Virtual world IP: not a steal
Virtual environments and the public Internet sport a bewildering array of economies, from purely fantasy economies to real money trading between users. Fundamentally, many of these are currency-based economies which we all understand – you purchase something you value and give something of value in exchange. That is, you buy something you want with [...]
Victorian Bushfire support continues in Second Life
Across the Second Life grid, fundraisers continue to occur for the victims of the Victorian bushfires. Tonight I heard about a fundraiser occurring at Bringiton’s Music Hall of Fame.
Australian owner Bringiton Paine is hoping to raise up to half a million Linden Dollars overnight, so if you’ve got some spare time and want to [...]
Second Life vendors: Victorian bushfire relief
Australians and friends of Australians in Second Life have not surprisingly rallied to support the ongoing tragedy in Victoria. There’s a growing number of vendors selling goods in Second Life – a list of participating vendors is here.
The picture above is one of the many examples of goods available. If you’ve got some spare Linden [...]
Metaverse Aid – join the team
Back in October 2007, this site started generating a positive cash flow. After covering all costs, the decision was made to put excess funds to good use. Kiva was chosen primarily for its brilliant model of helping people help themselves, but there was also the tie-in of Kiva having a Second Life presence.
Since then, [...]
WA Police “Step Forward” into Second Life: detractors in hot pursuit.
The WA Police “Step Forward” Virtual Recruiting Pavilion was launched this week in Second Life. The plan is for the pavilion to be run during a three month trial period, after which this method of recruiting will be reviewed.
“Trudi Karu” and “Dreibergs Lannock” are the avatar names of the recruiting police who will be attending [...]
Live Future 2020 event in Second Life this Sunday
Global Youth Futures are running an event this weekend called ‘Live Futures 2020:A World of Possiblity’.
It’s being held in Newtown, Sydney but there’s a stream being coordinated by Jokay Wollongong, with some interesting speakers confirmed (all times in AEST):
12pm – Welcome and Second Life orientation
12:30pm AEST – Dell Wolfensparger shares some his work and [...]
Jamm for Genes
I received a press release today for an event occurring around 12 hours from now so I’ll just reproduce it in full:
Jamm for Genes – SL Benefit Concert Supporting An Australian Charity with Global Benefits
This weekend Australians will raise money for Children’s medical rsearch by holding musical events all across the country – and [...]
