WebWars introduces “layered reality games” on the web
A company called WebWars is coming out of secrecy today with a new way to play games across a multitude of Web sites you visit — with the action all layered within your browser.
To begin with, it has created a fantasy-like game called Weblings where players collect things from the various sites they visit and battle bugs. That game will begin beta testing in July. The sites you play it across depend on what theme… Continue Reading
Weblin lets you teleport your avatar from Second Life to the web
What happens in virtual worlds, stays in virtual worlds. That’s the way it’s been when you create an avatar, or virtual character, in places such as Linden Labs’ Second Life.
But now Weblin, a Hamburg, Germany-based startup, has figured out a way for you to teleport your Second Life avatar to any web site. The Weblin Gate being released today lets Second Life Residents (or players) export exact replicas of their avatars and use them on… Continue Reading