Does a cross-platform interface make Second Life a second-class application?
If you’re a Mac user, you know you’ve got access to a whole slew of first-class applications. That is, apps that follow the user-interface style guidelines for the Mac. Painstakingly developed and tested over time, the guidelines ensure consistent layouts of menus, options and hotkeys, so that you don’t spend your [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Forbes (USA) – The Second Life Hype Has Fizzled—Is Twitter Next? “Second Life is still a vibrant virtual world—with over 12.2 million registered users and more than 54,000 online the last time I logged in—but you wouldn’t know it from the media coverage (or lack thereof) lately. It wasn’t always this way, as MediaShift’s [...]
NoviCraft: virtual world team building
NoviCraft is one of the more fascinating virtual world business offerings by Finnish company, TeamingStream. That fascination comes not from the platform itself, but the theoretical underpinnings of it. This is a world designed purely for business-related training and team-building purposes.
I took the opportunity to fire a few questions at TeamingStream’s CEO, Petri Ahokangas, [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. The Spy Who Lives Here
2. Hinterland Orkney: Scotland in Second Life
3. Mutiny in Second Life
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Relay for Life in Second Life: teams being formed
A yearly highlight in Second Life is the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The 2007 and 2008 events were big successes, with more than 55 million Linden Dollars (approximately 200 thousand US dollars).
Teams have started forming and if any Australian or New Zealand teams are forming, do let us know and we’ll promote your [...]
While you’re dancing in the flames
The key to managing crises,
is to keep an eye on the long-term,
while you’re dancing in the flames
You may have heard of TED talks: some of the world’s best thinkers (and doers) speak on some consciousness expanding topics. At the 2009 TED Conference, Juan Enriquez made a fascinating presentation on how the convergence of cell engineering, [...]
Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Clever Zebra have made their Virtual Worlds for Business eBook a free download – all the details here.
2. ABC Island in Second Life sees the return of music trivia show Rockit this Friday night at 8.30pm AEDT. Everyone has a chance of being a contestant and it’s a lot of fun.
3. It’s always a [...]
