As part of the very long project of creating a visual representation of the city of Lisbon in 1755, just before the earthquake destroyed it, Beta Technologies was asked to provide a promotional video of the work done so far, which is going to be used on the many international scientific conferences where the current …
Yearly Archive for: ‘2010’
International Workshop on "Virtual Historic Cities: Reinventing Urban Research" 3
The City and Spectacle: a vision of pre-earthquake Lisbon project, a virtual recreation of the city of Lisbon before the 1755 earthquake, using Second Life® technology, is a pioneer project in Portugal promoted by the Centro de História de Arte e Investigação Artística da Universidade de Évora (CHAIA), Beta Technologies, and King’s Visualisation Lab (KVL), King’s College London. …
Spring 2010 Conference: Leadership in Business [POSTPONED] 0
Above the Fold, organisers of the Spring 2010 Conference: Leadership in Business, which was scheduled for April 27-29, 2010, and to be held at Beta Technologies’ auditorium, just announced that the conference sadly has to be postponed mostly due to health issues of the organisers. For a list of speakers and the new schedules, please take a …
Second Skin Labs opens shop on the Beta Business Park 0
Namssor Daguerre’s Second Skin Labs is one of the oldest brands in Second Life, having sold their first realistic, professional-looking skins as early as March 2004, and being in business since then. In late 2005, Namssor developed an unique selection method that allowed buyers to select among millions of possible combinations of skin details, so …
