It's that time of year again, when the notable in the virtual worlds sphere take a trip to the New York Law School to gather and pontificate about the State of Play of all things metaverse. The third conference in the series kicks off tomorrow and will tackle "Social Revolutions", the human elements that have helped social systems, political systems, legal systems and governmental systems emerge from the bits and bytes of online games. Oh how we love them.
Some of the highlights include: A mini-machinima festival hosted by author Paul Marino and surely to feature some of the performances filmed in online game worlds (Cantina Crawl's currently the most celebrated example) Building the Global Metaverse The Second Life Community Convention Architecture in Virtual Worlds
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I'm currently in the US in Chicago at another conference so won't be attending SoP, but you can get all your virtual erudite needs from Terra Nova, the official SoP blog and online home to many of the speakers.
Games, eh? Not just fun.
