01 October 2009 : Success secrets of 20 top achievers
Master of the Virtual World Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Singapore, nearly a dozen IT professionals are busy weaving virtual dreams. They are recreating virtual editions of some of the Lion City’s well-known museums. Set in an office space within the Innovation Centre of the Nanyang Technological University, these real dreamers of virtual reality call themselves the Visual Factory. The Visual Factory specialises in 3D immersive technologies in the domains of virtual museums and virtual exhibitions.
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23 September 2009 : SLACTIONS – Research Conference in the Second Life World
The metaverse is emerging, through the increasing use of virtual world technologies that act as platforms for end-users to create, develop, and interact, expanding the realm of human cooperation, interaction, and creativity. The conference focus is scientific research on applications and developments of these metaverse platforms.
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18 September 2009 : 3D Cybermuseum Competition 2009
Cybermuseum is built on top of Visual Factory’s in-house engine – MagicStitch™. MagicStitch™ from a high level perspective is essentially a collection of applications and tools that enable users of different background and needs to create, develop and maintain a virtual world. It comprises the Creator, the Publisher, the Viewer, the Developer and the Tools.
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27 August 2009 : Museums in Cyberspace
Lovers of art and culture can look forward to a Cybermuseum next year. Several museums under the National Heritage Board are launching online special galleries featuring their iconic or favourite pieces in three-dimensional graphics.
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06 August 2009 : Visual Factory - Stitching Together A 3D Virtual World of Opportunity
Founder and CEO of Visual Factory, Ilan Ofek, is a 20-year veteran in the defense industry whose last role was as ST Electronics’s CTO for Training & Simulation Systems, and these days he brings his knowledge in image understanding, simulation systems and advanced artificial intelligence to build his 3D immersive social network startup.
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30 July 2009 : Visual Factory and NHB take Singapore Museums into Virtual Space
A 3D Cybermuseum with Singapore artefacts as well as artwork from its national collection will be launched online next year. Museum exhibits will no longer be behind showcase barriers and visitors are now able to enjoy an immersive, virtual-world experience, leveraging on fully featured social network.
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05 July 2009 : SgEntrepreneurs - Interview With Ilan Ofek, Founder And CEO Of Visual Factory
Formerly the CTO of ST Electronics (Training and Simulation Systems), Ilan Ofek founded Visual Factory back in late 2007 to help companies deploy virtual communities in 3D. Today, Visual Factory specializes in virtual museums and exhibitions and has a team of about 11. We speak to Ilan to find out more about Visual Factory.
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22 May 2009 : Museums to go Virtual with Collections
An Online museum with Singapore artefacts from the national collection will be launched next year
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27 January 2009 : The monthly meeting of the Israeli Virtual Worlds Forum
Review of one platform the creation of one of our members Ilan Ofek from the Visual Factory based in Singapore. We will hear, see and get to feel their new system.

Yesha will give a short overview of some of the current platforms for building full virtual worlds.
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20 October 2008 : Singapore's MDA doles out $8.1 million in digital funding
The Call has attracted participation from all levels of the industry including start-ups, local Small Medium Enterprises, and Multi-National Companies .
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17 October 2008 : IDM Captures the Imagination of Companies
15 projects ranging from transport to heritage planning spur breakthrough in Singapore's IDM sector.
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20 June 2008 : A Welcome break for BCA Participants
News and Notes from BroadcastAsia2008 : 20 June 2008
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