MetaFilter posts tagged with virtual

Out of the Past, Off of His VRML Lawn.

darth_tedious — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:05:05 -0800

Jaron Lanier's new book, You Are Not a Gadget -- a cri de coeur on the commercialized, despoiled, fallen Eden of the modern Web-- is reviewed here . MetaFilter name-checked by reviewer, though with the aid of a shoehorn. The Mondo 2000-era dreadster explains himself here. Lanier, previously discussed on MeFi.

This Would Save a Lot of Time

netbros — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:12:18 -0800

World Builder by Bruce Branit. A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves. There's more at Not Possible in Real Life, dedicated to identifying and sharing well conceived and realized content creation in Second Life® that would not be possible in real life.

India's first virtual porn star.

Azaadistani — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:26:47 -0800

Savita Bhabhi is India's First Virtual Pornstar (NSFW). A sexy, buxom, and lusty almond-eyed femme fatale, Savita, bearing the title 'bhabhi' which means 'sister-in-law' indicating that she's married, is the quintessential Indian male porn fantasy 'toon. Launched in March this year, the web site has proven to be a hit, incorporating South Asian themes such as sleeping with the servant boy; with a cousin; and, of course, the boys playing cricket next door.

Rowan Oak

Fizz — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:50:29 -0800

Rowan Oak: In 1930, William Faulkner purchased what was then known as "The Bailey Place," a large primitive Greek Revival house that pre-dated the Civil War standing on four acres of cedars and hardwoods. Take a virtual tour of the home that housed this great American writer.

A Shiny New Generation

chuckdarwin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:21:46 -0800

Miss Bimbo invites users to become the "coolest, richest most famous bimbo in the whole world". Unsurprisingly, the site, which encourages girls as young as seven to give virtual dolls breast implants and put them on crash diets, has been widely condemned by parents and children's activists. "Level 7: After you broke up with your boyfriend you went on an eating binge! Now it’s time to diet ... Your target weight is less than 132lbs."

Is This Utopia? Are Ruins Beautiful?

salvia — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:56:46 -0800

Shrinking Cities (virtual and real): Analysis and Interventions. Don't miss the map of shrinking cities around the globe [PDF] or their description of urban decline in Second Life and a contest about what interventions to apply there (stay tuned). The title is from this quirky image in their press kit. Previously: 1, 2, 3.

Virtual Museum of Art

netbros — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:42:51 -0800

MUVA El PAIS has been conceived as a dynamic, interactive museum bringing together the most renowned works of contemporary Uruguayan art, an important contributor to Latin American art. MUVA is devoted to quality, content, education, information and recreation through the knowledge of visual arts. In Spanish and English, Flash and/or HTML.

Virtually employed

dersins — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:43:56 -0800

Second Life is a great place for a virtual job fair, right? Well, maybe not. (That recruiter's lucky all s/he got handed was a beer...) Even the cops are getting in on the action.. Time magazine probably thinks it's a bad idea, though maybe they wouldn't have 5 years ago.

Fun with virtual drum machines

psmealey — Tue, 15 May 2007 06:48:27 -0800

How many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb?

None, they have machines to do that now. If you don’t like the 909, check out the Roland TR-330, or perhaps the Suzuki RPM-40, or even the classic Electro-Harmonix Rhythm 12, and many, many more

If you're pregnant this will give you something to do

konolia — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:04:43 -0800

virtual labor

Chasing the Virtual Carrot

fenriq — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:12:57 -0800

The Hamster Ball for Gamers
The VirtuSphere is a fully immersive virtual reality sphere that enables free movement in any direction for military and first-responder training (gaming), tourism (gaming), education (gaming), real estate walk-throughs (gaming), the possibilities are only limited by your imagination (gaming). You can run, jump, walk or otherwise locomote (i.e. roll a wheelchair) through an endless virtual world. And look like a total dork doing it but who cares? The videos make it look totally badass and fun and great exercise too! Though I do wonder what happens if/when you trip and biff.

Virtual Economies

MetaMonkey — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:13:09 -0800

As virtual worlds economic activity and populations grow, the importance of Real Money Trade comes to the fore. When does fraud inside game worlds become illegal? when do earnings from online worlds become taxable? [discussion], and what happens when real day traders get interested? [more inside]

Being and Seeming: the Technology of Representation

MetaMonkey — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:20:53 -0800

Being and Seeming: the Technology of Representation an essay by novelist Richard Powers

It's good to share

slater — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:01:09 -0800

Alexadex is a place to buy virtual shares in websites, with the share prices set according to Alexa.com's site traffic ranking. Metafilter.com currently stands at $535 per share.

Mona lips synch

hortense — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:04:33 -0800

Mona Lisa interativa .

Why do we have sex in games? Simple, it's part of our nature.

signal — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:13:52 -0800

^NSFWMMOrgy: No more logging on and feeling sheepish 'cause you wanna know where the bordello is first. No more endless search through horrible shops finding implements for you and your fiancee who's 3000 miles away to have fun with. ^NSFW

NASCAR in your livingroom

KevinSkomsvold — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:04:23 -0800

I guess if you already have X-Box, this will have to suffice. [Warning: Embedded WMV file]

The Lost Museum

y2karl — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:31:18 -0800

On July 13, 1865, one of the most celebrated institutions in the United States, the American Museum, burned to the ground. But thanks to the wonders of technology, it has been rebuilt—sort of—on a Website called The Lost Museum... As it was managed by Phineas T. Barnum, the original American Museum was located in lower Manhattan and presented an ever-growing collection of wonders across five floors, ranging from "cosmoramas" and wax figures, to aquariums and live-animal specimens, to "moral representations" in the Lecture Room.
Via the incomparable Common-place's Finding Barnum on the Internet.

Boilercast: Perdue University lecture podcasts

stbalbach — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:51:47 -0800

Purdue University has begun providing podcasts of lectures of some courses, intended for students who miss a class or who want to review specific lectures. Users of the service can download a specific lecture or all of the lectures from an entire course. Apparently also open to the public it is called Boilercast, about 50 classes are starting now for Fall 2005.

The Metaverse goes open-source

Tlogmer — Sun, 15 May 2005 03:29:00 -0800

Tired of virtual dictatorships? Maybe we'll soon have a proper Metaverse (def.) instead.

Virtual Bartender

Ljubljana — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:22:03 -0800

Virtual Bartender. A sexed-up version of subservient chicken. Despite the name, lousy at mixing drinks.

The G.W. Talking Sockpuppet

y2karl — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:49:09 -0800

The G.W. Talking Sockpuppet
The Idiot's Guide to Presidentiable Speechwriting For Dummy
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Game Theories: Are these virtual worlds the best place to study the real one?

hoder — Mon, 17 May 2004 05:38:40 -0800

Game Theories: Are these virtual worlds the best place to study the real one? The Gross National Product of EverQuest, measured by how much wealth all the players together created in a single year inside the game. It turned out to be $2,266 U.S. per capita. By World Bank rankings, that made EverQuest richer than India, Bulgaria, or China, and nearly as wealthy as Russia. (by Clive Thompson)

Searching for a Virtual World?

chaz — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:47:38 -0800

Searching for a Virtual World? Then you might want to start with the VirtualWorldsReview.

The Virtual Booktour

tomcosgrave — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:39:00 -0800

The Virtual Booktour, brainchild of Kevin Smokler, is currently touring Screening Party, by Denis Hensley.
Stop by and see where the tour goes next!