Weekend Whimsy
1. Gothique Second Life
2. Newt Gingrich in Second Life
3. Luke Vibert Live Droid Bristol Second Life
4. Spirituality and Religion conference in Second Life
Real life death and Second Life
Over recent months Linden Lab have stepped up their output of tutorials and knowledgebase articles – nothing illustrates that more than two new additions.
The first is: Death and Other “First Life” Worries. The key issue here is if you have someone threaten suicide in-world or you’re concerned in some other way about their welfare and [...]
Linden Department of Public Works press conference transcript
For those interested in Linden Lab’s renewed focus on content creation in Second Life, here’s the transcript of the press conference held earlier this week – it’s a marathon effort so post a comment if you actually get to the end!
“Linden Department of Public Works Press Conference Transcript
February 21, 9-10amPST
Guest: Jack Linden
Moderator: Catherine Linden [...]
Second Life tutorial – navigating in small spaces
Linden Lab’s Torley Linden has released another useful tutorial, this time on navigating in small spaces. Anything that minimises the camera issues in small spaces for new users is welcome.
Cisco’s virtual hospital opens
Health and education are two of the standout wins demonstrated in Second Life. The latest health-related build is sponsored by Cisco and it’s a mighty impressive result. As a health professional myself I can see that immersive medical training could bring enormous benefits.
I did have some difficulties getting some of the medical equipment to work [...]
Virtual Sydney CBD slowly taking shape
As we’ve previously mentioned, SydSim is Telstra’s replica Sydney CBD that started development in November 2007. In December I was critical of the build’s nature.
I dropped in again this week and there’s been some significant progress i.e. a lot more buildings and other objects. It’s starting to show some potential although I’m still uncertain [...]
Electronic Arts morph The Sims Online into free virtual world offering
EA-Land has been in development for awhile and is now available for people to sign up and previous Sims Online accounts can reactivate for the new world.
There’s been a large expansion of land, as the site itself breathlessly explains:
The Sims Online (TSO) was made of 12 different cities (AlphaVille, Blazing Falls, etc..) and we are [...]
