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[News] [Linux] Virtual World Works Best in GNU/Linux

Semantic Wonderland

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| Among the most impressive demos at JavaOne was the open sourced
| Project Wonderland which James Gosling presented during his Toy 
| show. It is a virtual world that grew out of project Looking Glass, 
| the 2.5D Java Desktop that was unveiled a couple of years ago. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| Apparently one gets the best out of wonderland by running it on Linux,
| as one can then interact with real X applications. 
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http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/semantic_wonderland

There's also this:

Watch out Second Life: China launches virtual universe with seven million
souls

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| Second Life's supporters claim it has three "killer" applications.
| First, unlike the internet, it has a system for micropayments using
| its own currency, Linden dollars, which are convertible into real
| dollars. Second, unlike other virtual worlds such as the massively
| popular World of Warcraft, it lets residents keep the intellectual 
| property rights to what they create. Third, its owner, Linden Lab,
| recently welcomed the "open source" movement, allowing anyone
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| qualified to create their own applications whether games,e
| ducation or business projects.
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2093758,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

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