Surfing the virtual world hype
Riding the hype wave of a new technology with a “world-first” isn’t exactly unusual. We’ve seen this a lot with Second Life, right?
But there’s actually other, more interesting lessons to be learned.
Firstly, the newspapers and magazines don’t really check if you’re first, so if you want you can just copy what someone else is doing. [...]
Virtual sex brings ‘em in
Over the past few days Second Life has reached a new peak concurrency of more than 76 thousand.
The reason being cited is recent stories on a divorce resulting from virtual adultery. It’s not suprising and it’s backed up by an Australian Second Life resident who spends a significant amount of time mentoring new users. In [...]
Shadows on the wall, mimes in the street
“… their avatars were less coy. While flesh and blood reporters and photographers banged on the door of the couple’s homes, virtual ones were trying to doorstep …”
” … one of the South West staff who “controlled” Meggy, ” … our characters started chatting and it was different. … Amy’s character was much more [...]
Second Life – on the wane for aussies?
Asher Moses from the Sydney Morning Herald has run a story titled ‘Few lives left for Second Life’. It’s based on research undertaken by the Queensland University of Technology’s Kim MacKenzie, who’s completing her honours thesis on Second Life and business.
The research findings aren’t surprising in a lot of respects – there are significant areas [...]
Want to be famous? Linden Lab want YOU
All the details here. Essentially, they’re after Second Life residents who are willing to speak with the media on their life in-world.
Jump on in!
Accessibility to virtual worlds in business
A post from Peter Abrahams on IT-Director.com makes the claim that business cannot afford to block access to Second Life for their employees. The argument runs that the gains to be made in training, meetings and their associated cost savings makes it a no-brainer.
Abrahams takes the argument further, stating “A blue chip company will [...]
Time to take out the intellectual trash?
Malcolm King is a former media adviser to the ALP and Australian Democrats. He’s written a piece on virtual worlds and it’s fair to say he’s scathing of their potential.
Once you wade through the hyperbole King himself engages in while condemning the excesses of virtual worlds, there are some valid points made. However, one [...]
