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The research team for the City and Spectacle: a vision of pre-earthquake Lisbon project, which is recreating the city of Lisbon in 1755 just before the Earthquake of November 1, 1755 with Beta Technologies using OpenSimulator technology, is presenting the latest series of enhancements and remodelation of the current buildings at the Virtual Worlds Research Network conference in …
Our client LanguageLab.com announces partnership with Pearson 0
LanguageLab.com, a client of Beta Technologies since our very beginning, announced today a partnership with the renowned company Pearson Education, a sister company of Pearson and part of the group that includes the Penguin book publishing company and the Financial Times newspaper. Pearson Education produces books and learning tools to help people around the world …
Beta Technologies at Portuguese Students Conference 1
ENEI, a conference organised by the students of software engineering, is inviting a speaker from Beta Technologies to talk at the 6th edition of their conference, to be held in Vila Real at the UTAD university campus. The topic of the conference on Saturday will be about virtual worlds in the corporate environment, but the …
Video for City and Spectacle: A Vision of Pre-Earthquake Lisbon 0
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 …
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 …
Beta Business Park Hosts Green Business Expo 0
Beta Business Park will give entrepreneurs a chance to show their environmentally friendly wares in Second Life when it hosts the green business portion of the Copenhagen Expo, which runs in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Copenhagen Expo, lead by Peter Lundquist (Paolo Rousselot in SL) will …
Beta Technologies’ latest project opens today: CTT "World In Touch" 0
The Portuguese National Post Service, CTT — Correios de Portugal, have launched their virtual presence in Second Life® today. Their region, dubbed World in Touch, is CTT’s latest project using a vast variety of technological innovations in order to keep in touch with their clients. Developed by Beta Technologies, CTT’s virtual presence includes a virtual …
Beta Business Park becomes Metanomics Partner 0
Today, Beta Business Park becomes a Metanomics event partner! This means you can enjoy and participate in the weekly Metanomics broadcast from the comfort of the B2P Auditorium. We’ll be connected to the other locations and the main studio by chatbridge. Join us at 12pm today and every Wednesday!
