Comments on: Companies rushing to build online virtual worlds for kids http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/ EBB is the ebiquity research group\\\'s blog at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). We focus on technologies that facilitate the design, implementation and control of distributed, intelligent information systems -- mobile and pervasive computing, ad hoc networking, multiagent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the semantic web. As the tides of technology ebb and flow, we hope the good ideas wash up on our beach and the bad ones drift back out to sea. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:42:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dejon Clark http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-19579 Dejon Clark Sun, 11 May 2008 02:12:47 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-19579 Hi, we are looking for a site that can help us build a virtual world for kids under nine. Hi,
we are looking for a site that can help us build a virtual world for kids under nine.

]]> By: neodel http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16709 neodel Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:37:48 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16709 Having travelled all around the world and seen children in many countries, the universal issue that hits everyone is - children are growing up differently. Gone are the days where the kids on the street got together and played on the street the whole day! That is a thing of the past.... Instead they spend more time on the computer. We need to have them do creative things on the computer. And they need to be prepared to work with strangers on the internet - for that is the way most businesses will operate when the world runs out of OIL! Having travelled all around the world and seen children in many countries, the universal issue that hits everyone is - children are growing up differently. Gone are the days where the kids on the street got together and played on the street the whole day! That is a thing of the past….

Instead they spend more time on the computer. We need to have them do creative things on the computer. And they need to be prepared to work with strangers on the internet - for that is the way most businesses will operate when the world runs out of OIL!

]]> By: GameBrix.com - Web-Based Flash Games http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16527 GameBrix.com - Web-Based Flash Games Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:54:34 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16527 GameBrix.com is a unique web-based collaborative game creation and sharing application suite. GameBrix allows anyone ONLINE to Build and Share Flash games and Animations without writing a single line of code. Every website is trying to create Consumers, GameBrix is the only FREE site for anyone to transition from Consumers to CREATORS! Why pay thousands of dollars to learn game design when you can learn to create Flash games using videos posted on YouTube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3FA1-oaSYYs GameBrix.com is a unique web-based collaborative game creation and sharing application suite. GameBrix allows anyone ONLINE to Build and Share Flash games and Animations without writing a single line of code.

Every website is trying to create Consumers, GameBrix is the only FREE site for anyone to transition from Consumers to CREATORS! Why pay thousands of dollars to learn game design when you can learn to create Flash games using videos posted on YouTube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3FA1-oaSYYs

]]> By: patorjk http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16439 patorjk Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:32:51 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16439 Coke used to have something similar, though it wasn't just for kids, but it was obviously aimed at a teenage / young adult crowd (from the animation, text and styles used). It was a virtual world where you could create character and make music tracks which you could play for people in virtual chat discos/clubs. My little brother got pretty addicted. It was great advertising for coke. The whole place was basically one big ad, and it was free to use. I could see toy companies following in this pattern. They wouldn't need the fees to keep the site up, since the site could basically be advertisements for their toys. Coke used to have something similar, though it wasn’t just for kids, but it was obviously aimed at a teenage / young adult crowd (from the animation, text and styles used). It was a virtual world where you could create character and make music tracks which you could play for people in virtual chat discos/clubs. My little brother got pretty addicted. It was great advertising for coke. The whole place was basically one big ad, and it was free to use. I could see toy companies following in this pattern. They wouldn’t need the fees to keep the site up, since the site could basically be advertisements for their toys.

]]> By: Madrice http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16304 Madrice Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:54:50 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16304 Privacy is a thing of the past! Our kids are going to be facing this type of explotation and promotion of consumerism to a extreme degree. Privacy is a thing of the past! Our kids are going to be facing this type of explotation and promotion of consumerism to a extreme degree.

]]> By: Free Flash Games Online http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16294 Free Flash Games Online Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:50:35 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2007/12/31/companies-rushing-to-build-online-virtual-worlds-for-kids/#comment-16294 "There are many concerns, of course — privacy and safety, exploitation of our children, promoting consumerism, raising couch potatoes, etc." Yes, “There are many concerns, of course — privacy and safety, exploitation of our children, promoting consumerism, raising couch potatoes, etc.”
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