless your a monk your engaging with audiences everyday.

Historically media has chased audiences to attract them to propositions aimed at gaining or creating economic traction. There is a wide range of media and communication studies regarding models about the term "audience" and its role in any kind of… Continue

Added by Jay Deragon on April 7, 2009 at 9:51am — No Comments

Saturday Night Retro Fright Night might become Mystery Movie Night

Well folks - we are getting suggestions from our attendees on Saturday nights on ReactionGrid to have something other than horror and sci fi films - Mark Houston wants to have mystery movies - and what a great suggestion - we have a plethera of old mystery movies to choose from on http://archives.org

So I pose a question to the rest of our members who may read this post - Do you want to see some Mystery… Continue

Added by RobinG2 Proto on April 7, 2009 at 9:10am — No Comments

Serious about Serious Games

It's time for learning games -- first came toys, then board games, now interactivity is possible. Serious games provide amazing potential and I'm excited about adding my knowledge to my community via interactive serious games.

We love to explore without first reading the instructions -- serious games deliver!

We love to play with pals ... and strangers -- serious games deliver!

We love to be safe while we play -- serious games deliver!

We love… Continue

Added by Carolyn Allen on April 4, 2009 at 7:15pm — No Comments

Oh, so now they're turning to Boomers

Once you've dropped them into a few insulting ads for adult diapers, life insurance, and Viagra commercials, when it comes to marketing, the only thing Baby Boomers are good for is comic foil in commercials aimed at the real market: the under 30s.

A lot of us have complained about this (Chuck Nyren, Advertising to Baby Boomers, being perhaps the loudest… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on April 3, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Spring 2009 Update - and thanks for your interest

WHEW! I just finished a 4 island development that lasted 6 months, the last half of 2008. This was quite an experience for me on all fronts. So many things learned, i feel really great about my accomplishments as well as overcoming many problems along the way.

I'm enjoying a little downtime right now, spending time with my boyfriend at home in the evenings and doing mindnumbing activities like playing Zuma and watching never ending DVDs of the Simpsons and Southpark. With the… Continue

Added by Amilie Anatine on April 1, 2009 at 1:34pm — No Comments