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July 11th, 2008

Is Google’s lively the end of Second Life?

Do you know Google’s Lively?
In short, you create an avatar and chat with your friends in room that you design. A simple 3D web, if you want.
Some people think that Lively will be the end of Second Life. I don’t.
Sibley Verbeck, Electric Sheep Company’s CEO, commented that Google’s lively will not be a threat to […]

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July 10th, 2008

IBM and Second Life interoperability

This is great news: IBM announced interoperability between Virtual Worlds, and Second Life in particular.
Lots of sources commented on this:
Cisco calls it a mayor interoperability milestone.
Virtual world news is warm about it: “Linden Lab will start an Open Grid Public Beta in July, making the Second Life Preview Grid available with Open Grid Protocol support […]

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July 10th, 2008

We all love Mitch Kapor

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We all love Mitch Kapor!
Well, not exactly, of course, but anyway: I greatly respect Mitch Kapor, and lots of other people agree with me.
That’s why there is so much about his recent Keynote at the fifth SL birthday event (SL5B):
- A new Torley Linden documentary on Mitch Kapor
(“… mighty Mitch Kapor went out of […]

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July 9th, 2008

Peopling the virtual world

Ariella Furman makes real money in virtual worlds. How? Building presences in Second Life, using her film and media arts degree.
He was fascinated by Disney World when she went there for her first summer vacation as a college graduate, and when she got back to Ivyland, in Bucks County, she decided to invest her time […]

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July 7th, 2008

Brazil in Second Life?

I know that Brazil has a very active SL community, as well as relatively huge business efforts.
Look at this overview of the Brazil Second Life activity.

Wagner James Au explains us that the Pontos de Cultura movement  did put together two big efforts, one of which is the Centrol Cultural Bradesco, “a Second Life venue owned […]

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July 4th, 2008

SL5B Closing Keynote by Mitch Kapor: Monday 9am PST

Lots of events and stuff for Second Life fifth’s birthday (SL5B).
Interesting enough, there will be a closing Keynote by Mitch Kapor, on Monday, July 7th, at 9am PST.
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend, but I really hope that somebody will be able to tell me everything about it!
Mitch Kapor is a great man: […]

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July 2nd, 2008

Is Second Life falling?

Interesting comments on Second Life statistics by superb Wagner James Au.
This is the economic stats page, if you want to check it out by yourself.
Some considerations:
1) Premium accounts fell from 92,000 in January to 88,000 in may.
2) On the other hand, total users hours grew from 28,200,000 hours in January to almost 32,000,000 in May, […]

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July 1st, 2008

Ecology in Second Life? Yes indeed!

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Saint-Gobain, a mirror, glass, and high-performance material manufacturer, set up a presence in Second Life, thanks to Stonfield InWorld.
Main reason is (bold is mine):
“…to share ideas and invent their next generation of products with a great focus on sustainable development.”
More informations here.
Sustainable development, green initiatives, and such, have a great opportunity in Second Life: they […]

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July 1st, 2008

The next killer app: why Cisco loves Second Life

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Cisco’s CEO John Chambers believes in Second Life: here’s a long interview. (Q&A on Cisco’s blog)
Basically, he compares SL to the early internet, when Cisco’s predictions about the future were not taken for granted. After years, the power of Internet came along, and it changed the world forever.
Now, in John Chambers’ words:
“very often if there […]

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June 30th, 2008

Assorted links

Twelve cool tips for interior design.
Habbos create 100th million avatar (Second Life, are you listening?)
The super secret SEX diary of Philip Linden (very fun!)
Men shares more than women (aha!)
Real jobs in virtual worlds (check them out!)
Ophelia’s gaze: free fashion items for all (even italian ones!)
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