Treet TV are ground-breakers and Australia-based ones at that. I've been following them since mid-2007 (original profile here) when they were the Second Life Cable Network (SLCN), and they've been plugging away ever since, growing to arguably the world's most credible and prolific virtual world TV production outfit. I say plugging away because even though they have a pretty … [Read more...] about Interview – Treet TV’s Wiz Nordberg and Texas Timtam
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Second Life in a web browser: beta launches
With minimal fanfare, Linden Lab have launched a beta of their 'Second Life in a browser' offering AKA Project Skylight. Found here, you can sign-up and check it out in a session lasting up to an hour. As always, Tateru Nino has scoped it out in detail, noting that not surprisingly it's a bandwidth hungry beast and that once you watch the 45-second intro video a selection … [Read more...] about Second Life in a web browser: beta launches
UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge Grand Final: a triumph
Over the past year, one of the most extensive and impressive virtual world art projects has been undertaken. I've written about it repeatedly here, for three reasons. First, it's an Australian initiative driven by the University of Western Australia. Second, the scope of the project was enormous, encouraging submissions across a range of mediums. Third, the passion of the … [Read more...] about UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge Grand Final: a triumph
Diabetes, Second Life and health outcomes
This story appeared over at Metaverse Health originally. The Boston University Medical Center continues its work on health and virtual worlds, succeeding in gaining a US$950,000 grant from the US National Library of Medicine. The funding is for a study on the efficacy of using Second Life for Type 2 Diabetes education with African-American women versus more traditional … [Read more...] about Diabetes, Second Life and health outcomes
One click can make all the difference
Linden Lab is cutting the Second Life Community Gateways programme from August 19 (giving Community Gateway operators just 18 hours notice of the pending termination). If you haven’t been through the Second Life orientation lately, you might not even be clearly aware of what the programme is. The idea was simple enough. Since the Lab didn’t care to have a full-time employee … [Read more...] about One click can make all the difference