1. Second Life educator extraordinaire, Jokay Wollongong, is having a Eurovision party this coming Sunday. 2. Caleb Booker has an interesting article on funerals and virtual worlds. He links to a YouTube vid of an incident a few years back in World of Warcraft that I'd seen before, as a basis of showing how mindsets have changed about the death of avatars and their real world … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Need to create terrain on an OpenSim grid? This tutorial may help in a big way. Microsoft is also taking note of ReactionGrid, an OpenSim grid. 2. Here's an interesting perspective on Linden Lab's adult content changes in recent months. It's not hard to imagine Linden Lab have a very close eye on the US Congress and its views on virtual worlds. 3. The MacArthur … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The official Linden Lab blog is showcasing elite graduate business school INSEAD's presence in Second Life. When I jumped in for a look there were INSEAD reception staff on duty and not a bot in sight. 2. Via James Dellow, a new study is out on children and virtual worlds. The full presentation / report is here and is an extremely useful look at the area from a solid … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Linden Lab have released a PDF Quickstart Guide for new Second Life users. 2. Dancing Ink Productions have released a new documentary about a virtual journalism project: The Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo. You can watch it here: 3. Sky News in the UK has pulled the plug on their island in Second Life. As Sigmund Leominster says: Virtual world … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Italian Earthquake Benefit in Second Life
I won't embellish this announcement from Australian Second Life resident, Rebelmuum Slade, on a fundraiser being held tomorrow morning at 6am AEST (1pm SL time): When disaster strikes the global community of SL unites in love and acts fast. One of the wonders of this marvellous community is the closeness of people from all over the globe. Last week our Italian friends were … [Read more...] about Italian Earthquake Benefit in Second Life