Events
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05 / 12
Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
On Monday, May 12 at 11 AM SLT, join Robert Bloomfield to discuss his past interview with Raven Pennyfeather, who quit her job as a mortgage compliance officer to create a very successful line of Goth and Victorian clothing in Second Life, and Nyla Cheeky, a real-life designer who is extending her brand by developing copies in Second Life. Jack Myers, a media analyst, weighs in on the challenges and opportunities of Raven and Nyla’s efforts. | ||
05 / 13
Start: 15:00
Get your spin on! On Tuesday, May 13, at 3 PM for Metanomics Rewind, join host Robert Bloomfield to discuss his past interview of some of the real world press who cover our virtual worlds. Bloomfield explored the attraction virtual worlds have for Reuters, CNN and CMP, with commentary from Second Life blogger Prokofy Neva. Eric Krangel represented Reuters, Rhonda Lowry represented CNN/Turner Broadcasting, and John Jainschigg represented CMP. | ||
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05 / 19
Start: 11:00
End: 12:00
Join us at 11 AM Monday to discuss a Metanomics interview with Robert Gehorsam, the President of Forterra Systems, Inc. Forterra's experience with the University of Maryland’s Transportation Laboratory (which is using a virtual world to train I-95 emergency response teams) led to a broader discussion of the role of simulation...which led to an interesting exploration of work being done at the University of Central Florida, and host Rob Bloomfield's favorite term of the day: "the military-entertainment complex". | ||
05 / 20
Start: 15:00
End: 16:00
Join us Tuesday, May 20th at 3 PM SLT for the Metanomics Rewind of our interview with Ted Castronova. Edward Castronova, Associate Professor of Telecommunications at Indiana University, was the first economist to examine virtual worlds. His work on synthetic economies, and Everquest in particular, have helped to define the "cyberian frontier". | ||
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