Another perspective on Twinity
Australian machinima producer and virtual worlds observer, Skribe Forti, has created a very interesting review of mirror world Twinity. It seems a balanced piece that covers both the strengths and weaknesses of Twinity, which is currently in beta:
What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Skribe’s summary of Twinity?
Communities come before commerce
It’s with great pleasure we feature a guest post from Tateru Nino. We’ve profiled Tateru previously for good reason – there are few people who would understand Second Life more fully.
That’s a simple enough fact. Without communities, there can be no commerce. Even the simplest of communities suffices, but in the absence of it, you’re [...]
New Second Life website goes live
As announced on the official blog, the new design developed over recent weeks has gone live, initially for those not already registered as Second Life residents. The new version loaded for me this afternoon:
The re-design has attracted a lot of comment, a significant proportion of which has been criticism. For what it’s worth, I [...]
An Australian Christmas in Second Life
In more than two years of daily involvement in Second Life, one of the highlights has been the community approach of ABC Island since its launch in 2007. This year has posed some challenges for the island but things appear to be back on track if the latest addition to the island is any indication. [...]
Winterfaire in Second Life
Torley Linden has returned to the official Second Life blog with a detailed roundup of Second Life’s annual Winterfaire event.
Anyone on the east coast of Australia may actually feel a greater bond to the event given the near absence of summer to date. If you’re running an Australian Winterfaire event, post a link [...]
2008 predictions review
A year ago we made some predictions on virtual worlds from an Australian perspective, and it’s time to review them:
2008 – how did we go?
Prediction 1: Australia will see its first legal action in regards to a virtual world – Second Life is likely to be the battlefield and it’s likely to involve an intellectual [...]
A quick tour of Sony’s virtual world – Home
Below is a great end-user tour of Sony’s Home virtual world for Playstation 3. There’s a lot to like about the graphics and parts of the user interface with Home. It’s certainly thrown down the gauntlet to Microsoft and Nintendo who have some catching up to do with their consoles. The most obvious question to [...]
