Entries Tagged as ‘second life’

July 22, 2008

Linden’s new CEO’s action plan | VWF blog | Virtual Economic Forum Content Library

Linden’s new CEO’s action plan | VWF blog | Virtual Economic Forum Content Library
Second Life needs to fix its’ First Life - Will the new Linden Leader make it so …. APLINK

July 13, 2008

Intel to serve Second Life to handheld devices - itsReal

Please see last minute edit below and i want to hear from anyone working on getting virtual worlds onto mobile devices - APLINK
Whilst skimming thru news about Virtual Worlds I picked up this gem - how soon this will become a stable consumer product from Intel (thinking that it will rely on wireless internet even [...]

July 9, 2008

IBM & Linden Demo teleporting out of Second Life - itsReal

I have to say the narrator of this video is REALLY corny - however IBM & Linden Labs have successfully teleported Avatars from Second Life to another Virtual World OpenSim - except you can’t take your toothbrush !

Just Listened Again - Sack the narrator, script writer, creative head …. doesn’t anyone at IBM or Linden [...]

July 8, 2008

NEW Virtual World Community for creative Talents - itsReal

Popularity is contagious - a new Virtual Community has arrived at Ning….
About My Metaverse is about developing the new media arts and community across all the virtual worlds. Here’s where you can upload your original music, original machinima or movies, start a blog or comment on others, join a group like the musicians, the machinimatographers, [...]

July 8, 2008

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Tech gets $500,000 grant - itsReal

Funding for Education research in SL from New Zealand
There’s an ongoing debate about how best to monetise virtual worlds, but one thing’s not in doubt: the flow of investment into the virtual worlds space from two sources: venture capitalists (for commercial virtual worlds), and research grants (for medical / educational applications). The Nelson Marlborough Institute [...]

June 29, 2008

What is Griefing ? - itsReal

Great article from Jamais Cascio, which describes Griefing, and as I recall Second Life has had its share of Griefers who have disrupted events, damaged and defaced in-world builds and developed & deployed massive code attacks.
Some Griefing can be akin to real world peaceful protesters however like phishing & viruses which are created by mainly [...]

May 31, 2008

Singapore Slingers are Firing UP - itsReal

Slingers Sign another Key Player
Newsletter # 29

Jason Castro Wins His 3rd MVP in a Row
Five Minutes with ‘The Doctor’

The Singapore Slingers have added another key piece to their roster with the signing of 6’10” Darius Rice while Jason Castro continues to impress:

Darius Rice signs with the [...]

May 29, 2008

Second Life new CEO is a REAL Newbie - itsReal

I doubt his jump into fantasy by being a tray of donuts will last very long, for real commerce to be achieved lifelike avatars are highly desirable - check out the upcoming more real world twinity.
New CEO’s First Week
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 4:50 PM by: M Linden

Greetings friends of Linden Lab! M(ark) here. I am [...]

May 26, 2008

titanic raised - in UNREAL - itsReal

Joe Rigby a member of the Association of VirtuaL Worlds hooked me up on skype recently and did a live demo of his virtual world - based on UNREAL a gaming platform. What hit me as amazing was Joe’s passion for what he is doing - of all the AVW members he could have contacted [...]

May 7, 2008

First Look: APLINK’s new Home Office in Twinity - itsReal

Anna, my Interior Designer takes you on a video virtual tour of my new Home Office in Twinity - Check out the Mirror Action - The mirrors Reflect what is happening as Anna walks up to them - I have it on good advice that this is not  possible in Second Life.