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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Announcements: Metaversed to Start Podcasting Virtual Worlds News

-Caleb Booker and Nick Wilson of Metaversed have just announced their very first virtual worlds-focused weekly podcast, in which they'll discuss the top stories in the space.

Among the topics they plan to discuss in their first installment is the big rush of new youth-oriented social worlds, which we've been covering here at Worlds in Motion as we talk about BarbieGirls, Be-Bratz and Webkinz, and add worlds like Nicktropolis and Toontown to our Atlas, with more to come.

Also on tap for Booker and Wilson are "5 Things You Didn't Know about the Upcoming Twinity Beta," where they plan to talk about key facts surrounding the upcoming beta launch from German company Metaversum -- who describes Twinity as "a virtual world that is closely entangled with the real world. Twinity will enhance your real life instead of helping you escape from it."

According to Metaversed, who spoke with Metaversum's community and operations VP Jeremy Snyder, Twinity plans to have a real cash economy (as Entropia Universe does), and a mix of proprietary and open-source systems, and will model the "fairly standard" virtual world concept.

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