virtual worlds

chris, you'll probably find this interesting! this is a case of real life meets virtual life -- or maybe semi-virtual life meets really virtual life, but whatever:)

Quoted: BoingBoing reader and Second Life resident JaneLame, who is anything but, has created BoingBoing t-shirts inside SL which she's distributing for free. Neat!

Quoted: A Collection of Modelling and
Simulation Resources on the
Internet

wow. saw a reference to this in harvard business review

Quoted: Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively ...

http://metaplace.com/
Metaplace is a next-generation virtual worlds platform designed to work the way the Web does. Instead of giant custom clients and huge downloads, Metaplace lets you play the same game on any platform that reads our open client standard. We supply a suite of tools so you can make worlds, and we host servers for you so that anyone can connect and play. And the client could be anywhere on the Web.

There is your everyday hangout where you can have fun with your friends and meet new ones -- all in a lush 3D environment that's yours to explore.

dotted for Ayenn's research on virtual worlds. The fine line between purely physical selves and cybeborg selves...

Quoted: Welcome to my list of simulation tools. This is a review of simulation software that does not aim to be complete. Some of the links ...

Quoted: The purpose of the TerraGear project[9] is to develop open-source tools and rendering libraries and collect free data for building 3D representations (or maps) of ...