Virtual Goods Summit 2007 Roundup

Virtual World News has done an excellent job posting a record of the Virtual Goods Summit I mentioned earlier (reLink), and there’s plenty of documentation elsewhere. I’ve not read everything yet but wanted to at least make those people who stop in here – especially Industrial Designers – aware of the interesting and relevant topics being discussed.

Here’s a list of VWN’s posts as well as a few others that pop up with a quick look around. And if you’re an Industrial Designer unfamiliar with all this “virtual” talk, you might first want to check out an earlier post of mine on micropayments for virtual goods (reLink) that includes links to various articles on the topic, or an earlier entry that gets to the point pretty quickly and references the Kart Rider videogame mentioned during the summit (reLink).

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On VWN:

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Virtual Goods Success Stories

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Why Virtual Goods Matter

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Making Virtual Economies Work

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Virtual Items – Mainstream or Not?

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Are Virtual Goods the Next Big Business Model?

– Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Virtual Goods Meet Entertainment

On 3pointD:

– Tencent Tells its Story at Virtual Goods Summit

– Neopets’ NC Mall to Open Next Week

– Virtual Goods: KartRider US Coming Soon

– Virtual Goods Summit: Why Virtual Goods Matter