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Closer and Closer!

04 Jul 2009 14:28:30 PDT

Written by daleinnis
With the announcement that Ray Kurzweil is giving the introductory keynote address at this year’s SLCC (Second Life Community Convention), there’s been some resurgence of the whole “Are Second Life and AI and nanobots and stuff going to transform the world tomorrow, or will we have to w...

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Resource: Second Life Interactive Dendogram Rezzer (SLIDR)

04 Jul 2009 12:27:29 PDT

Written by Lars Juhl Jensen
About half a year ago, I began experimenting with Second Life as a tool for virtual conferences (I should add that my experiences have since improved). However, I believe that imitating real life in a virtual world is not necessarily the best way to use the technology – it may be better to use...

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Second Life contributes to social research

03 Jul 2009 00:20:25 PDT

Written 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...

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Opinion: Pushing the limits

28 Jun 2009 18:52:22 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Gwyn's Home .

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The SLENZ Update – No 105, June 29, 2009

28 Jun 2009 18:36:40 PDT

Written 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*

Original story at slenz (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Microsoft OS X and Apple Windows?

25 Jun 2009 07:35:44 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at commonsensible.net .

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Second Life news and blogs - July 09, 2009

09 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Second Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Broadcast Yourself in a Youtube and Google Universe -- by Neva from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• BOGARTS HOT CLUB IN SL -- by sharonleewindlow from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• A digital place to call your own. -- by Katie Reve from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Librarians - "Does Anybody Still Use Second Life? And If So, How Much Is It Worth Today?"...07.03.09 -- by lonewolflibrarian from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• The SLENZ Update – No 108, July 03, 2009 -- by johnwaugh from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Second Life Quadrant Theory -- by lisa krasker from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Evil Change or Predictable Doldrum? -- by Ⓟ Ari Blackthorne™ from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• An avatar worships -- by angelbearoh from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• SLActions 2009 -- by ana loureiro from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• No SL ban for Australia -- by Daniel Voyager from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed

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Live from the Maryland Biz Expo, Part 1

16 Jun 2009 06:52:39 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Accountingweb.com .

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Opinion: Second Life Still Alive

10 Jun 2009 02:48:21 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Virtual TO Reality .

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Podcast: Philip Rosedale, "Open Source Second Life", O'Reilly Media Open Source Conference, 2007/07/27

09 Jun 2009 19:41:02 PDT

Written 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...

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Online Students at Bryant & Stratton College Will Graduate via Second Life

27 May 2009 12:03:39 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Chronicle of Higher Education .

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Second Life Takes Aim at Skype

19 May 2009 21:00:26 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at GigaOm .

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Opinion: Flickr, and the future of my Second Life

27 Mar 2009 15:14:39 PDT

Written 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...

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'Inside the Lab' Podcast: Meet Long-Time Linden Andrew Meadows

24 Mar 2009 16:45:20 PDT

Written by communities@secondlife.com
Andrew started working with Philip before Linden Lab or Second Life even existed, and in addition to describing what he’s currently focused on, he shares some interesting stories about the early days, including how he went from launching rockets to helping to build the virtual world. Ho...

Original story at LindenLab (Feedburner) .

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How To: Second Life Sculpties - Blender 3d -Edit Mode Basics & Modifier Intro - Part 1

28 Feb 2009 15:19:49 PST

Written 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...

Original story at YouTube .

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How To: Second Life: Builders Guide - Tips and Tricks Vol. 1

12 Feb 2009 11:18:34 PST

Written 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

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How To: Second Life Furry Avatar Tutorial 02.1 - More Eye Textures

25 Jan 2009 09:19:20 PST

Written 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

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How To: Second Life Tutorial: Finding an Avatar, IM, and Accepting a Teleport

20 Jan 2009 13:33:25 PST

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

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Patch: Production Second Life viewer 1.20.16 available now

26 Sep 2008 10:14:02 PDT

Written 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), ...

Original story at Massively .

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Podcast: Philip Rosedale: Open Source, Interoperable Virtual Worlds

25 Sep 2008 23:08:46 PDT

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).

Original story at UgoTrade .

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Second Life residents propose their own solutions to a troubled UI

27 Aug 2008 12:20:02 PDT

Written by Eric Reuters
SECOND LIFE, August 12 (Reuters) - Doug Thompson loved Second Life from the start, but there was one aspect he hated — its notoriously clunky user interface. With three vetted ideas for improving Second Life’s interface, it may be hard to extract the best ideas out of them.

Original story at Reuters .

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Patch: OnRez Viewer Updated

26 Aug 2008 09:56:51 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at OnRez .

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Podcast: Studio One Interview: Teaching Accounting in SL to 700+ Students

12 Aug 2008 09:31:19 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at NMC Campus Observer .

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Patch: Second Life releases new version with 1.19.0 RC0

06 Feb 2008 13:49:58 PST

Written 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 ...

Original story at MMORPG blog .

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Pet Shop Boys to play live in Second Life - Side-Line

27 Jun 2007 21:06:02 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Side-Line .

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Patch: Today in Second Life - Wednesday 24 January, 2007.

24 Jan 2007 19:01:00 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Cinematical .

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