Second Life

Journey into Second Life

Source: boiseblog (WordPress)

I am new to the virtual world in Second Life.  After watching some YouTube videos on SL, I realized that I, too, could capture screen shots of my Second Life adventure.  In addition, I could capture virtual presentation tools, SL equivalents of PowerPoints, in action.  Perhaps video vignet...

Published 5 hours ago

Sony, Microsoft Begin Battle of Virtual Worlds

Source: Slashdot

Slatterz writes "Sony and Microsoft are poised to do battle in virtual worlds. The console kids both announced Second Life-style virtual environments at the Tokyo Game Show today. Both games show striking similarities to Linden Lab's creation. Players are represented by avatars which l...

Published Fri, Oct 10

Second Life Faces Other-wordly Competition

Source: InformationWeek

A slew of companies, ranging in size from tiny startups to Google, are springing up virtual worlds of their own to challenge Second Life's dominance of the small but growing market.

Published Fri, Oct 10

About Biome

Source: simbioticbiome (WordPress)

Biome actually consists of two islands in the virtual world Second Life, Biome and Biome II.  Owned by Northern Michigan University, they are maintained by Dr. Carolyn Lowe of the NMU School of Education.  Dr. Lowe is known by the name Clowey Greenwood in Second Life.  Please call me Clowey "in...

Published Thu, Oct 9

Lead your party to (make-believe) victory

Source: The Globe and Mail

In the United States, young people, many of them lifelong video-game players, are engaged in an election unlike any other. This week, teens got together in Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world, to watch Barack Obama and John McCain debate. There is a Video Game Voters Network, s...

Published Thu, Oct 9

Friday Happenings

Source: virtuallydressed (WordPress)

Impressione is a full service virtual worlds marketing agency, offering the complete range of services to develop your brand, both in-world and out. Several Reminders about activities on Friday, October 10, 2008 View towards Emerald City Magic of O

Published Thu, Oct 9

Boulanger3D

Source: Ambling in Second Life

I was first alerted to this sim by an article in that veritable treasure trove of virtual tittle-tattle, Virtual Worlds News. There have been precious few atomic world companies coming into Second Life recently, so I was intrigued to read: "The French retail company Boulanger announced...

Published Thu, Oct 9

Microsoft, Sony will Launch Competing Virtual Worlds

Source: Sci-Tech Today

Both companies are hoping their virtual worlds will capture gamers who have been visiting Linden Lab's Second Life in droves. Second Life features a cyber universe where players create digital versions of themselves, called avatars, and then build relationships, attend social gathe...

Published Thu, Oct 9