Friday, January 4th, 2008
Dave will be speaking with author Robert Freedman in Arlington, Virginia on
January 15th, 2008. Rob will be discussing his new book,
"How to Make Real Money in Second Life,"
which focuses on business in Second Life. The audience will be consist of professional writers.
For more details:
http://www.washwriter.org/calendar.html
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Cranial Tap will be attending the Virtual Worlds Conference in San Jose on
October 10th and 11th. We will be exhibiting with our Avatar Island friends. If
you plan to attend, please stop by and introduce yourself. We are also booking
meetings should you plan to attend and want to explore your virtual world
interests.
More about the Virtual Worlds Conference:
http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/
Sunday, August 19th, 2007
On August 16th, Dave spoke at an invitation-only seminar on virtual worlds in Palo Alto.
Included were representatives from various agencies of the U.S. government (including NASA,
the U.S. Army, and the Department of Education), major academic institutions and the National
Science Foundation. Dave was invited to speak by the Federation of American Scientists.
Read Peter Brantley's notes blogged live from the event:
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/virtual_worlds.html
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Second Life: What Is It? (And Why Should Manufacturers Care?)
This "virtual fantasy world" computer game has no dragons or damsels in distress,
and yet is growing exponentially worldwide among the consumer marketplace's most lucrative
demographics. Join IndustryWeek's IT editor Brad Kenney as he does some reconnaisance of
this new interpersonal -- and commercial -- frontier.
At the ASBPE awards ceremony Dave Levinson gave what can only be described as a one of
a kind speech to a thoroughly engaged, if sometimes raucous, crowd. That night he was able,
however, to find a quiet place to talk one on one with IndustryWeek's Brad Kenney for his
forthcoming article about Second Life. Levinson covered everything from the opportunites and
hurdles facing businesses in this new frontier to Cranial Tap's services and their abilitity to
help their clients not only meet the challenges but more importantly thrive in virtual worlds.
Read the Industry Week article here:
www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=14649
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Cranial Tap CEO Dave Levinson will be the guest speaker at this
year's American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Central
South-East Region Awards Banquet. Scheduled for Thursday, July 12th at 6 pm
at the Hotel Tabard Inn in Washington, DC, the event will consist of
cocktails and dinner followed by speakers Levinson and author Rob Freedman.
The topic of the keynote is "All You Need to Know About Second Life," and the
speakers are expected to expound on the multitude of ways that the exploding
virtual space will revolutionize how businesses interact with their customers and
each other.
Learn more about the awards banquet here:
http://asbpedc.blogspot.com/
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Jack Ives from CyberExtruder, aka Captain Borgnine, was recently interviewed by Life4U
about the impending launch of Avatar Island. In addition to giving an overview
of the face creation process, the video segment includes footage of the
Cranial Tap created lab machinary in action.
Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUILjtEmYXs
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
CyberExtruder, the leader in 3D imaging solutions, announces the creation
of Avatar Island, its presence within Second Life. For the first time,
Second Life® residents will have the ability to create photo-realistic
avatars by just uploading a photo.
CyberExtruder has contracted the services of Cranial Tap, Inc. a
Virginia based developer of 3D worlds to do the actual build out of
Avatar Island.
Read the full press release here:
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/18545/
Friday, April 20th, 2007
Something Fishy, a virtual marine life retailer, announces the launch of Nature's
Smart Fish™, the most realistic animated fish in Second Life. Now any of Second Life's
more than 5 million residents can add hyper-realistic fish to their virtual home aquarium,
office fountain, garden pond or nearby river or sea.
Powered by Cranial Tap, Inc., the virtual "smart" fish are the first in Second Life to
offer a suite of customizable options, making them the most realistic, flexible
and enjoyable-to-own aquatic creatures available to residents.
Read the full press release here:
http://www.mmdnewswire.com/content/view/1558/
Thursday, January 9th, 2007
Although Cranial Tap continues to garner international attention, it's still nice to receive
recognition from closer to home. The Loudoun-Times Mirror scooped the world and was one
of the first to report on the official launch of a unique, cutting-edge company founded by
a local man turned virtual world entrepreneur - Dave Levinson of Cranial Tap.
Read the article here:
http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=17689608
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Costa del Sol Marketing Director Hope Tesio was interviewed by Beyond Gray of the
German Metaver.se blog today. The interview not only provides background information
about the build that started Cranial Tap on its way but also offers valuable insight
into one person's transition from real world to virtual business.
Read the entire interview here:
http://metaver.se/2006/11/23/hope-tesio-costa-del-sol-ask-questions
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The Cranial Tap founders were recently interviewed by a reporter with the UK newspaper,
the Observer.
Having leased one of the beach houses in the Costa del Sol resort, the
reporter was looking to learn as much as he could about life and business in Second Life.
Dave and Korvel were happy to oblige.
Link:
observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1933933,00.html
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