Gary Hayes’ tour of virtual worlds

Gary Hayes has put together a really nice tour of virtual worlds. You should really visit his overview, since he has some good analysis as well:

  • That there are quite a few worlds now getting their balance on the shoulders of Second Life and really getting to grips with the social networking aspects vs the 3D’ness
  • There IS a balance between a social space and an ‘agreed’ advertorial world – “you give me valid experience, I accept a level of advertising”

I have taken the liberty of embedding his video below. You’ll see Twinity in there in the first half.

Get Inspired! Twinity Arts Showcase tonight

Meet different artists every week at the Arts Showcase and explore the galleries and studios of Twinity’s painters, photographers, filmmakers and musicians.

Date: Thursday, 31 July

Time: 19:00 CET// 1pm EST // 01:00 Fri. SST

Place: Meet at Lumas

This week, Twinizen Tinsel Silvera takes you on a tour of his favorite galleries in Twinity including: Annabeth’s Art Gallery, Art Anti Gallery, Bodega Gallery, Dharmaecho Gallery, Lumas and the Twinity Art Gallery.

PS:  Join the fun! Our party weekend includes the 80s Redux party on Friday, Latin Fever on Saturday and Sunday’s Chillout Zone! Check the Event Calendar on twinity.com and the Welcome Area in-world for details!

BigWorld Tech News on Twinity’s Berlin

Obviously, we have some connection to BigWorld, and here’s what they had to say about Twinity’s about Twinity’s Berlin on their blog. One fun point:

Twinity is a socially oriented virtual world that focuses on recreating personal and public spaces inspired by real world locales – the first of which is the city of Berlin.

So real in fact, I was just talking to an avatar – ‘Neva’ (in world) who claimed to have been so lost in the realistically modeled streets of Twinity/Berlin that she had to alt-tab back to the desktop so she could Google map her way out. Thank God she had internet access, right?

New poll: How are we doing?

Just an informal little poll to see how we’re doing during the private beta. Please let us know, and feel free to comment here with any additional thoughts.

Game Time at Arcade Madness!

There’s a gigantic new game in town and we want YOU to join us today for Arcade Madness!

Date: Tuesday, 29 July

Time: 19:00 CET // 1pm EST // 01:00 Wed. SST

Place: Upstairs in the Welcome Area

Come to Arcade Madness, let off some steam and have fun playing games with us! Today’s event features the ever-popular game “4-in-a-row“.

PS: Tomorrow night is Movie Fun at 19:00 CET // 1pm EST // 01:00 Thu. SST in the Bitropolis Cinema! In Twinity’s underground art city, you can check out the coolest machinima and digital film.