High Fidelity

Phillip Rosedale’s Next Generation Virtual World When Phillip Rosedale became less involved with his own creation Second Life, many saw it as confirmation that the experiment of avatar driven platforms had failed. However what was not known until recently is...

The Last Lag

How to save your land from unnecessary lag by shopping in world By Filipa Thespian Peeling back the bubble-wrap reveals my hearts delight.  I am very excited, so I do it slowly, enjoying the anticipation, the titillation, and the thrill of it all.  Revealing one...

From Masters to Minions?

Virtual Reality and Robotics Make Sci-Fi less Fictional By Scorpinosis Nightfire In the 2009 Sci-fi thriller “Surrogates,” Bruce Willis is a detective in a near future where people use android avatars (much more attractive than the actual users) to do all...