Author Archives: BobKetner

Exploring Space Virtually: NASA and the Blue Mars Project on for June 23 SIG

Exploring Space Virtually: NASA and the Blue Mars Project June 23, 2008 In January 2008 NASA hosted a forward-looking conference (http://amesevents.arc.nasa.gov/virtual-worlds/) in order to explore future uses of the virtual world space.  Part of the vision is to engage the … Continue reading

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Do you feel a “virtual world winter” chill ?

There’s a great post and conversation at: http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2008/06/possibility-of.html#more by Bruce Damer asking whether we are approaching a “New Virtual World Winter”.   I’d encourage you to read the questions and join the conversation, as we’ll use these as the basis for … Continue reading

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IBM hosts 3-day Rational Software Dev. Conference at Codestation

Got word of an IBM “Meet the Experts” session being held in Second Life(tm) June 2, 3, and 4. It is part of their Rational Software Development Conference going on in Orlando, FL and sounds really interesting. It looks like … Continue reading

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