From the Jessie Wars to The Electric Sheep and Anshe Chung: The Dawn of the Metaverse and the Rise of the Web 3.D Development Companies"

Thanks to beanbear@umich, who sent me this notice:
STIET Seminar:
"From the Jessie Wars to The Electric Sheep and Anshe Chung: The Dawn of the Metaverse and the Rise of the Web 3.D Development Companies"
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Thursday, January 18, 2007
1202 SI North
(University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor)

Peter Ludlow, professor of philosophy and linguistics at U-M, will speak on his involvement with the virtual tabloid newspaper "The Second Life Herald." He'll also discuss the recent entry of large corporations, including IBM, Sony, Starwood, Nissan, Toyota, and GM, into the Second Life gaming environment and describe some of the companies that have emerged to do Web 3.D development work. "
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I wish I could be there...