Local Internet users and their life-like 3D digital avatars can soon sip virtual cuppas in virtual Shenton Way cafes. What’s more, they will also be able to chat, work and play in other true-to-life, online 3D cityscapes of Singapore.
Image of Facial Recognition in Twinity
This virtual world that looks and feels like Singapore is the brain child of German firm Metaversum. Virtual Singapore, which will be based on a Metaversum platform called Twinity, will be rolled out by year-end, a senior company official told BizIT this week.
In this virtual city, users will be able to buy and furnish virtual apartments, and invite real friends over. They can also carry out real world business transactions, like checking-in airline tickets or booking a business centre.
‘The virtual Singapore city will be close to being a replica of Singapore,’ said Jeremy Snyder, executive vice-president of operations, Metaversum.
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Obama dumps Hillary Clinton and gos for Joe Biden – Joe who ?
The former first lady was considered one of the top VP contenders shortly after she ended her White House run in June, but rumors of lingering tension between the former rivals and word that her name would be placed in nomination at the convention are partially to blame for political observers kicking her out of the top tier.
Campaign: Obama’s VP choice to be announced Saturday – CNN.com
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Recruit.net Powers Ping.sg Newly Introduced Job Search Function..
Recruit.net’s marketing strategy evolves targeting social media micromarkets with job channels powered by Recruit.net’s award winning technology platform..
Singapore, May 5th 2008, Recruit.net, an award winning tech company that operates a network of trilingual job search engines across Asia Pacific, has launched a new job search function at Ping.sg, Singapore’s leading blogging community site. With the new function, community members are able to search for ten of thousands of jobs through a single click at Ping.sg. The Recruit.net job channel allows for users to find tens of thousands of Singapore related jobs from hundreds of websites in a single search through Ping.sg: http://jobs.ping.sg/
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Messge from CEO of Recruit.net Maneck Mohan to Singapore Bloggers
At Midnight tonight our Recruit.net Creative Feedback Challenge closes….
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How to win VIP friends… get very very very RICH…….. It is not clear if the 600 guests – which reportedly included Bono, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and various tech luminaries – were able to fly home before the storm hit.
Google co-founder Larry Page and girlfriend Lucy Southworth on the Google private jet. Inset left shows storms brewing in the British Virgin Islands, courtesy Valleywag.com, and, right, the heart of the storm above Necker Island.
A rare subtropical storm has gatecrashed the lavish wedding of Google’s billionaire co-founder Larry Page to PhD student Lucy Southworth, bringing with it 65km/hour winds and 15cm of rain.
Rain and winds battered the wedding party during the official reception on Sunday, but by late Monday night the low pressure system developed into a rare post-season subtropical storm, the US National Hurricane Centre said in a warning.
It is not clear if the 600 guests – which reportedly included Bono, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and various tech luminaries – were able to fly home before the storm hit.
more here: SMH
source: The Australian
ONLINE property classified leader Realestate.com.au (REA) has commenced a major assault on the Asian online real estate market, using two newly launched websites in Hong Kong and Dubai as a linchpin to expand in the region.
CEO Simon Baker at realestate.com.au AGM. Picture: Bob Finlayson
Chief executive Simon Baker told the company’s annual general meeting that its objective was “to become No1 or No2” in every market in which it operated.
The company was now the No1 online real estate player in Australia, Italy and Luxembourg, he said, with strong positions in a number of other markets, including the UK, through propertyfinder.com. However, the prospect of growth in the Asian market is attracting most of Mr Baker’s attention.
In September, REA – majority-owned by News Limited, publisher of The Australian – bought Hong Kong’s leading English language property publication, Square Foot magazine, and last month launched a sister online property brand, Squarefoot.com.hk.
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Just another buzzy day in Second Life
Google News Alert for: “Second Life”
Cops Learning How to Extend Beats Online
The Associated Press –
(AP) — Raise your hand if you’ve heard of “Second Life,”
police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers
Anti-social bot invades Second Lifers’ personal space
New Scientist (subscription) – UK
A software bot that masquerades as an ill-mannered human user
within the popular virtual world Second Life is being used by UK researchers
Canada Post launches in Second Life
DM News – New York,NY,USA
By Chantal Todé On Saturday, Canada Post will launch a virtual city
in Second Life, where online shoppers will be able to visit the 3D virtual stores of …
Canada Post founds virtual city on Second Life
Media In Canada – Toronto,ON,Canada
by Terry Poulton Yesterday, Canada Post announced that it has
boldly gone to perhaps the last place anyone would have
expected it to go: Second Life. …
‘Fujitsu Islands’ open in Second Life
Prdomain Business Register (press release) – Navi Mumbai,India
1 Nov 2007, Tokyo: Fujitsu Limited announced today
that it has created “Fujitsu Islands” within the Second Life
three-dimensional virtual world operated by …
Enter the NanoLands nanotechnology challenge in Second Life
Nanowerk LLC – Honolulu,HI,USA
(Nanowerk News) You probably remember our little “
Nanotechnology in Second Life” story from a few weeks ago.
Today, NanoLands, the nanoscience and …
Second Life jobs fair pays off for KPMG
ComputerWeekly.com – UK
Professional services firm KPMG has succeeded in attracting
potential recruits through a jobs fair on the
Google Blogs Alert for: “Second Life”
Will Second Life Anonymity Be A Deal Breaker For Business?
By Erica Driver
Second Life is an anonymous virtual world —
most people cannot identify themselves with avatars that
use their real names. I say most people because I suppose
there is a chance your name in real life could be
Forrester Information and Knowledge… – http://blogs.forrester.com/information_management/
RBS Launches World’s First Virtual Careers Recruitment Event in …
By Fiona Torrance(Fiona Torrance)
“Craig Hepburn, Global Webmaster for STA Travel,
told the audience how he had invested only tens of thousands
of pounds in Second Life (a fraction of what some brands have spent),
but by taking a sales-led strategic approach the …
Biz Blog Review – http://bizblogreview.blogspot.com/
Second Life 1.18.4 Viewer RC2 Release Candidate Update
By Joshua Linden
We’ve made Second Life 1.18.4 Viewer Release Candidate (RC2) available
Official Linden Blog – http://blog.secondlife.com
One year with Second Life Insider
By Tateru Nino
This is my 365th day with Second Life Insider.
Second Life Insider – http://www.secondlifeinsider.com
Do You Have A Home On Second Life?
By casasugar
Second Life is a virtual online user-defined society
CasaSugar — Home sweet home. – http://casasugar.com/
Nuffnang with its 4000 strong blogger network….
…and its rules about who gets what ad and which advertiser wants that blogger, Continue reading
This video is LONG and also very much a crystal ball look at what things will be like when computing power… from INTEL will allow for these types of environments… if you have the time and 3D Web is your area of interest check it out… look for QUAQ, ParaVerses and Virtual Surgery…
Video here at Intel Developers Forum
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