New search functionality has promise
I’m encouraged by the work being done on an improved search interface in Second Life.
I’ve always believed one of the biggest causes of users giving up on SL is the hassle in finding anything in-world. Between Linden’s work and the ever-growing list of third-party SL viewers, there’s a chance SL may be user-friendly. I [...]
‘Librarians’ tie-in on ABC Island this Thursday
Australian made comedy The Librarians makes it debut this week and there’s a tie-in event scheduled on the Melbourne Laneways section of ABC Island.
The full info from the notecard I received:
“DATE: Thursday November 1st
TIME: 7:30pm AEDT, 5:30pm (WA) 1:30am SL time (PDT)
The Librarians, is a new six-part comedy series from ABC TV, based [...]
Pornography and virtual worlds
In the eleven months SLOz has been running, one of the most vexed questions about Second Life and virtual worlds in general in pornography. Our story on Linden Lab’s ban on ageplay is the most viewed story on SLOz and by an extremely large margin – its follow-up is also regularly read. The reason for [...]
‘The Office’ covers Second Life
With the massive blog coverage on CSI New York’s episode on Second Life, another TV appearance has been overlooked. The US version of The Office had an SL cameo. One part of it can be seen here:
There’s a reason for mentioning this – one of SLOz’s sponsors, Encore Design Group (EDG), was responsible for the [...]
Weekend Whimsy
Each Friday we provide a sampling of content generated by SL users and posted on services like YouTube:
1. Why don’t u get a job?
This one is from SLOz reader m0nkeycheese.
2. Wydawnictwo Znak w Second Life
3. Blowing Bubbles
Another aussie effort, this time by Wolfie Rankin.
Click here for video
Real Estate Life – the full story
As promised, we spent a little more time checking out ‘Real Estate Life’, the island launched by the REA Group. There’s a lot of emphasis on space and it’s certainly not a build that has logo saturation – the main building certainly has its fair share but otherwise it’s an understated approach.
We caught up with [...]
Internet Industry Association launches
The old saying ‘if it rains, it pours’ applies in Second Life this week. The Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) is launching their SL presence tonight.
IIA Island contains a sizeable sandbox, cafe, freefall platform and assorted buildings. The launch is being held tonight at 6.30pm AEST. The plans for the launch are:
“Streaming music of [...]
