Travel Industry Seeks Socially Responsible Second Life

In 2007, I met with Management at Suntec Exhibition Centre in Singapore regarding virtual worlds and the opportunity for Real & Virtual World events to be run in Unison with each other. Singapore recently held the IT Show at Suntec, 770,000 people packed the centre and SGD58.5 million was spent in four days – how [...]

Virtual World Bloggers unite – itsReal

I think this maybe a very cool way of  Uniting with other virtual world bloggers – if you’re blog is in the list below I invite you to connect with me via twitter http://twitter.com/aplink or facebook
Just in case you are not below – your welcome to connect also
Andrew Peters’s Profile [...]

it’s hard to stand out – not so at AVW – go platinum

it’s hard to stand out ? not so at AVW – go platinum on AVW – Association of Virtual Worlds and enjoy international virtual & real recognition that will drive your busines development strategies immediately.

You don’t need to be Linden Labs or redlightcentre.com or facebook or even war of warcraft to make your mark on [...]

AVW Weekly News Brief — Jan. 12, 2009

AVW Weekly News Brief — Jan. 12, 2009

Showcase! If you have a product or service you would like to share, if you have a seminar or workshop you would like to offer, or if you would like to gather a group of outstanding and savvy members, please email us for more information on how you [...]

Minding My Own Business : The Metaverse Journal – Australia’s Virtual World News Service

Minding My Own Business
December 16, 2008
Today, a guest post from an Australian business owner in Second Life, Seshat Czeret. One of her major goals is to run a sustainable business in SL – one which she can continue to run, and which sustains itself financially. Anyone looking to run a small business in SL for [...]

TidalBlog: Did Second Life and OpenSim just eat Google’s lunch?

The answer is probably “no” but it is interesting to expore precisely why.

There is a widely held belief that Google and Microsoft could easily turn their geospatial products into mass market virtual worlds containing avatars. While virtual world products such as Twinity have indeed focused on replicating real-life locations, neither of the major players has, [...]

David Pollard’s Second Life affair leads to divorce from Amy Taylor | NEWS.com.au

One day, Ms Taylor, 28, found Mr Pollard at the computer watching his avatar having sex with a prostitute in Second Life.
"I went mad, I was so hurt. I just couldn't believe what he'd done. I looked at the computer screen and could see his character with a female character. It's cheating as far as [...]

Magic, Mirrors and the Slump: Where is the SL Economy? | Rezzable

Thought provoking article definitely worth the time to read…..
Excerpt below
So it really could be that harder economic times might mean more interest in virtual world–or more escapism in general. Virtual worlds are still very cost-effective for the user. But SL in particular has built itself around the economy and the hope of making money is [...]

coming soon: aplink.asia – itsReal

Asia is full of OPPORTUNITY and soon we will be launching an Opportunity portal – this means you can see opportunties that only asian eyes see… act on the opportunities… expand into the lucative asian market…it is unbeleivable but true – if u have something – i mean something that no one else has – [...]

oops Singapore Fortress – uniquely Singapore – itsReal

What a shame…. Singapore is Hosting the F1″this is actually brilliant” but what is it doing…to Singaporeans.
– one only hopes that the upcoming Youth Olympics will not be as severe as the F1 and what is is doing to the Singapore landscape..
F1 BARBED Wire…concrete fixtures…cages… amazingly horrible fixtures …. UGLY partitioning R We in [...]