Google Lively: Virtual World Project Killed (3)
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Rumors about a move by Google into virtual worlds predicted a, well, world killer, but in the end, Google Lively was the one that got the axe. Google’s Lively Was Always Under Construction: CNet reports that the Google Lively blog has announced that it is no longer pursuing the technology. Google reported on its blog: “”Despite all the [...]
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Ade said:
"But the surprise virtual world entry is the one that arrived before Google Lively, in my opinion, and that’s Google Earth itself, which is about as comprehensive a virtual world as you can imagine. The only thing missing are avatars. Oh, and objects beyond the building facades. But with a new version of Sketch-Up - who knows, all the pieces of the pipeline are there, aren’t they?"
US says it killed militants at civilian death site (AP) (1)
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AP - U.S. and Afghan forces killed "several" insurgents during an extended patrol in southern Afghanistan where villagers say some 40 civilians in a wedding party were killed, the U.S. military said Thursday.
MAIN FOCUS: EU soldiers in the Congo? | 31/10/2008 (2)
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Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Now France's Foreign Minister Bernard Couchner has called for 1,500 European soldiers to be deployed to the crisis region. Europe's press questions whether an EU military mission could indeed help the situation in the Congo.
Game folks vs web folks (5)
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I missed this blog exchange a few days ago between Andrew Chen (web guy) and Adam Martin (game guy). “4 major cultural differences between Games people and Web people” is where Andrew says, Eyeball worship vs. Game genre worship Distribution vs. Content Utility vs. Experience Open vs. Content gating And then Adam says in “Cultural differences: game developers vs web developers”: concrete revenues vs “future monetizable” growth team-as-blob vs sliding scale of headcount obsessive search ...
Game folks vs web folks (3)
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I missed this blog exchange a few days ago between Andrew Chen (web guy) and Adam Martin (game guy). “4 major cultural differences between Games people and Web people” is where Andrew says, Eyeball worship vs. Game genre worship Distribution vs. Content Utility vs. Experience Open vs. Content gating And then Adam says in “Cultural differences: game developers vs web developers”: concrete revenues vs “future monetizable” growth team-as-blob vs sliding scale of headcount obsessive search ...
Ford Announces Family-Friendly Safety Features (1)
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Monday, Ford Motor Company announced several vehicle improvements that use radar to improve safety in a variety of driving situations, plus, a new technology that they hope will make driving more accessible and safe for teenagers. Will the new safety features benefit your family? Let's take a closer look: Collision Course The first group of innovations build on Ford's recent release of Adaptive Cruise Control, a technology that has been mostly available on luxury automobiles ...
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Jon said:
Some of this is interesting, though I guess the primary reason why Ford thinks it is cool is because an American car company is working on it, rather than all the foreign car makers who figured this stuff out 10 years ago, granted, only (as far as I have heard) on fancy cars.I am not convinced the limiting the volume to 44% is all that useful of an idea for kids. I do think the muting the stereo until you fasten your seat belt is interesting.
AGDC: Bruce Sterling keynote (2)
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Again, sorry for typos. Bruce Sterling, Future of Entertainment Hello, thanks for having me into your event today, and thanks for that intro. Though there is a problem with that, I am not Bruce Sterling. He couldn’t make it, he sent me instead. The reason he couldn’t make it is that in 2043, Bruce is 89. Dr. Sterling is too frail to get into a time machine to talk to game devs, so he called ...
Virtual worlds in the ambient cloud (1)
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The Web is moving towards a user-centric experience. Whereas a few years ago, it was all about visiting destination sites, now it is about destination sites spitting out data that comes to you, via RSS. The attraction of things like Twitter or Facebook lies in the ambient information that flows out and about, and in your largely asynchronous, largely placeless, largely shallow updates on what your friends are doing. You come to know them deeply ...
