http://www.nextverso.org Free Thoughts for new worlds builders Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:59:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A direct consequence of the physical science approach of the nextverso is the potentially unnoticeable difference beetween avatars and intelligent scripts with the appearence of an avatar. This because a script/object is able to explore, walk, and emulate "humans" behaviour. Conversational User Interfaces represents the outermost sophistication of communication, but ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=9 One of the worst parts of the experience with virtual worlds like SecondLife is the loading time after the login. The NextVerso would be a different story, because of its social effect of time. The alignment by users and avatars would be closest than before: when you log in you ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=8 In my everyday life, I work on Virtual Assistants. They are software of course, but we believe that is possible to spread in them some kind of "intelligence" and -most relevant in our approach- some humanity. I'm not talking about general AI or Turing test: I mean a sort of ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=7 From Teleport to Stargate Foreword: One of the most visionary features of a NextVerso, amongst flying and teleportation - which were banned in the SnowCrash Metaverse but are permitted in Second Life - is not only the bare creation of object, but also the Kiss of Life itself, then letting everything evolve ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=6 The story we tell in this blog starts from two experiences. The first one is related to SecondLife recent hype time. In SecondLife, Leeander -as founder of IDEARIUM.ORG- created an island where -since two years- interesting events happens. We sperimented bulding & scripting, but our interest was focused on spreading ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=4 Neil Stephenson invented the word "metaverse" -in italian metaverso- to introduce a virtual space where people lives, works, and meet the rest of humanity. In his book, SnowCrash... The story takes place in Los Angeles, in the area formerly known as the United States, during the early 21st century. In this ... http://www.nextverso.org/?p=3