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Braving a new world
"Penguin [...] is the first major publisher to dip its toe into the virtual world and, appropriately, it has chosen Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash' as the book with which to test the waters."Whirlpool Lands on Google Earth via SketchUp
"It looks like Appliance maker Whirlpool has become the first big company to upload 3D models of its products to the 3D Warehouse of objects for use in SketchUp, which can in turn be imported intSecond Life Sketches: Digital Shorelines
"I had a history teacher whose favourite saying was that land is expensive because they don’t make it any more. In Second Life, land is expensive because they make it very slowly." Warren ElWhy Pornographers And Gamblers Are Good For Second Life
"...the underworlds of porn and gambling are likely to go down in history for making some of the greatest contributions to emerging virtual worlds, including Second Life."The Surface of the Metaverse
"The appeal of Surface (etc.) for computing tasks, however, will be limited in many commonplace arenas ... the real market for multi-touch is in the world of the Metaverse, especially in the AugNASA Ames' 'Second Life' Blends Cyberspace with Outer Space
"Taking a step into the new frontier, NASA Ames Research Center, under the direction of Simon "Pete" Worden, has launched an island in Second Life..." Better late than never. HaveOne Of The Only Certainties In Life: South Korea To Tax Virtual Assets
"The Korean National Tax Service has announced they will be tacking on value added tax (VAT) to real-money transactions (RMT) in virtual worlds beginning 1 July." Yeah, good luck policing thAnshe Chung to open cross-platform metaverse financial exchange
"...the new market would allow Second Life residents to invest their Linden dollars in Entropia, and vice versa. The new market will also include other virtual worlds such as IMVU." It's staMetaverse Roadmap Report
"... it's the first attempt to synthesize current and emerging social, economic and technological trends around virtual worlds, immersive networks, and ubiquitous information."UK panel urges real-life treatment for virtual cash
"Governments should apply real-world laws and regulations to virtual currencies in online worlds like Second Life to prevent potential money laundering, fraud and tax evasion, a report from a BriIBM Thinking of Virtual Passports
"... the company is considering ways in which avatars might travel between virtual worlds while keeping their essential appearance and possessions intact."Amazon Web Services Opens Second Life Site
"The Amazon islands aren’t quite done yet, Jeff says, but from what I could glean in my visit, they seem to have succeeded in being “very SL-friendly, not overly corporate,” as Jeff says they werEve Online - politics in MMOs
"...the company that makes Eve ... says it will tackle the problem the way a democracy would. In what appears to be a first, the company plans to hold elections so that players can select memberIBM Rolls Its Own Virtual World
"The company is using Garage Games' Torque Game Engine, a low-cost game platform supporting dozens of simultaneous users (about as many as a single Second Life area)."Bringing free software down to earth
"Mark Shuttleworth, software entrepreneur and space tourist, believes that open-source software is not just for geeks." Well, duh. Via reBang.Terra Nova: The State of Second Life
the question has always been open, at least to some ‘resident’s, as to whether owning Second Life means that the residents are thus the only ones with any right to govern it.Delta’s Online Corner » SLeek
A mini-client for Second Life that means you can IM etc without a full GUI client. Sounds great, but Win only.Tips and Tricks For Getting Started in Second Life
Tips and very useful information for newer users of the Second Life 3.D Platform. Includes definitions of most common slang, tip for using the client interface, general navigation and etiquette.Walker Takes Shape
"Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, fresh from the 3D printer and ready for his close-up..." SecondLifer gets a fabbed miniature of his avatar made. The membranes are becoming more permeableFrom Our Man In Second Life
"I note also today that Reuters have embedded a staff reporter in SL [...] They’re not using the term “embedded,” but I am. This is because I am cheap and sensationalistic, and they are Reuters.&Are virtual worlds inhibiting real social progress?
"My concern is what happens to the world while we're waiting to upload into our digital utopias. The more realistic and appealing our virtual worlds, the more I fear people will avoid dealing wit
