Interview Two – LukeConnell Vandeverre, World Stock Exchange
In April this year we completed our first interview with WSE CEO, LukeConnell Vandeverre. The response to that interview was large and at time vehement. With the events of recent weeks at WSE, it was an opportune time to give Australia-based Vandeverre to put his side of the story on the the alleged insider theft, [...]
Second Life’s financial underpinnings under threat?
The past week has seen some significant economic turbulence from two fronts. The gambling ban, combined with the defection of multiple businesses from the World Stock Exchange (WSE) to the International Stock Exchange (ISE) has created a fair amount of uncertainty for business in SL, particularly the native businesses.
There is some well-reasoned analysis that [...]
To voice or not to voice? There really is a question
Unless you haven’t logged into SL in the past few days, you’ll be aware that voice is now part of the main grid browser. It remains an optional download at present but it’s certainly ramping up. New World Notes are running a reader poll on voice take-up and its early results are interesting:
It’s no great [...]
Weekend Whimsy
Each Friday we provide a sampling of content generated by SL users and posted on services like YouTube:
1. セカンドライフ-問題ねぇだろう-スイカ鉄砲大会
2. An evening with Nylon
3. Step Inside Urban Bubbles
International Virtual Teaching and Learning Research Institute proposed
I stumbled across this message on the SL Research email list today – great to see Macquarie University well and truly joining the virtual world fray:
“Call for Expressions of Interest to contribute to a proposed International Virtual Reality Teaching and Learning Research Institute
This is a general call for academics and practitioners involved or interested [...]
There always had to be a Gold Coast in SL
This evening I stumbled across the Whitsundays, Great Barrier Reef, Noosa Heads and Gold Coast:
We’ve contacted the owner for a chat about the latest virtual part of Australia so watch this space. I’m guessing there’ll be no Jupiters Casino though.
