You may or may not be aware, but early to mid March marks two significant Australian anniversaries in Second Life: a year since the Telstra BigPond and ABC presences in Second Life launched. We'll be writing more on both in coming days, but today I stumbled across another Telstra presence in Second Life. Two islands, Telstra Experience and Telstra Innovation aren't part of … [Read more...] about The Telstra Experience Centre in Second Life
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‘Amazing Worlds’ release pictures and video
I received a media release from Amazing Worlds (formerly Mirror Worlds), to announce some pictures and video of their offering, which is still under development. The photos are located here or check out the video on You Tube : The new information shows that Amazing Worlds is well underway and it certainly has a Second Life feel about it. Because it's touted as a 3D … [Read more...] about ‘Amazing Worlds’ release pictures and video
The psychographics of avatars
The group 'Business Communicators in Second Life' have a fascinating transcript up on their site. It involves market research firm 'Market Truths' who have done some research on avatars and have divided them into six psychographic groups: Team Players, Entrepreneurs, Competitors, Connectors, Chameleons, and Apprehensives. It'll cost you $200US to buy the full report but … [Read more...] about The psychographics of avatars
Cisco’s Second Life launch for network processor
If you're one of those people who get excited by networking hardware, then you may be interested in Cisco's upcoming launch in Second Life of its latest network processor, Quantum. Cisco are not surprisingly being coy about the technical details of the processor prior to the launch - suffice it to say the in-world build has a walk-through area that contains the word … [Read more...] about Cisco’s Second Life launch for network processor
New Second Life business / education tool
Clever Zebra are a well-respected Second Life development company who recently changed their business model to an 'Open Solutions' approach. This week they released a new and free tool called Zebra Presenter. It's an in-world presentation package and having seen a few of them over the past year, this would have to be the best one to date. Check the introductory guide to Zebra … [Read more...] about New Second Life business / education tool