Category SecondLife

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US Congress in SL

Adam Reuters, the Reuters correspondent dedicated to Second Life reported on Tuesday of the new build by Clear Ink of the US Congress. It appears to be affiliated with the Democratic Party, but when the space is open it will be intended to serve as a non-partisan place for open discussion and information about the 110th Congress.

Christen Booth
January 4, 2007

Found, notrant, SecondLife

When Are Computer Simulations the Right Tool?

Gene Koo, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society as well as Director of Online Training at Legal Aid University, lists three criteria for which computer simulations add value in an educational context: 1. The subject is best…

Christen Booth
December 7, 2006
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Virtual Performance Art

JustVirtual has posted a fantastic recap of the ZeroG Sky Dancer’s performance, produced and directed by DanCoyote Antonelli the other night. By all accounts this even was a huge success – even in the face of a buggy grid upgrade…

Christen Booth
December 1, 2006

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Phillips Entering Second Life

Phillips Design is planing to develop a space in Second Life, in cooperation with the design studio Rivers Run Red, to present concept products to residents and gather feedback about them. They see this endeavor as an opportunity to interact…

Christen Booth
December 1, 2006

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The Value of Virtual Money

The folks at Terra Nova have figured the value of the inworld currency for a number of virtual worlds – and Monopoly and put it all in a nice little table. I feel I have to mention Monopoly separately as…

Christen Booth
November 22, 2006

Found, notrant, SecondLife, technology

Sorting Through the CopyBot Conundrum

Ralph Koster has written one of the more well thought out articles about the emergence of CopyBot and some of the implications for Second Life. The conversation following this article is also very thought provoking and worth a scan to…

Christen Booth
November 16, 2006

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Make Your Next Vacation Virtual

Synthravels wants to be your virtual travel agency the next time you plan a vacation.

Christen Booth
November 11, 2006

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A Tsunami of New Users in SL

Linden Lab is celebrating their 1M account today. Though I am still a young resident, watching the exponential growth of SL over the past six months is nothing short of amazing. LL is forecasting 50,000 new accounts in a single day this week - ALT accounts or not, it is hard to dispute how rapidly things are growing. Kudos to the LL team of their heroic efforts as they stand in the path of such a large wave. Pull out the surfboards!

Christen Booth
October 18, 2006

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Play an RPG in an MMORPG

Scripted dice now make it possible to play D&D in the virtual world of Second Life. How many virtual steps can one take from "reality"?

Christen Booth
October 16, 2006

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Fabjectory

Fab-ja-wha? Print your virtual creations to the real world with Fabjectory’s service that will print your SecondLife avatar as a 3D tangible thing. Definitely a vanity purchase, but I would be tempted if I wasn’t afraid of discovering that my…

Christen Booth
September 13, 2006