The CRD, Dotman, Entropia and My Spaceship Options

[King Buzzo]

An article on the Sydney Morning Herald site has linked the Cyber Recreation District (CRD) project Dotman to the recent deal involving MindArk and its Entropia Universe platform. According to the article, the CRD plans to create a virtual world based on the Entropia Universe platform for conducting business with fully integrated, standard commercial transaction mechanisms. Money and services would be exchangeable between online and offline areas within the CRD.

To get an idea of what this means in the grand scheme of the things I had to digest some information on what the Cyber Recreation District (CRD) and Dotman precicely are. The CRD is a real world place physically located in the Shijingshan District, Beijing. According to the official description on the CRD website, established by the Beijing Government and charged with promoting the development of software and the cyber recreation industry, the CRD aims at developing an advantageous environment, strengthening production, study, technology and capital with regard to cyber recreation. The CRD contains/will contain eight technology centers: Mobile Game Center, Online Game Center, Caricature Production Center, Cyber Information Center, Cyber Finance Center, IP Exchange Center, Cyber Sports Center and Talent Training Center.

The epicenter of the virtual arm of the CRD, Dotman, appears to be a multifaceted user and business tool directed at anything digital. Offering users a full range digital life over the virtual as well as physical world and businesses the concentration of costs and logistics support by enterprise modeling. The Dotman World consists of Dotmedia, Dotbank, Dotmall, Dotgame, etc. Dotman users make the cyber life come true through modifying characteristic life, creating and accumulating wealth. Essentially, Dotman aims at being the number one source for all things digital and entertaining.

Digging a little further reveals the CRD are up to something extremely revolutionary and exciting indeed. Granted, the Google Translator I used could be leading me down the wrong path, but, it seems the CRD has created a Virtual Earth that allows ownership, creation and development. If I am to understand correctly, the Entropia platform is being used to create true virtual worlds and business connectivity like we have only ever dreamed before.

Two interesting places to start exploring this development:

http://www.dotman.com
http://www.dotman.com/web/mindark

According to the Dotman MindArk page, CRD and MindArk began talks in July of 2006. My mind is reeling. My stomach is tied in knots. So therefore, I bid you ado. I have to go now, aliens are watching me in my spaceship.

[Erasmus]

Most interesting! I am not surprised at all. In an unrelated post about CND on July 23rd, I wrote:

... I believe that the Chinese are only interested in the model, the system and the know-how, not EU as we think of it. To be fair, some type of linkage with "our" EU is quite possible, most likely an inter-world trade mechanism which they would likely need as an export mechanism for their production surplus. That would require neither communication or travel.

On the dotman page about Mindark, I noticed the A103 in the expiring auction list: Epiring with no bid at 4 PED (IMG:http://virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/shok.gif) Thus, that screen capture must be at least a year old which would indicate they have been looking into EU for quite some time.

[King Buzzo]

Most interesting! I am not surprised at all. In an unrelated post about CND on July 23rd, I wrote:

... I believe that the Chinese are only interested in the model, the system and the know-how, not EU as we think of it. To be fair, some type of linkage with "our" EU is quite possible, most likely an inter-world trade mechanism which they would likely need as an export mechanism for their production surplus. That would require neither communication or travel.

On the dotman page about Mindark, I noticed the A103 in the expiring auction list: Epiring with no bid at 4 PED (IMG:http://virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/shok.gif) Thus, that screen capture must be at least a year old which would indicate they have been looking into EU for quite some time.

According to the Dotmna Mindark page, July 2006. (IMG:http://virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/secret.gif)

[cK Vap0r]

Very cool article, thanks for pointing it out. Its going to get intereting, thats for sure

[Dino]

So therefore, I bid you ado. I have to go now, aliens are watching me in my spaceship.

Don't worry. If it's the same Trooper we had here for a while he's pretty incompetent. (IMG:http://virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/brunette.gif)

[Epictetus]

Yeah that page seems to have no updates as of January of this year.

I am confused about all of this! What does it mean for me logging in a few years from now?

[Erasmus]

Yeah that page seems to have no updates as of January of this year.

I am confused about all of this! What does it mean for me logging in a few years from now?

Arrrgh ... another upgrade ... to your keyboard this time to add all those weird looking characters ... makes for a really big keyboard (IMG:http://virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)

[Cougar]

For info on CRD and dotman (in english) i would recommend the following page:
http://www.crd.gov.cn/en/

Them follow trough "General Introduction" and "Dotman World" to read more.

Lots of interesting stuff.

[Wistrel]

Wow! 28 days later anyone?

28days later

[King Buzzo]

Here is a little more detail:

http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/11/a...se-look-at.html