Virtual RealityChinese Virtual World Hiphi Gets Venture MoneyAuthored by dmw on May 29, 2007 - 1:35pm.
Hipihi, one of China’s first 3D virtual world operators, will receive investment from three venture capital funds, RedLineChina reports. Hipihi’s virtual world started beta testing in March and is currently limiting the number of registrations. The deal is estimated between $7 and $10 million.
Second Life Reveals True Population StatisticsAuthored by Scott Goldberg on February 14, 2007 - 10:06am.
You have to give credit to Linden Lab for being honest. In a blog posted February 9th, the company described its “drive toward complete transparency and openness” by revealing key metrics in the virtual world. The most important figure – and the cause for the Second Life craze to begin with – is the total population, which as of today is listed at 3.6 million on the homepage. But the number of unique users, as the company points out in its new statistical analysis, is a little over half that at about 2 million.
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