Linden Lab: standalone servers soon
AVWW 2008 continues (a wrap-up of Day 1 will appear soon), with some superb presentations and discussion.
This morning I attended the presentation by Linden Lab’s Chris Collins, who gave an interesting overview of Linden Lab’s approach and future plans. Two standouts for me were:
1. The 2009 beta of a standalone Second Life grid – this, [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. Tiny Nation Premiere (Second Life)
2. Angels of Light in Second Life
3. Baby when the light….
AVWW 2008 commences
The Australasian Virtual Worlds Workshop is underway today and continues tomorrow (all day Friday and Saturday 28th / 29th November Australian time). The base for events is Swinburne University’s Koala Island.
It’s still not too late to get involved and it’s even free to join the Second Life component of AVWW (click here for landmark)
We’ll be [...]
Linden Lab goes narrative
Its only been a day since Linden Lab released a podcast on a Second Life innovator, but they’ve now released a text-based story on another innovator, Languagelab.
It’s great to see some further showcasing of Second Life success stories – Linden Lab just need to work on their communications strategy.
The podcast released a little over [...]
Linden Lab launch another podcast
Linden Lab have had a couple of attempts at regular podcasting, and the latest is a series called Stories from Second Life. The subject of the first one is Studio Wikitecture, a collaborative architecture project.
The prolific Torley Linden is producing these podcasts so hopefully this will become a true series of podcasts. Strangely, you can [...]
Who’s your Daddy?
US Congressman Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) would like to be your parent. At least, he would like to act as though he was your parent.
Starting back in May 2008, Kirk has been singling out Second Life for special attention: he would like legislation to be introduced that prevents children from accessing Second Life- both the [...]
AVWW this weekend – registrations still open
Just a reminder that one of Australia’s best virtual worlds get-togethers in on this weekend in Melbourne and in Second Life – AVWW 2008.
Registrations remain open – there’s no cost for in-world attendance, $20 for students and presenters attending the Melbourne event, $50 for other attendees.
There’s a great program on offer so do think about [...]
