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Metaversatility and GSD&M’s Idea City have teamed up for an exciting avatar contest. Idea City is set to launch an ongoing research and data collection in Second Life. The program allows avatars to sign up for different research panels in Second Life and take surveys in world, but we need your help. Idea City and Metaversatility is looking for a unique avatar robot to use as the initial bot to live and collect data on Idea City Island.

This is a great opportunity for all. First place prize receives 38,000L, major exposure in Idea City’s promotional materials and residence on the island as an active research bot. The second place winner will receive 13,000L and promotional exposure. Both second place and thrid place winners will have their avatar placed on a team of future research bots.

Entries can be made until February 14, 2008. Judging will take place on February 16, 2008 on Idea City Island. Judges will consist of a member of GSD&M’s Idea City, Metaversatility and a Second Life content creator.

So get those bots in quick.

TO ENTER:

Metaversatility has quite the busy schedule these days. Here are the respective dates of all the fun that will occur. We hope to see your shining face at one, if not all of them.

February 10-12: Virtual Worlds and Social Sciences Conference at Emory University in Atlanta, GA

Februrary 15: Metaverse Roadmap Summit at Stanford University in Stanford, CA

February 16-17: Metaverse U Conference at Stanford University in Stanford, CA

February 18-22: We’ll be sponsoring a coffee break at Virtual Worlds in Motion Summit at GDC where we will also be demonstrating Multiverse on the expo floor in San Fransisco, CA.

March 7-11: SXSW (South By Southwest) Conference in Austin, TX

April 3-4: Sponsoring the Virtual Worlds Conference in New York, NY

If you have any questions about the schedule or would like to meet up with us some where please email team@metaversatility.com

So it continues

Tomorrow, Feb 8, Metaversatility’s own Jade Lily will be speaking about her work with the SL Relay for Life on a Global Kids panel about Best Practices for Non-profits in SL. The panel features a great lineup of speakers, and is based on a paper of the same name by Rik Panganiban.

Full event details lifted from Rik’s blog under the cut.
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Recently the Metaversatility Island was struck by numerous virtual disasters. A virtual typhoon followed by virtual hurricanes, tornadoes, and your random virtual polar bears coming in on the virtual ice caps that are melting. On top of all this we’ve learned that our beloved bot Ami Recreant has turned to the polar bears’ side. Here is our last glimpse of Ami before she began her reign of terror on the island.

Needless to say, we needed to restructure after all this damage. Coming soon a brand new polar bear free island with a hint of Latin flavor, and no the polar bears will not be wearing sombreros. The island is coming along famously so be prepared for a most spectacular Second Life experience.

Akela & Massively have the invitation and synopsis up.

MV Resident Genius/Sardonicist Dr. J-Plev will be on task to usher in the geekliness.

10am SLT – Massively Scalable Virtual Worlds – John Plevyak, PhD – Metaversatility – Scalability and distributed computing expert John Plevyak will give a talk on the future of virtual worlds and scalability, envisioning a future where thousands of avatars can be co-present.

Visit Orange Island

Prior to Metaversatility, I was constantly receiving requests to build banks and ATMs for people in Second Life and for a select number of folks I did build a secure banking system. I’m proud to say that I have worked from the very beginning with Joshua Zarwel at SL-Bank, one of the very few legitimate banking systems in all of Second Life. Virtually Blind interviewed Josh and I think the details of the interview/article express it much better than I can here.

Looks like Worlds in Motion has announced some new speakery, etc, including a Scion panel I’ll be sitting on… and in.. and around?

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Beyond Ads: Building A Brand In A Virtual World

In community-driven online spaces, advertising is more than an image in the background. There.com parent Makena Technologies’ partnership with Metaversatility and Trilogy Studios to build, from the ground up, a thriving and persistent, fully interactive campaign for Toyota’s Scion vehicles is one of the most visible and widely-known 3D virtual world campaigns, leading the charge to create in-game advertising that actually adds entertainment and social value for users and encourages their participation. Makena strategic partnership leader Ben Richardson, Scion’s Adrian Si, Trilogy CEO Michael Pole and Metaversatility Co-Founder Matt Daly will discuss the process, goals and considerations in building a brand experience in the virtual space – and how to measure its success.

Full Availability Listing Here 

We are now staffing for several upcoming virtual worlds projects, and will need 3d modelers and artists, java & python developers, and a project manager. Additionally, we are hiring a New Media Marketing Intern. If you or someone you know fits the requirements below, please send a resume and portfolio (if applicable) to jobs@metaversatility.com.

Job descriptions and requirements after the jump for: Experienced Java Developer, Entry-Level Java Developer, Python Coder, 3D Studio Max Artist, Maya Artist, Project Manager, New Media Marketing Intern:

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