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Starfish drops m into virtual world start-up
ZDNet Australia Badumna could change how games like World of Warcraft have approached server infrastructure. Going by the name Scalify, the start-up uses technology called Badumna, which is the result of four years of research at NICTA, before Scalify was spun off by … |
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Activision sued over WoW, CoD virtual worlds – Report
GameSpot According to a GamesIndustry.biz report, a company called Worlds Inc has filed a lawsuit against the publisher, claiming that its World of Warcraft and Call of Duty franchises have violated a patent related to virtual worlds. |
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World of Warcraft, Call of Duty accused of violating virtual worlds patent
Gamasutra Worlds Inc. claims that both World of Warcraft and the Call of Duty franchise have violated one of its patents that covers a "system and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space." Worlds Inc. said that its patent extends to MMOs and … |
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Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft
Phoenix New Times (blog) Imagine if World of Warcraft wasn't all about wizards and war but instead sex and stimulation, and was designed by Neil Stephenson and William Gibson's bastard love child. Did I lose you? What if each porn website you visited was a little 3-D world and … |
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Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft
SF Weekly (blog) Imagine if World of Warcraft wasn't all about wizards and war but instead sex and stimulation, and it was designed by Neil Stephenson and William Gibson's bastard love child? Did I lose you? What if each porn website you visited was a little 3-D world, … |
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Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft
LA Weekly (blog) Imagine if World of Warcraft wasn't all about wizards and war but instead sex and stimulation, and was designed by Neil Stephenson and William Gibson's bastard love child? Did I lose you? What if each porn website you visited was a little 3-D world and … |
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Augmented Reality: The "New" Virtual Reality
PC Magazine The massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), such as World of Warcraft, come close; current VR environments like Second Life edge even closer to being realistic. Augmented reality, or AR, is different. Wikipedia defines AR as "a live, … |
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The Army Is Channeling 'World Of Warcraft' With New Virtual Training Programs
Business Insider Above all, the Army will emphasize innovative training methods that use a mix of both computer simulations, some even modeled on popular games like World of Warcraft, and real-world scenarios tied to specific areas where "regionally aligned" units are … |
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Army goes World of Warcraft – will emphasize virtual training because it can't …
AOL Defense Above all, the Army will emphasize innovative training methods that use a mix of both computer simulations, some even modeled on popular games like World of Warcraft, and real-world scenarios tied to specific areas where "regionally aligned" units are … |
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Virtual fashion boutique earns Warcraft player an in-game fortune
Wired.co.uk By Duncan Geere One enterprising player of Blizzard's huge MMO World of Warcraft has taken a rather unusual path to riches — becoming a fashion mogul. But after hitting the maximum amount of gold one player can have, he gave it all away. |