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 [...]
Telstra responds on first anniversary in Second Life
Today I was contacted by Craig Middleton, BigPond’s Group Manager, Corporate Affairs, after seeing our story on Telstra’s first anniversary in Second Life. He’s provided his list of Telstra BigPond’s achievements in Second Life:
“ACHIEVEMENTS
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* We have built and maintained a leading position as the most popular real life brand presence in SL in the world, [...]
Telstra in Second Life: one year on
It’s actually just past a year since Telstra launched its Second Life presence. The reason we haven’t covered the anniversary until now is due to having a request for a comment in to Telstra on the first anniversary. There’s been no response, so I’ll reply on my observations and hopefully your comments on Telstra in [...]
Virtual Sydney CBD slowly taking shape
As we’ve previously mentioned, SydSim is Telstra’s replica Sydney CBD that started development in November 2007. In December I was critical of the build’s nature.
I dropped in again this week and there’s been some significant progress i.e. a lot more buildings and other objects. It’s starting to show some potential although I’m still uncertain [...]
Australia and Virtual Worlds – 2008 predictions
It wouldn’t be the end of a calendar year without making some predictions for the coming twelve months. Here’s a handful of predictions – some are fairly safe, others push the envelope a little:
1. Australia will see its first legal action in regards to a virtual world – Second Life is likely to be the [...]
Virtual Worlds and Australia 2007 Part 2
Following on from Part 1 of our 2007 roundup, let’s look at the second half of 2007.
July 2007
- Garden for the Missing was featured.
- we discussed the Australian Federal Police’s monitoring of virtual worlds.
- we interviewed the person who manages Hilary Clinton’s (unofficial) Second Life presence.
- active Australian users of Second Life climbed to nearly [...]
SydSim – is that progress?
We covered Telstra’s new islands a month ago, but I thought it was worth paying another visit to see what progress had been made on what had been touted as a Sydney CBD replica. Here’s what I saw:
I think the pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Telstra deserve plaudits for their work to date in [...]
