Virtual Worlds

Spiritual Sex in an Increasingly Virtual World

Suzie Heumann | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Neurochemicals, Pleasure, Suzie Heumann, Touch, Marc Polansky, Neural, Virtual Worlds, Spiritual Sex, Style News

Most modern Americans have a very low capacity for pleasure. I don't just mean sex. I mean being tactile, receiving touch, feeling the wind rush past your body, swimming, getting in bed at night and rolling around in your clean sheets for a few minutes.

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How FarmVille Players Can Help The Hungry

Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Video, Zynga, Cityville, Charity, Gamers, Virtual Worlds, Farmville, Online-Charities, Nonprofits, Gaming, Donations, Facebook, Virtual Goods, Zynga Haiti, Impact News

A new campaign is poised to ease the guilt that comes from spending hours on FarmVille. Now, as users of the Facebook game harvest virtual crops and t...

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The Magic of Minecraft

David Pakman | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Startups, Gaming, Video Games, Social Media, Virtual Worlds, Minecraft, Gaming Startups, Minecraft Computer Game, Minecraft Game, Video, Technology News

Quickly addicted to the tasks of mining and building, I awoke at 4 AM to play with my kids online for an hour before they left for school and I left for meetings. At night I'd check out what they made. They wanted to play Minecraft every waking hour of the day. And so did I.

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WATCH: Second Life Documentary Takes You Behind The Screens

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Life 2 Documentary, Life 2, Second Life Trailer, Life 2.0, Life 2.0 Trailer, Virtual Worlds, Second Life, Second Life Documentary, Technology News

Though Second Life is carried out entirely by cyber avatars within the confines of a virtual world, new documentary Life 2.0 steps outside the screen ...

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Facebook Credits as New Real Currency?

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: FACEBOOK CREDITS, Money, Gov 2.0, Currencies, Governments, Alan W. Silberberg, Virtual Money, Facebook, Virtual Worlds, Technology News

I read some of the history of virtual currencies. Facebook credits is different. Why? Because Facebook is the equivalent of the third most populous country in the real world.

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Immersion in Pandora: The Virtual World of Avatar

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

Avatar is a beautiful movie, but it isn't due to artful cinematography. Rather, the visual splendor lies in the inherent beauty of the alien world in which we are immersed.

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Informational Elves: The New Virtual World

Limari Colon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Website, Elfs, inf.net, Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds, Cool, Websites, Information Technology, Technology, Technology News

Surfing the web I came across the most unique and creative idea I've seen in a while. A new virtual world filled with informational elves. Inf (dot) net has an amazing project.

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Augmented Reality: Here to Stay

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smartphones, Augmented Reality, Urbanspoon, Virtual Worlds, Monocle, Wikitude, Technology News

The combination of the web and technologists seem to have found a way to bring the "virtual" world of the web into the real world of our daily lives.

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Home Sales Down, Space Station Sales Up

Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jessica Rovello, Crystal Palace Space Station, Buzz Erik Lightyear, Mmorpg, Arkadium, Virtual Worlds, Planet-Calypso, Economy, Technology News

Wow, your very own space station for $330k, sounds like a real bargain. Until you realize that it's located on Planet Calypso, a virtual world. Yes, in the midst of the great recession, someone actually paid $330,000 for a virtual space station.

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Virtual Economy In U.S. Set To Make Billions

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds, Technology News

Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5 billion in the next five years, experts predict...

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Can You Fall in Love With Your Favorite TV Character?

Christine Huang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Entertainment, Virtual Friends, Otaku, Media News

New reports reveal a growing subculture of "2-D Lovers": grown adults in Japan that have found romantic love with their favorite characters from anime, manga, and video games.

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New Money: Nine Virtual and Alternative Currencies

Piers Fawkes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency, Internet, Community, World of Warcraft, Green Living, Virtual Worlds, Money, China, Business News

Buying and selling still remains at the fore of the online world. Many entrepreneurial minds have envisioned new ways to facilitate our transactions, and bring business beyond cash and coin.

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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