Free Report on Virtual Worlds in Asia | Courtesy of the EU-China Information Society Project
+8* China Cmune Cyworld Japan Korea QQ Virtual worldsPublished March 23, 2009 at 1:01 pm 9 CommentsA few weeks ago we were commissioned by the EU-China Information Society Project to prepare an overview of the state of virtual worlds in Asia. This organization is a joint effort between the European Commission and the Chinese Government to work on IT policies and regulation. The purpose of the research was to provide some background for the recent workshop that took place in Beijing: virtual worlds are growing and governments worldwide wonder if and how they should regulate them.
A week ago we posted the presentation that highlights most of the research; it had very little text in it. Now we just received clearance to share the full research document – 30 pages covering key virtual worlds with a focus on Asia. The document is bilingual English/Chinese, which is a great opportunity to update your Mandarin with cutting edge vocabulary.
So here it is for free after filling out the following form. We hope you will enjoy it and look forward to your feedback!
[...] Making an overview of virtual worlds in Asia for the EU-China Information Society Project, a joint effort between the European Commission and the Chinese Government to work on IT policies and regulation. The purpose of the research was to provide some background for the recent workshop that took place in Beijing: virtual worlds are growing and governments worldwide wonder if and how they should regulate them. Download the free report here. [...]
[...] Courtesy of plus8star.com via the VirtualWorlds group on LinkedIn on behalf of the EU-China Information Society Project (a joint project between the European Commission and the Chinese Government), which agreed to share it free of charge. A short 10 pages or so which gives a good overview of which worlds people are using, development trends from 2D to 3D  (by no means a given, it seems). You need to register to get the download url here « A world of virtual worlds [...]
[...] From Virtual Worlds to the 3D Web: Online Communities In China, Asia, and the World Heraus-/Auftraggeber: +8* | Plus Eight Star Erscheinungsdatum: März 2009 [...]
[...] Die von plus8star im Rahmen des EU China Information Society Project ausgearbeitete Studie steht hier zum Download zur Vefuegung. Nachstehend eine Praesentation. Virtual Worlds in Asia View more presentations from Benjamin Joffe. [...]
[...] The study has been released by plus8star and is a result of the EU China Information Society Project. The study is available for download here. [...]
[...] Three Japanese, Korean Virtual Worlds Generated Over $510M Apr 07 2009 Posted by Christopher Rivera Category: External Tags: Amazon.com Widgets VIRTUALGOODSNEWS — Mar 31 – Plus Eight Star Ltd’s “From Virtual Worlds to the 3D Web: Online Communities In China, Asia, and the World“, an EU-China Information Project, sponsored overview of virtual worlds. It contains 2008 revenue for two major Japanese and one Korean virtual goods businesses that are not online games. Together, they generated $510m through virtual goods sales in 2008. [...]
[...] Following the publication of our free report on virtual worlds in Asia, that was downloaded several hundred times in a couple of weeks (which in itself is a testimony of the rising interest in virtual worlds), we got a few nice quotes here (Virtual Goods News) and there (PocketGamer) as well as good Twitter buzz. We also realized that there was a bit of confusion around it. We’ll try and clarify what is actually going on in Asia with virtual goods. [...]
[...] While online gaming is known to be big business in Asia, according to a new report by Plus Eight Star Ltd., so are virtual worlds which include revenue models such as virtual goods sales, virtual real estate sales, advertising and platform licensing. The company released an overview report entitled “From Virtual Worlds to the 3D Web: Online Communities In China, Asia, and the World”, sponsored by the EU-China Information Project. [...]
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