Tag Archives: Second Life

Thu, Mar 18 2010
Queen’s hosts Canada’s first virtual law conference

Queen’s hosts Canada’s first virtual law conference

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Press Release: Queen’s University Faculty of Law will host Canada’s first virtual law conference on March 18. Roughly 20 academics from Canada, the U.S. and around the world will gather at the Queen’s... 

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Wed, Mar 17 2010
Coca-Cola forced to shut down CCMetro as There.com closes

Coca-Cola forced to shut down CCMetro as There.com closes

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Coca-Cola’s virtual presence in There.com is now history, but few other enterprises will be affected by the loss of this virtual world, experts say. Coca-Cola's CCMetro center in There.com. (Image... 

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Wed, Mar 17 2010
Remedy presents amputee rehab project

Remedy presents amputee rehab project

One of the great things about the Internet is that it connects people who, in the past, have had a hard time keeping in touch. In researching the phenomena of medical amputees rehabilitating and re-integrating... 

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Thu, Mar 11 2010
OpenSim security 101

OpenSim security 101

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Enterprises rolling out new OpenSim grids are often concerned about security issues of running OpenSim, and justifiably so. OpenSim is alpha software and still poses some security challenges. However,... 

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Mon, Mar 8 2010
Rivers Run Red CEO discusses virtual supermarket planning

Rivers Run Red CEO discusses virtual supermarket planning

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Rivers Run Red CEO Justin Bovington is scheduled to discuss how virtual worlds can be used to design retail spaces in Second Life today at 2 p.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. Eastern time at a live taping of the... 

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Wed, Mar 3 2010
OpenSim one step closer to in-world media

OpenSim one step closer to in-world media

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OpenSim moved one step closer to full support for Second Life Viewer 2 media on in-world surfaces this week, with the completion of an extensive project to rearchitect the way the open-source software... 

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Mon, Mar 1 2010
Gronstedt to discuss virtual strategic planning

Gronstedt to discuss virtual strategic planning

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Anders Gronstedt, president of the Gronstedt Group, presents a case study about how high-level executives make some of their biggest decisions in Second Life today at 2 p.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. Eastern time... 

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Fri, Feb 26 2010
ThinkBalm distillery helps firms choose virtual world vendor

ThinkBalm distillery helps firms choose virtual world vendor

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Press Release: ThinkBalm’s “The Distillery” — an immersive technology selection experience Source: ThinkBalm What do whiskey and enterprise immersive software have in common? Not much, unless... 

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Fri, Feb 26 2010
Will Second Life be the next Netscape?

Will Second Life be the next Netscape?

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Two major things happened before the World Wide Web took off in a big way. One was the fact that individuals were able to create Web sites and link them to other Web sites. Once individuals did it —... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
Viewer envy is bitter, and stings

Viewer envy is bitter, and stings

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Last summer I decided to open a virtual office for my company. I don’t just write for Hypergrid Business — I run a company with staff in China and India, among other locations, providing outsourced... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
OpenSim must wait to use new viewer

OpenSim must wait to use new viewer

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OpenSim users will have to wait before they are able to use the new Second Life viewer on their grids because the core OpenSim software is currently being rebuilt, developers say. The are compatibility... 

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Tue, Feb 23 2010
New Second Life viewer offers easier navigation, in-world media

New Second Life viewer offers easier navigation, in-world media

Second Life released a new version of its viewer today, Second Life Viewer 2 Beta, offering easier navigation and additional functionality. The biggest single improvement is the ability to see media on... 

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Tue, Feb 23 2010
What if content management were 3D?

What if content management were 3D?

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I recently saw the Michael Douglas/Demi Moore 1994 movie called ”Disclosure.” In the movie (which explores sexual harassment in the workplace), Michael Douglas was working for a computer... 

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Mon, Feb 15 2010
Five questions for Caleb Booker

Five questions for Caleb Booker

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(Image courtesy Caleb Booker.) Today, online events producer Caleb Booker debuts a new video series devoted to, and filmed entirely inside, virtual worlds. The program, “Virtual Worlds Keynote,”... 

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Tue, Feb 9 2010
Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

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(Image courtesy Jason Christensen.) A growing number of companies are instituting virtual workforces allowing the employees to be closer to their customers and working in a remote environment. These remote... 

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Fri, Feb 5 2010
Top 5 Requested Second Life Features

Top 5 Requested Second Life Features

I was reading something about how a small cadre of vocal power users can skew the development of a virtual world platform, and it got me thinking about the kinds of things corporate clients I’ve worked... 

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Mon, Jan 25 2010
Business virtual needs

Business virtual needs

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When most people compare virtual worlds, they do so from a technical perspective — how many concurrent users, what kind of interface is being used, what data standards are supported. Image courtesy... 

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Sat, Jan 23 2010
OpenSim grows faster than Second Life

OpenSim grows faster than Second Life

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Total regions on the public OpenSim grids increased from 5,613 in September to 7,246 in December — a growth rate of 29% for three months, or an annualized growth rate of 177%. By comparison, resident-owned... 

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Thu, Jan 21 2010
IEEE to build AI center in Second Life

IEEE to build AI center in Second Life

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Press Release: AI Learning Center Being Built in Second Life The IEEE Computer Society is developing an Artificial Intelligence Learning Center (AILC) on IEEE’s island on Second Life and is looking... 

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Tue, Jan 19 2010
The 3D future

The 3D future

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The dawn of the 3D age is upon us. Over a dozen immersive virtual world platforms are competing for our attention — and that’s just in the business sector. Our kids and teenagers are already... 

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