As part of the ongoing work with CHAIA (University of Évora), Beta Technologies upgraded their long-term project for the virtual recreation of the city of Lisbon just prior to the 1755 earthquake which utterly destroyed most of the downtown. As further research reveals more fascinating aspects of a Lost City […]
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Beta Technologies will be officially launching on September 15, 2009, their new product for bringing businesses, organisations, and individuals interested in business to Second Life: the Beta Business Park. Beta Business Park (B2P), a project of Beta Technologies, is a community of businesses and the people who own, operate, and work […]
After the success of sponsoring the Hair Fair ’09 event, Beta Technologies continues to support the space for a fund-raising event for the “Land of Dreams” charity, an organisation which tries to give children and teenagers with terminal diseases a last dream. This time, on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at […]
In an effort to support more fund-raising events and to raise awareness of Second Life as a very good platform to deploy cultural and artistic events to raise funds, Beta Technologies was delighted to help to promote the CCV project to bring “Land of the Dreams” to Second Life. Some […]
This year’s Hair Fair ’09 — the largest trade and charity fair in Second Life, with an estimated attendance of over 15,000 people, and having the goal to raise US$ 12,000 for the not-for-profit Locks of Love, is being sponsored by Beta Technologies, which has provided four sims for this […]
For this volunteer project created as a joint partnership between the Museum of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic and CCV, a Portuguese not-for-profit specialised in bringing cultural and artistic events to Second Life® and managing a vibrant community of Portuguese speakers around the world, Beta Technologies was invited as a […]
For immediate release: NEW YORK – In the 1980s there was teleconferencing. In the 1990s, videoconferencing came of age. Now there is 3D collaboration. Global companies like IBM and Northrop Grumman as well as many smaller ones are using the virtual world of Second Life Grid® for holding business meetings, […]
i-Learning Workshops, Immersive Learning for the Classroom & Workplace, dba, DHR New Media, LLC is a consulting service using best practices for Second Life education and employee training. i-Learning Workshops contracted Beta Technologies to build a simulation of an urban city to use as a platform for workforce development training. This […]
Two of our clients, the Frootcake Diner and the Sunbelt Software Island, were recently included on Linden Lab’s Second Life Showcase list, where a selection of the best spots in Second Life are presented. Both are included in the “Hotspots” list. Congratulations to both, and our thanks for allowing us to […]
As of December 1, Beta Technologies US Inc. has been incorporated in the United States of America. Beta Technologies will thus operate under its own corporate name from the new company instead of relying on the former joint-venture partner for the US market. US operations and most of the world-wide […]