SLCN – trademark challenges
As this post by Benjamin Duranske alludes to, Linden lab have requested an extension of time to determine if they’ll oppose SLCN registering their name as a trademark.
The extension may lead to not much at all in that Linden Lab may decide not to challenge. We’ve discussed the trademark issue previously and the situation isn’t [...]
Reducing your Second Life lag
Tateru Nino has written a very useful guide on minimising lag in Second life – you can read it in full here.
Try saying ‘Sim Ping’ five times really quickly
Whilst talking Linden Lab, CEO Mark Kingdon has provided a heads-up on progress toward a more usable Second Life. Lots more improvements are promised, the [...]
Study: Students’ Social Systems Support Successes
Karl Kapp is an expert in the education and e-learning field. In his blog, he regularly answers questions and addresses concerns about the place of technology in educational and training scenarios. In this post, he follows up on three areas of concern that he has been made aware of in recent times. In this post, [...]
Burning Life 2008
In it’s 6th year, Burning Life is the Second Life event complementary to the real-life Burning Man Project that wrapped up on the 5th September. It’s one of the best opportunities to view the enormous variety that Second Life engenders, so do spend some in-world time checking it out.
All the details are on the Linden [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. PC World (USA) – Real Life will Trump Second Life, Microsoft Says. “Microsoft’s Craig Mundie has dismissed the potential of “synthetic virtual worlds” like Second Life, saying that the potential for immersive environments will be likely realized through 3D tools that capture and model the real world. Mundie and robot/Photosynth demoMundie, who oversees research [...]
Forrester state the obvious
Market research firm Forrester have been following virtual worlds for a few years now. In their latest report entitled The Revival Of Consumer Virtual Worlds, they make the following statement in the executive summary:
Forrester recommends that consumer product strategy professionals watch the space carefully — if they are not involved already — as we [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. AC DC Tribute Band (Second Life)
2. Second Life Zombies
3. Eat the Worm in Second Life
