The deep seated need to connect is making headway in the virtual world. IMVU is proof. CEO Cary Rosenzweig talks to Jennifer Jones about how the user-driven IMVU is so successful that it is generating $1 Million a month. More than 1.7 million different items to buy exist in this virtual world and at least 50,000 virtual rooms. What a choice! For the more than 60% of U.S. users and 40% rest-of-world users, IMVU is a joy to behold. Marketers need to learn what it is all about.
When Intel’s research teams think about the future of computing - from mobile devices with near-limitless functionality to technology for the developing world to virtual worlds and advanced robotics, they are literally mapping our future (a future that could include, for example, a cafe table with
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We have quick profiles of two companies that launched at the TechCrunch40 conference last week. Metaplace lets users build their own virtual worlds and put them on their Websites. Founder Raph Koster takes us through a demo. And Musicshake is a Korea-based service that lets users create ... Users are looking for a richer, more cinematic experience from the Internet, according to Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director, Corporate Technology Group. Rattner gave the final keynote of the Fall IDF in San Francisco, focusing on virtual worlds, which are evolving into what he referred to as ... Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger just retired from a long and decorated IBM career of 37 years. He’s seen it all and here we talk about the future of virtual worlds with him. Also interviewing him is Larry Magid of PodTech and CBS News. Rocky Mirza, founder and CEO of Weblo.com, tells me about his new virtual world where people can buy and sell real estate, corporations and domains: all virtually. It’s fun and you can make some dough (or spend it to buy other people’s stuff). Timothy Chou, author and entrepreneur, is the latest guest in this series of discussions with thought leaders, presented by WebEx. Chou was the president of Oracle’s On-Demand business from 1999 to 2005, the author of the book The End of Software, and he remains an influential figure in ... Eddie Codel and Irina Slutsky take a trip to sunny Sausalito, California to visit with Reuben Steiger, CEO and founder of Millions of Us, a virtual worlds branding and advertising agency. Millions of Us builds real world brands and experiences in the virtual world Second Life. Steiger, who ...Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 12: Future Watch - Virtual Worlds
Metaplace and Musicshake demo at TechCrunch40
Wrap-Up News From IDF: Virtual Worlds and the 3D Internet
Talking with long-time IBM'er
Talking about a new slant on virtual worlds
The End of Software - Timothy Chou
LunchMeet: Exploring Virtual Brands With Millions of Us
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