The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. CNET (USA) – Metaplace secures funding for its virtual world. “Metaplace, a company that plans on letting users build a virtual world and use social networking conventions to allow groups to enjoy them, announced today that it raised $6.7 million of funding in a round that was led by Charles River Ventures and Crescendo [...]
Second Life servers to hit Singapore?
According to the Straits Times, Singapore-based Second Life servers are on their way to Singapore within six months. This is potentially good news for Australian users, although the news would be a lot better if it were Australian servers being announced.
Given the growing focus on Twinity in Singapore, Linden Lab need to be making [...]
Twinity passes 50K beta users
According to the indefatigable Andrew Peters, mirror world Twinity has reached the landmark of fifty thousand beta users.
That’s certainly a good critical mass of users, and it comes on top of a big week for Twinity. The Singapore Government has awarded funding via its Media Development Office to Twinity developers Metaversum. The funds are to [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. CPA Australia in Second Life
2. DreamSphere v1.0 Demo – DJ Dee – Second Life
3. Warhammer Online: Beam – The Raid ( Epic Story / English)
Linden Lab announce blog revamp: same old?
Linden Lab’s Robin Linden has announced that the official Linden blog is undergoing a revamp. It’s a lengthy post that to me seems to repeat the same promises of previous months: greater communication and a more uniform user experience.
The aim of the revamp is for your login to be uniform across the whole Second [...]
Australians in Second Life Update – small declines
Linden Lab have released their metrics up until September 2008, and in the Australian context there’s been a slight drop in activity – 686,872.48 hours, which is nearly eight thousand hours less than last month. Across 10-15 thousand active users, that’s not a big drop and Australia maintains the 11th spot worldwide.
Overall:
- user hours dropped [...]
That’s QUT for YAWL in SL
The Smart Services Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) is an Australian initiative designed to improve the service industry in Australia. The CRC partnership exists between 10 major industry players and six Australian universities. Its aim is the creation of research-enabled commercial outcomes for its partners. The current 7-year budget amounts to $120 million, with a [...]
