The Meshverse Journal

This past weekend I played with a Wii and while making my Mii avatar, I was struck by how similar the process is to creating an avatar in Second Life. It was also obvious that this kind of interface could work for lots of things if it had softer iPhone like controls. There’s similarlity in [...]

CNN, via Reuters reports that Dr. Julio Bonis diagnosed himself with Wiiitis, a kind of “tennis elbow” developed after many hours of playing simulated tennis on the Nintendo Wii system.
With virtual golf, boxing, baseball and bowling already on the market, “future games could involve different and unexpected groups of muscles,” Bonis said. “Physicians should [...]

Although somewhat uneven in it’s accuracy, a recent BusinessWeek article points out the enormous growth taking place in use of avatars:
Suddenly it looks as if Second Life, that 3D virtual world that last year became a favorite hangout for hard-core techies and trend-watching corporations, has competition. A new crop of online multiplayer games [...]