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		<title>Open Wonderland&#8217;s Games Village</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singapore developers to use Open Wonderland to showcase new games.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the fuss about Island Oasis?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<title>WoW FanCon draws thousands</title>
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		<title>Easy, slick virtual campus tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["It's nothing like what the rest of our competition is doing inside Unity."]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual cockpit for executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A French firm has created a virtual command center for senior executives.]]></description>
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		<title>Docs to get virtual diabetes training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Pia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual Diabetes Institute offers flexibility and interactivity to physicians.]]></description>
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		<title>Patients manage diabetes virtually</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heyden Ty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who started an 8-week diabetes education program in Second Life saw it through to the end.]]></description>
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		<title>Educators save $200,000 with OSGrid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of educators creates enclave on OSGrid, saves $200,000 compared to the same land in Second Life.]]></description>
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		<title>Army extends MOSES to other researchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 18:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Neville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSES, an OpenSim-based environment built by the U.S. Army, is now available to researchers both in and out of the defense industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Webstock 3D to be held in VirtualU</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Boston bands will perform at Webstock 3D, kicking off the first of a virtual concert series run on Digitell's VirtualU immersive platform.]]></description>
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		<title>Browser-based platforms report growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Browser-based immersive virtual platforms VenueGen and Avaya's Web.alive reported growth numbers this week.]]></description>
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		<title>Paper: OpenSim may help fashion industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using OpenSim could transform fashion design by saving money, reducing time to market, and cutting the industry's carbon footprint.]]></description>
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		<title>China school programs in 3D</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changchun is a city in northeast China known for its auto plants. “We&#8217;re the Detroit of China,” said David Deeds, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona school goes virtual with VenueGen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<title>UK to teach citizenship with OpenSim</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teesside University is piloting a quarter million pound (US $400,000) citizenship education project in OpenSim this year. The project, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth charity moves to OpenSim mini-grid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Youth for Christ charity celebrates its second year in Second Life. But the big party will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Moon World moves to OpenSim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<title>Treatment center gets $865,000 for OpenSim project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<title>How Club One lowers your weight and BP virtually</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I wrote about how the Club One Fitness program in Second Life helped me lose 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer charity turns to OpenSim</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Korolov</dc:creator>
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