Today saw the closing address by Linden Lab's board Chairman, Mitch Kapor. Dusan Writer has an excellent write up but the take home messages for me were: 1. The announcement of an annual ten thousand dollar prize for achievement in Second life. Judges will be drawn from a wide range of sources including Second Life residents. Here's hoping that 10K is US dollars, not Linden … [Read more...] about SL5B Closure: Annual Prizes and disruptive technology
ViZiMO at Tokyo Metropolitan University
We've covered Hidenori Watanave's work before and we were pointed to an interesting project recently completed at Tokyo Metropolitan University. A three-week workshop was held with the theme 'Translating real space into virtual space', with eighteen students taking part. An application called ViZiMO was used to create the final works, and fascinating those works are: You … [Read more...] about ViZiMO at Tokyo Metropolitan University
$100,000 in virtual learning prizes up for grabs
The New Media Consortium (NMC) have announced they have 100 thousand US dollars available to fund up to twenty "innovative open-source learning experiences". Read all about it here - I get really inspired by the momentum that's behind education in virtual worlds now. … [Read more...] about $100,000 in virtual learning prizes up for grabs
Suite of tutorial videos: land in Second life
Torley Linden has come up with eleven more tutorial videos - find them here … [Read more...] about Suite of tutorial videos: land in Second life
Murdoch University Island in Second Life
Veteran Australian Second Life resident and Murdoch University Library staff member Kathryn Greenhill, has created a very interesting video of Murdoch University's presence in Second Life. It covers the management, ongoing activities and challenges that running an island in Second Life involves. Another good reason to have a look is that the island is closed to the general … [Read more...] about Murdoch University Island in Second Life