Second Life

By davidkirkpatrick But the virtual world Second Life does. Researchers from the University of Michigan have taken advantage of this unique information to study how “gestures” make their way through this online community. Gestures are code snippets that Second Life avatars must acquire in order to make mot...

By Daniel Voyager “Linden Lab has received no indications from the Australian government that it plans to block Second Life and will keep our community apprised of any developments on that front. In the meantime, we want to assure Australian Residents that Second Life remains accessible and functioning...

By nazzlane “How many artists are exhibiting?” “That would be wonderful, thank you.” “On the top floor we have an SL artist celebrity … do you know Feathers Boa?” Katerina asked. I waited for the two ladies to sit before settling my virtual self onto a cushion. “This is a very nice set up.”

By Gwyneth Llewelyn But at least I have to share with you something. Great changes are ahead for the SL client (and hopefully for the simulator software too). We’re not going to see much yet about those, because 2009 is still a “stability” year for Linden Lab, which means that most of their teams are focusing on ma...

By johnwaugh Finally, as an afterthought, I think money could be well spent on doing research on Second Life residents and Second Life bloggers to see whether they have a higher propensity for hysteria  and apranoia than the average person who doesn’t get “addicted” to SecondLife. *grin*

By Virtual Neko One year ago today, a little Neko blog was born into a virtual world called Second Life. What Do Nekos Do in Second Life? How Did the Virtual Neko Blog Come to Be? One year ago today, a little Neko blog was born into a virtual world called Second Life. At t

By Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ Linden Lab releases it’s own ‘after-market’ viewer, which I find funny, especially since I had just run the gambit on after-market viewers for Second Life Grid in my most previous post. Now in addition to the “official” Second Life viewer from Linden Lab (LL), said company releases anoth...

By Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ Viewer links: GreenLife Emerald (Windows; Mac; Linux)Kirsten’s Viewer (Windows; Mac)SL Cool Viewer (Windows; Mac; Linux)Meerkat Viewer (Windows; Mac; Linux)Gemini Viewer (Windows) Art: Jeri Marie; Skills Hak; Nalates Urriah

 OH In yesterday's session on Second Life, the creator of Second Life, Philip Linden, popped in to the virtual session. Linden stated that he believes Second Life will replace a portion of business travel in the coming years. He sees Second Life expansion ...

By JohnnyRS I still think SL has some promises but there are some major competition coming up this and next year. I think Second Life will still be the best virtual world for user created content. Some of the upcoming virtual worlds may get more advertisers from big companies, though. That could get more u...

By daviding Second Life is not a game – it is a social, interactive, 3D version of the Internet. It has so far been developed and hosted by Linden Lab, but the vision for the future of Second Life requires more resources to realize than any one company can provide. In this talk from the O’Reilly Open Source C...

By Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ For the most part, the vast majority of residents have followed-through on this self-policing decree and the grid has been more or less loosely segregated between PG and Mature spaces and regions (sims). From Adult Content Changes in Summary - Features - Second Life Blogs]

By Marc Beja On June 10, approximately 40 students in the institution’s online-degree program will sign on to Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world, where they will watch computer simulations of the college’s vice president and a student speaker address them before their names, degree...

By Gwyneth Llewelyn A few of us who are in Second Life® mostly for business have long ago complained to Linden Lab, in the years of 2005 and 2006 mostly, how little they cared about businesses in SL, and how little effort they put in expanding and opening the virtual world to healthy business from the real world.

By Wagner James Au Second Life creator Linden Lab will announce on Wednesday that SL users have generated 15 billion voice minutes on their internal avatar-to-avatar VoIP service since the product was launched 18 months ago, and are now forecast to do 15 billion total voice minutes in 2009. By contrast, Sk...

 CA China's virtual goods economy, the largest in the world, is worth $800 million and growing 30 percent a year, estimates Shaun Rein, managing director at China Market Research Group. In Second Life, one of the biggest US-based virtual economies, ...

By rss@youtube.com (rocozadesigns) Author: rocozadesigns Keywords: rocoza designs martie crandell lydia milner rocoza homewood second life the tech virtual international museum day icom meetings confernces how to machinima Added: May 2, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (LuxeLemon) Author: LuxeLemon Keywords: SL Second Life Shirt t-shirt tshirt photoshop tutorial clothes avatar Added: April 28, 2009

By communities@secondlife.com Today, we've published a working draft of the definitions for PG, Mature and Adult here. We want to continue the discussion about our definitions and then finalize them by the end of April. The forums will stay up through the end of this process so we can continue to hear your feedback.  Next we...

By Landsend Korobase I had the same thought I’ve had before about people with serious real world disabilities when I first met her: Why does she openly say she’s deaf - both through her chosen name and her profile - when she can largely get past that limitation in this virtual world? Besides the voice issue, I can...

By landsendkorobase I know though that part of me will always be Landsend Korobase, and she will exist until Second Life no longer exists. She is me - in particular the free and extroverted aspects of myself that often get muted in real life due to heavy and constant responsibilities. All her history, mistakes, a...

By rss@youtube.com (BlenderSL) Tutorial 3 of 4 in this beginner's series, explaining the basic use of Blender 3d to created 'Sculpted Prims' for Second Life. This tutorial walks you through some simple Edit Mode commands, as well as the basics of Blender's Modifiers, and continues with some simple Edit Mode mesh manipu...

http://www.itcnetwork.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=214 Session notes for a featured session at the ITC eLearning conference, a debate on: are "Virtual Worlds are the Second Life for Online Learning"? This post is a live blog of discussion.

By rss@youtube.com (mysteryn11) DCS2 (http://www.dcs2.org) is a combat system used in role-play and combat environments in Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com). We use it in Sunnydale SL (http://www.sunnydale-sl.com), the role-playing sim based on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. In this video we intro...

By rss@youtube.com (SmokeyMcPiEcE) Learn how to create a transparent (Alpha) Image in photoshop with two methods, Easy and Advanced. Visit http://Level2Online.info for Guides, Reviews, and more. Author: SmokeyMcPiEcE Keywords: SL Second Life Textures targa 32bit png transparent level 2 Online Added: February 15, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (SmokeyMcPiEcE) Volume one of the Level 2 Online SL Guides: Using the Grid Author: SmokeyMcPiEcE Keywords: Second Life Secondlife Build Builders guide guide tips and tricks Level 2 Online Level 2 Added: February 12, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (ZombieZephyr) An addition to tutorial number 2. Just a quick modification to have "outer" eyes, as I call them, and the benefits/problems with these vs. normal eyes. Author: ZombieZephyr Keywords: second life furry avatar tutorial photoshop Added: January 25, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (bwhit30) Author: bwhit30 Keywords: IMteleport Added: January 20, 2009

By Mike Fahey Furries in Second Life are actually anthropomorphic animals - animals given human shape, walking on two legs. There are several popular places in Second Life to purchase furry avatars - Luskwod, Lost Furrest, and Curious Inc., where Uchi Desmoulins has been teasing fans with a house cat f...

Dec 31 2008 The Start of a Central Information Source for Writers in Second Life Posted by Joan Kremer I confess: When I first saw the news item about Second Life in The Writer magazine’s most recent issue, I was a bit ticked off — and then my holier-than-thou self-righteousness took over a...

By Alan Levine We invited Angela to talk about her recent work on Virtual Macbeth, a deeply immersive Second Life experience designed to create a feeling for the visitor of the influences on and psychology of being "inside" Macbeth's head. The NMC Virtual Worlds team built the entire project and brough...

By Katt Linden If you have story ideas for the “Stories from Second Life” series, please email them to presscontact@secondlife.com with “Stories from Second Life” in the subject line. Special thanks to Torley Linden.        Hi, Katt Linden here to introduce the next installment of Linden Lab’s new podc...

By Jon p2pnet news view | Games:- When their Second Life, “computer-generated selves clapped eyes on each other,” it was, “love at first sight”. Says the story »»» Ms Taylor said: “He never did anything in real life, but I had my suspicions about what he was doing in Second Life.”

By keystonesl As I roam the virtual frontier, I’m occasionally asked for advice about establishing a presence in Second Life, and I share the same bits of advice time and again. I thought I would share a summary of these points here for any readers considering the same, and invite comments, corrections o...

3 New Levels in Second Life Educational Openspaces Educational Islands. 3 New Levels in Second Life Educational Openspaces Educational Islands In my ... Second Life Gambling Update. Linden Labs has released and updated gambling policy. ...

By Joan Kremer Sep 29 2008 Poets: A Wealth of Open Mics Await You in Second Life (1st in a series) Posted by: Joan Kremer in First Life, Second Life, open mic, writers resources, writing community Roughly eight months ago, I tiptoed around a hedge and peaked at my first poetry reading in Second Life.  I was s...

« Poets: A Wealth of Open Mics Await You in Second Life (1st in a series) Oct 05 2008 Help! I’m an Introverted Writer in an Extraverts’ World! Posted by: Joan Kremer in First Life, writers in virtual worlds, writers resources, writing contest Methinks it used to be far easier to be an introv...

By Tateru Nino A new Second Life viewer is available. Not a release candidate, but an update to the 1.20 series -- what's generally referred to as an 'official' or production viewer. The version number for this release is 1.20.16 (97603), ...

Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield interviewed Second Life founder and Chairman of the Board, Philip Rosedale, at the Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, Florida.  The Rosedale interview is available here (pictures above are Philip Rosedale and his avatar).

By Mike DeBenedittis (Brewguy Beck) I’m pleased to announce an update to the OnRez Viewer for Second Life. This release includes the most recent Linden Lab Viewer updates combined with the OnRez user interface and enhancement features. An update will be automatically offered when you start the OnRez Viewer. You can also down...

By CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) He did laugh when I asked, “So what do accountants do in Second Life?” but quickly responded, “We count things!” Actually, as he shared, accountants are pretty active, with CPA Island and recent events like “XBRL and the International Future of Financial Reporting”. There is also an Seco...

By CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) A stunning new Second Life art show will be opening this Saturday on NMC Campus. “Kiss the Sky” is the definitive exhibition of Hyperformalism in the world of Second Life®, and is a brand new collection of Second Life art curated by DC Spensley (aka DanCoyote Antonelli). Virtual worlds are a...

By Jerry Weinstein With the recent announcement that Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale was stepping down, only a few months after the departure of CTO Cory Ondrejka, it's time to consider Second Life: The Next Generation. If ever there was a textbook example of the Gartner Hype Cycle look no further than this vi...

By Tateru Nino The latest Leopard release for Macs (10.5.2) fixes many issues with Second Life on the MacBookPro (though you may have to run the update twice). A new Windlight First Look viewer was released - 1.19.0(79674). Linden Lab updated the ...

By Charles D. Second Life virtual life MMO game - Image 1 With the release of the new version of Second Life, a lot of changes were implemented since the last build with version 1.18.5.3. The virtual life MMO game has recently released the new 1.19.0 ...

By magnusgrafex Linden Labs has announced that although they did nothing to combat the QuickTime vulnerability in Second Life, Apple Inc has finally released a patch for the flaw. Linden Labs is strongly urging that you patch Apple QuickTime because ...

By Caleb Booker This has intellectual property rights implications as well. It's entirely normal for an email service to say that they don't own the emails you write, but neither do they make guarantees that your emails will never be lost. Backing up emails is a normal thing to do; you'd hate for the only cop...

Pet Shop Boys to play live in Second Life  Belgium - The online virtual world Second Life is hosting a free festival through their site on Saturday 30th June. This will be the first festival of its kind and a ...

By Tateru Nino 29,192 new signups bringing us to 2,910,587 signups total.A peak concurrency of 26,492 at 1:50PM, and a minimum concurrency of 13,065 at 2:13AM. Average concurrency for the day was 19,280.A patch to allow PNG file format images to be uploaded as textures was submitted to Linden Lab for asse...

 - Second Life developer Linden Lab announced the delayed release of its v1.13.2 update originally scheduled for today. According to the company, ...