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Business in Virtual Worlds

Virtual worlds: a real life leadership incubator?

The mainstream media cops fairly regular criticism for its sensationalistic coverage of virtual worlds and rightly so in some cases.... 

May 9, 2008 | Read the story »

‘The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds’ released

The Association of Virtual Worlds has released a free publication for download called ‘The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual... 

April 26, 2008 | Read the story »

vBusiness expo gains momentum

Clever Zebra are holding their vBusiness Expo later this week. 35 speakers are confirmed from organisations such as Gartner, Forrester... 

April 23, 2008 | Read the story »

Education in Virtual Worlds

SBS: enter the machinima

The island touted for SBS may have been shelved, but they are still steaming ahead with their work within Second Life. A blog has... 

May 12, 2008 | Read the story »

‘Envisioning the Educational Possibilities of User-Created Virtual Worlds’

The title of this post is the title of a fascinating article, which was recently published in the Association for the Advancement of... 

May 4, 2008 | Read the story »

A year ago on The Metaverse Journal

We interviewed one of Australia’s most controversial Second Life residents, LukeConnell Vandeverre, who runs the World Stock... 

April 16, 2008 | Read the story »

Health in Virtual Worlds

Nursing Education in Second Life

Nurses are one of the most active groups of health professionals in Second Life and I regularly get asked by health professionals... 

May 11, 2008 | Read the story »

Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity - A Second Life seminar

An interesting announcement came to my attention today from the organisers of a ninety minute seminar. It’s being held by the... 

May 1, 2008 | Read the story »

Hands-free options to increase sexual expression in virtual worlds?

Terra Nova has a short discussion on the recent demonstration of hands-free avatar movement in Second Life and it implications for... 

April 27, 2008 | Read the story »

Editorial

The ABC in Second Life: are the monkeys running the zoo?

ABC Island has had an eventful time in Second Life over the past year or more. From an Australian viewpoint, it’s been a real... 

May 7, 2008 | Read the story »

Linden Lab’s new CEO: Mark Kingdon

Linden Lab have announced the appointment of their new CEO, former Organic Inc. CEO Mark Kingdon. There’ll be endless analysis... 

April 23, 2008 | Read the story »

And they wonder why people leave Second Life

I understand that the logistics of running the Second Life grid must be one hell of a task. That said, the announcement by Linden Lab... 

April 7, 2008 | Read the story »

Profiles

V2: Synner Prinz and Bill Hayabusa

As promised a few weeks back, we’re pleased to start a new feature called V2 (virtual two), where two avatars describe their... 

April 9, 2008 | Read the story »

Interview - Sakai Openlife (Openlife founder)

As we reported earlier this week, Openlife is a promising new alternative grid to Second Life. Its founder, Sakai Openlife (RL: Steve... 

February 12, 2008 | Read the story »

Interview - Paisley Beebe

Paisley Beebe is an Australian Second Life resident who I’ve run into a number of times over the past year or so. I finally caught... 

February 3, 2008 | Read the story »

Politics

Linden Lab’s CEO to testify before Congress

At 9.30am on the 1st April US Eastern Time, Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale will testify before the US Congress. I don’t have... 

March 31, 2008 | Read the story »

The Mike Huckabee Center for the Liberation and Housing of Spermatazoan-Americans

We reported recently on some excellent political satire occurring in Second Life focused on Hilary Clinton. Republican Mike Huckabee... 

January 24, 2008 | Read the story »

Does Second Life need a Republic?

The Metaverse Republic is a new site that states its purpose clearly: “The Metaverse Republic, currently work in progress, will... 

January 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Virtual Worlds in the Real World Media

The Watch - virtual worlds in the news

1. The Chicago Tribune - Virtual dinner and a movie? Simulated dating ranks grow. “Paula Weisz’s favorite place to take... 

May 12, 2008 | Read the story »

The Watch - virtual worlds in the news

1. The Toronto Star - Let my avatar buy your avatar coffee. “Paula Weisz’s favourite place to take her dates is the Millennium... 

May 4, 2008 | Read the story »

The Watch - virtual worlds in the news

1. New Scientist - A virtual refuge from recession. “Do these two graphs look related to you? This blogger concerned with virtual... 

April 28, 2008 | Read the story »

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