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Mixed Reality
An article on Friday by Des Moines Second Life Music Examiner Jen Harvey raises an important issue: the growing reality of mixed reality. If you don’t know what mixed reality is, don’t feel badly. It’s going to be a huge … Continue reading
Using multiple Second Life viewers simultaneously – part 4
In this picture, multiple avatars logged onto a single computer ponder the problem of using multiple avatars logged onto multiple computers. We discussed these options in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series.. One thing we haven’t … Continue reading
Using multiple Second Life viewers simultaneously – part 3
In Part 1, we discussed using multiple computers to use multiple Second Life avatars and viewers simultaneously. It has the advantage of having a much lower impact on computer performance than using a single computer, but also has two major … Continue reading
Using multiple Second Life viewers simultaneously – part 2
In Part 1, you learned several ways to log several avatars onto Second Life simultaneously on a single computer. Now, in Part 2, you’ll learn how to set the target so you can run multiple instances of the viewer simultaneously, … Continue reading
Using multiple Second Life viewers simultaneously – part 1
It’s common for Second Life members to have multiple avatars, but many don’t know that they can easily have several of their avatars logged on simultaneously. When you try to log on with a second avatar, you get an error … Continue reading
University of Texas’ major move into Second Life
Colleges and universities are experimenting with ways to use Second Life to enhance their educational offerings and recently this column featured the program at Texas State Technical College that allows students to earn an AA degree with classes taken entirely … Continue reading
Debugging Second Life performance problems
Your avatar tries to walk, but goes nowhere, then after finally making some progress suddenly gets whipped backward. If it continues happening, what should you do? Problems like this are examples of lag, and can be caused by either the … Continue reading
Pop Art Lab celebrates its first birthday
"Some people say Second Life is just a dollhouse," Mankind Tracer told dancers during a break between songs while performing at Pop Art Lab’s first birthday bash on Saturday. He was quoting cynics who question the seriousness of virtual worlds … Continue reading
Second Life 911 WTC Memorial pictures
Today mourners gathered all day at Second Life’s 911 WTC Memorial site to pay respects to the 3,000 people who died on September 11, 2001. The ten pictures belown were all taken at the memorial site today. Second Life members … Continue reading
Second Life: Dollhouse or Reality?
This weekend I heard someone say, "Second Life is just a dollhouse where people spend their time dressing avatar dolls and furnishing virtual houses!" Someone else insisted, "Second Life is a game for people who don’t want to admit they’re … Continue reading →