Why use virtual worlds for collaboration?
Respected site Terra Nova has a simple summary of why virtual worlds are used by some for collaboration.
For longer term users of Second Life, the collaborative opportunities seem self-evident, paticularly for the education and business sectors. Although, like every form of collaboration it has its inherent challenges.
If you have a collaborative project underway, tell [...]
Turds for World Peace.
Exhibit ‘A’
They drift through the night, lonely, bored, itching to vandalize; weapons of creation on the tips of twitching fingers, eager to leave their mark across that vast, digital landscape of Second Life. Their prey? The sleeping, the unattended, the distracted.
Exhibit ‘B’
I recently set my account to never be away from keyboard (AFK). I did [...]
World Stock Exchange communicates after lengthy hiatus
Controversial Australian Second Life resident LukeConnell Vandeverre (RL: Luke Connell) gave an update on the World Stock Exchange, which has been offline since January.
I wasn’t able to attend the live event due to its time although I was offered a preview over the weekend which I also wasn’t able to make. Nobody Fugazi from Your2ndPLace [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Gamasutra – GDC: Emotiv Knows What You’re Thinking. “On Thursday at the 2008 Game Developers Conference, Julian Wixson and a small panel of associates described and demonstrated the Emotiv headset and SDK, suggesting how a developer might incorporate the technology into a new or even quite finished production. The svelte Emotiv headset uses an [...]
Australians in Second Life Update – stagnant as she goes
Linden Lab have released their latest set of metrics through to the end of January 2008. The metrics show that the Australian active user population is 10,885, up marginally from last month’s 10,644. Australia remains at its long-standing 11th position in the world, with 2% of the overall active user population.
The lack of growth is [...]
Proposals sought for content creation in Second Life
I received an interesting notecard in-world that will interest Second Life content creators:
“FFRC Seeking Proposals for Rich Content Project Funding
Do you have an idea for a project that would enrich the lives of Second Life Residents? Some event, interactive environment, game, cultural or artistic production that would make the landscape of the virtual world [...]
Weekend Whimsy
This week we’ve gone for a dance theme…
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2. Kozo Imako – Ballroom Dance 1
3. Light Dancers of Aurora – Second Life
