Tag Archives: Second Life

Wed, Sep 1 2010
We all live in a virtual world

We all live in a virtual world

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Mike Treder, the managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, recently asked a loaded question: If you could live in a world that was just the way you wanted it to be, with... 

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Tue, Aug 31 2010
Utherverse launches casino for US customers

Utherverse launches casino for US customers

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Utherverse, a proprietary virtual world platform known for its adult content, has launched a virtual casino targeting US customers. While the winnings cannot be converted into cash today, that might change... 

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Wed, Aug 25 2010
Renting or owning your OpenSim land?

Renting or owning your OpenSim land?

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Hosting providers with previous experience in Second Life are bringing some Second Life terminology with them into OpenSim. For example, Coral Estates draws a distinction between “owning” a... 

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Sat, Aug 21 2010
Rooms and regions: pros and cons

Rooms and regions: pros and cons

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Business users choosing virtual environments usually focus on particular features — does it support mesh imports? Are there in-world editing tools? How good is the voice? Is the a web viewer? However,... 

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Sat, Aug 21 2010
OpenSim business roadmap: past, present and future

OpenSim business roadmap: past, present and future

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My company is a small, enterprise user of virtual worlds. Over the past year, we’ve used them for meetings with partners, new hires, internal collaboration, and external business networking. There... 

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Thu, Aug 19 2010
Second Life discontinues enterprise platform

Second Life discontinues enterprise platform

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Update: “As Philip has mentioned, Linden Lab has discontinued the Second Life Enterprise development program,” Adam Nelson, Linden Lab’s Executive Director of Monetization, told Hypergrid Business.... 

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Tue, Aug 17 2010
Viewer 2 a net gain for OpenSim

Viewer 2 a net gain for OpenSim

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The latest versions of OpenSim support Second Life Viewer 2 and, over the next couple of months, grids and hosting providers will be upgrading their OpenSim server software to make Viewer 2 usable everywhere... 

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Mon, Aug 16 2010
How to save Second Life’s Teen Grid

How to save Second Life’s Teen Grid

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The TeenGrid has low traffic compared to Second Life’s mainland, and its primary renters — educators — pay half of what Second Life’s other customers do for land. It makes sense... 

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Sun, Aug 15 2010
CyberWatch to train faculty in Second Life

CyberWatch to train faculty in Second Life

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Press Release: CyberWatch Launches Virtual World Environment for Learning, Training and Global Meetings Second Life environment will extend services to national members in virtual space. Washington, DC.,... 

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Sat, Aug 14 2010
Rosedale promises meshes; Teen Grid to close

Rosedale promises meshes; Teen Grid to close

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Philip Rosedale who recently returned to the helm of Linden Lab, gave his first major speech of his second term as CEO on Saturday with a couple of bold announcements — Second Life was definitely... 

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Thu, Aug 12 2010
The business of virtual sex

The business of virtual sex

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Would be sim-commerce millionaires gathered at the Hypergrid Entrepreneurs Group meeting Thursday night on the Trombly Grid to discuss recent innovations in OpenSim hosting, currency systems, and selling... 

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Wed, Aug 11 2010
Why virtual worlds suck for business — and some solutions

Why virtual worlds suck for business — and some solutions

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Wagner Au and Gwyneth Llewelyn have recently posted thought-provoking pieces about how to make virtual worlds more engaging. Au proposed an achievement system to encourage new users to make friends and... 

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Sun, Aug 8 2010
Using machinima for real business

Using machinima for real business

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Editor’s introduction: Machinima refers to animations filmed inside virtual worlds or video games. Machimina is cheaper and faster than the alternatives — traditional filming using real actors... 

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Thu, Aug 5 2010
Qarl Linden’s layoff is bad news for OpenSim

Qarl Linden’s layoff is bad news for OpenSim

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Linden Lab developer Qarl Linden reported that he was laid off yesterday. The developer — known as Karl Stiefvater outside of Second Life — was responsible for such innovations as scupties... 

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Mon, Jul 19 2010
Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

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Earlier this year, Linden Lab released Second Life Viewer 2 which, though it had a large number of usability problems, also offered one huge advantage for business and education users: the ability to put... 

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Mon, Jul 12 2010
Virtual world lead generation

Virtual world lead generation

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Ever since Second Life made virtual world a common reality, people have been trying to find ways to utilize this new-found platform for unimaginable reasons. Soon enough other companies cropped providing... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
The grid is another country

The grid is another country

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For the past year that I’ve been attending meetings in Second Life and OpenSim, I’ve been thinking of the virtual platforms as another kind of collaboration tool. I compare it to Web-based... 

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Thu, Jun 24 2010
Founder returns to Linden helm

Founder returns to Linden helm

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Press release: Linden Lab Announces Management Changes SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 — Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life®, announced today that company founder Philip Rosedale... 

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Mon, Jun 14 2010
VenueGen Offers Free Migration for Second Life Business Customers

VenueGen Offers Free Migration for Second Life Business Customers

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Press Release: VenueGen Offers Free Migration Solution for Second Life Business Customers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC- –  VenueGen, provider of a 3-D virtual meeting platform for collaborative... 

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Mon, Jun 14 2010
Citizant, Cranial Tap team up to help agencies visualize data in 3D

Citizant, Cranial Tap team up to help agencies visualize data in 3D

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Press Release: Citizant and Cranial Tap Partner to Develop 3-D Environments for Collaboration, Training and Data Visualization In Federal Agencies Second Life environments will add new dimension to... 

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