A list of reading materials on Virtual Worlds and related topics.

Please note: this is the attention economy, and there are NO unbiased or objective sources of information.  You are encouraged to weigh the inputs here in light of the corporate sponsors behind each information source. Please send your recommendations to bob[at]studiosfo.net

PAPERS AND REPORTS:

From http://www.forbes.com on the Fed War Room:
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/Forbes_eprint.pdf

From IBM and Seriosity – Virtual Worlds Real Leaders:
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/GIO_PDF_web.pdf

From http://www.VirtualWorldsRoadmap.org:
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/LiveRWEventsVisionDocument.pdf

From http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/:
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/MetaverseRoadmapOverview.pdf

From http://www.forterrainc.com
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/recipe_for_success_10509.pdf
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/AusNSmag-Feb-article.pdf
http://www.virtualworldsig.com/reading-list/collaboration_wp_final_082708.pdf

NEWS AND OTHER SITES:

Virtual Worlds News.com
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/
http://www.virtualgoodsnews.com/

MMOG Chart.com:
http://www.mmogchart.com/

Forterra Inc. articles:
http://www.forterrainc.com/index.php/resources/white-papers-a-articles/71-real-experiences-in-a-virtual-world
http://www.forterrainc.com/index.php/resources/white-papers-a-articles/73-lessons-learned-project

Eightbar – IBM’s Virtual World blog:
http://eightbar.co.uk/

Thinkbalm:
http://thinkbalm.com/
http://thinkbalm.com/2008/08/13/information-work-is-going-immersive/

Stanford PhD and Virtual World researcher Nick Yee:
http://www.nickyee.com/
http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/
http://www.nickyee.com/index-vrlab.html

Playon virtual worlds research blog:
http://blogs.parc.com/playon/

Undiluted reports from the Second Life virtual world:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/

Multi-online game blog:
http://www.massively.com/

Seriosity.com:
http://www.seriosity.com/leadership.html

NASA’s Virtual World conference:
http://event.arc.nasa.gov/virtual-worlds/

Future Making Serious Games:
http://elianealhadeff.blogspot.com/

MetaverseU at Stanford:
http://metaverse.stanford.edu/

Tech Virtual Museum project:
http://www.thetechvirtual.org

Museums and web 2.0 and virtual worlds:
http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
http://museumvirtualworlds.org/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife/

Metaverse Meetups:
NYC: http://www.meetup.com/metaversemeetup/
New Jersey: http://gamedev.meetup.com/166/
Chicago: http://www.meetup.com/newmediachicago/

Ugotrade blog:
http://www.ugotrade.com/

Darb Dabney – GIS and Virtual Worlds:
http://blog.simgis.com/

Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education
http://www.jvweducation.org/

Virtual Worlds Roadmap
http://www.virtualworldsroadmap.org/

Official Second Life blog
http://blog.secondlife.com/

Multiverse Forums
http://update.multiverse.net/forum/index.php?c=1&theme=multiverse

FOR THE ADVENTUROUS:

Wikitude:
http://www.mobilizy.com/wikitude.php

Information in Places:
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/384/spohrer.html

Metaverse Manifesto: (full disclosure- author maintains this list)
http://www.metaversemanifesto.com/

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