A year ago on The Metaverse Journal
1. We reported on an influx of new Australian Second Life residents after a story on Second Life on 60 Minutes.
2. The Women’s Weekly got excited about Second Life.
“CyberStars” shoot commences
CyberStars is the upcoming Second Life documentary by December Films for SBS. Shelley Matulick is the driving force behind the project and we’ve covered her blog previously as it provides some great tips on making your own machinima.
Shooting has started on CyberStars so here’s hoping for some local documentary goodness before the end of [...]
Australian Educational Institutions: what are they thinking now?
It’s no secret that Australian educational institutions are getting involved in Second Life, much like their counterparts overseas, but who is involved now and what is the purpose of their respective virtual presences within the Australian educational community?
It’s been some time since the last wrap-up post concerning Australian education in Second Life; “First in, best [...]
Video of SL5B opening speech
Linden Lab have released a video of Board Chairman Philip Rosedale’s and CEO Mark Kingdon’s opening remarks for Second Life’s 5th anniversary celebrations.
Rosedale’s comments were fairly perfunctory and appeared to be off the cuff though he did give some interesting insights into the first few weeks and months of Second Life’s public existence in 2003. [...]
Tateru’s year in review
For those wanting a comprehensive overview of the past year in Second Life, then Tateru Nino’s year in review is hard to go past.
What have your highlights been over the past year?
Patents and virtual world commerce
Terra Nova has a fascinating article on patents and virtual world economies.
Our recent interview with Dr Melissa de Zwart from Monash University shone some light on this very grey area – there’s still so much legal precedent still to be established.
Introducing: Feldspar Epstein
Over the past eighteen months or so The Metaverse Journal has grown slowly but surely – our readership has grown every single month since our launch in late 2006. We have two intermittent contributors in addition to myself but the time’s come to expand the number of writers. Therefore, I’m extremely pleased to introduce Anastasia [...]
