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Ancient Mayan city in Second Life
Let’s agree upfront that visiting a virtual Chichen Itza can’t come close to visiting the real thing, but few of us will visit the real Chichen Itza even once in our lives. A virtual Chichen Itza has the advantage of … Continue reading
Greenlife Emerald Viewer – radar, teleport history, and build options
A few days ago I gave my first impressions of the Greenlife Emerald Viewer, an alternate Second Life viewer; today I’m examining a few more of its features. Bianca Kendall reported two particularly useful features of the viewer: radar and … Continue reading
Burning Life 2009 preview – part two
While taking pictures in the Burning Life-Limbo sim, I met two builders who exemplify one of the things I like best about Second Life: it’s global nature. We come from all over the globe, nearly every country, and speaking a … Continue reading
Greenlife Emerald Viewer – first impressions
I’ve been using the Greenlife Emerald Viewer for Second Life recently and I like it, although I’ve only begun exploring its features. The first thing you notice is the different login screen. The photos are different – and I think … Continue reading
Burning Life 2009 preview – part one
Burning Life 2009 is coming! It will be open October 17-25, but beginning today I’m publishing a series of previews of what you’ll see. Based on the famous Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Second Life‘s Burning Life festival … Continue reading
Virtual Goods Panel
Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale and Chief Product Officer Tom Hale were joined recently by Second Life residents Harper Beresford and JeanieSing Trilling in a mixed reality panel at the Virtual Goods Conference in San Jose, California. Hale and moderator … Continue reading
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A billion hours in Second Life
Linden Lab announced in a press release last week that Second Life users have logged over a billion – that’s 1,000,000,000 – hours in world. That’s the equivalent of 114,000 years! Users came from over 200 countries – over sixty … Continue reading
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Lawsuit against Second Life
Stroker Serpentine (Kevin Alderman) http://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliep/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Can a plumbing company CEO become a millionaire by selling sex toys in a virtual world? Yes, Kevin Alderman has and earlier this month his real world company Eros LLC, along … Continue reading
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
