Dutch police have arrested a 17-year-old for stealing virtual furniture from users of the Habbo Hotel, a social networking and gaming website, according to news reports. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and killed his digital persona, police said Thursday. picked by smarty1052 1 year ago

With this you can create and save chords on either an acoustic or electric guitar. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

To help reduce stress for all parties, the Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would enable young children to interact with a virtual version of their parent. picked by bernardblack 11 months ago

New Sony software lets them look at scenes and people the way humans do. The goal is to make virtual humans and perhaps humanoid robots easier to relate to. A video shows one of their characters playing a game that involves looking at cards and a researcher. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

They have all gotten avatars and will have a virtual concert. They are the first band to do so and I'm sure more will follow. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

A hidden code in a Grand Theft Auto video game had unleashed a virtual sex scene. Now, a class-action settlement offers an edited version of the game or some cash.

(Shot of the offending scene here.) picked by beckinacea 2 years ago

A German federal court ruled that two Jews who were forced by the Nazis to work in ghettos have a right to a pension for their labor, setting the stage for thousands of others to receive payments. The Federal Social Affairs Court ruled that the two qualified for pensions because, although they did not receive financial compensation for their work, they received food and other items - meaning the ... read full post picked by bingo 7 months ago

Microsoft has released Virtual PC 2007 and is available for free download from their website. Virtual PC is a brilliant piece of software; it allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time on a single physical machine. picked by mo0nrider 3 years ago

Michael McGuigan at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, thinks so. He says that virtual worlds realistic enough to be mistaken for the real thing are just a few years away. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

“If I’m in a virtual reality, the graphics are great, but the plot sucks.”
- Student of Prof. Brian Whitworth picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Humans may soon be able to develop long-term relationships with virtual humans that are capable of reading and adapting to our emotions, say French researchers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A virtual affair is ending a real-life marriage in southwest England.

Amy Taylor filed for divorce when she discovered her husband cheating in Second Life picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

For the poor lonely geeks who do not have a partner yet. The Japanese has a cool invention specially made for the lonely, lonely geeky men. It’s called U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi, which is a humanoid that is mixed with virtual reality that can map a pretty girl and her beautiful actions. picked by fogowar 2 years ago

Some of Europe's greatest paintings can be viewed in minuscule detail thanks to a partnership between a famous museum and Google Earth.

Works by artists including Rubens, Rembrandt and Bosch are on display in a virtual gallery. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A woman wanted in the bizarrely complicated attempted kidnapping of her former virtual boyfriend has been apprehended after a multi-state search. picked by coldbladed 1 year ago

News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Space explorers, ready your virtual engines — three game developers have signed on to create NASA's massively multiplayer online video game (MMO), called "Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond." picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping them and forcing them to have an abortion.

Crazy Japanese games... picked by coldbladed 10 months ago

It's an one of the biggest site of buying and selling sites for massively multiplayer online game (MMORPG) virtual currency and assets on the Internet. So you can easily get your RS GP or Money. picked by steventomas 3 years ago