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Data Visualization: Virtual Worlds
Marketing research company K Zero has published some interesting diagrams on virtual worlds. The first visualizes the virtual worlds by registered accounts and their development since 2003. It also includes some virtual worlds currently in development.
The second diagram shows the involvement of companies and their brands within these virtual worlds.
While the diagrams are very informative we are missing…
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Games: Google Driving Simulator
Japanese Flash developer Kohring has just released a new version of his 2D driving simulator that uses street maps and satellite images from Google Maps as a playing ground.
While the simulation is still quite simply and does not detect collisions or road boundaries, its definitely a new way to use web 2.0 interfaces. We are looking forward to the first 3D simulation within Google Earth and other virtual world databases.
Preset locations include…
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Games: Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy
If you enjoyed the Movie Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy then you will like this game. It is based on the classic text-adventure from Douglas Adams enhanced with some graphics and can be played entirely online at the BBC web site.
If you remember the old version, well this might also be a possibility to show your kids the kind of games you played when you’ve been their age.
Hint: The BBC shop still sells DVDs from their legendary series…
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Advertising: Virtual Honda Motorcycle Testdrive
An interactive game that uses the motion-based hardware data-protection system of Apple notebooks to steer a virtual motorcycle around a course.
The application was designed by Raul Arantes and is available for download as a screensaver or standalone application.
More information and a video…
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C-Jump: A board game for geeks?
A board game made specifically for computer geeks? Aimed at kids 11+ c-jump – as the game is called – tries to familiarize the players with fundamentals of computer programming languages like C, C++ and Java. Players move around the board by calculating the number of steps in programming syntax. Yeah, sure – and “…Skiing and snowboarding is a perfect programming analogy…”
Guys get real – our suggestion…
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Time waster: Cubo.cc
Remember the pair of eyes on the screen that followed the mouse pointer?
This is a more advanced version – how long will you watch her…
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