Aussie Second Life resident, Shai Khalifa, has posted an interesting piece on our discussion forums. As Shai writes, she had been a Second Life resident since September 2006. Technical problems, the lowering of sim pricing and the Openspaces issue led to her making a full migration to Openlife. Shai goes on to put the case for Openlife having a greater sense of community, … [Read more...] about Migration to Openlife: one story
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2008 predictions review
A year ago we made some predictions on virtual worlds from an Australian perspective, and it's time to review them: 2008 - how did we go? Prediction 1: Australia will see its first legal action in regards to a virtual world - Second Life is likely to be the battlefield and it’s likely to involve an intellectual property dispute or financial regulation issues. Fail - there … [Read more...] about 2008 predictions review
The View from a Wheelchair
Australian Second Life resident, Seshat Czeret, provides her second guest post. Thanks Seshat! There is always a lot of talk about 'accessibility', so-called 'making things usable for the disabled'. You also hear a lot about phrases like 'discrimination', 'equal opportunity' and 'political correctness'. It can be difficult to work out what is actually needed to help a … [Read more...] about The View from a Wheelchair
Interview – Lee Hopkins, Business Communicator and PhD Student (Part 2)
Continuing on with our discussion (Part 1 can be found here), we discuss brand identity in virtual worlds, get deep into a discussion of virtual world PhD research and talk about governmental cluelessness. Lowell: One of the more controversial aspects of business in virtual worlds is brand identity. For regular virtual world users, the overt imposition of brand awareness … [Read more...] about Interview – Lee Hopkins, Business Communicator and PhD Student (Part 2)
Blonde goes to heaven
A Blonde was sent on her way to Heaven. Upon arrival, a concerned St Peter met her at the Pearly Gates. 'I'm sorry,' St Peter said; 'But Heaven is suffering from an overload of goodly souls and we have been forced to put up an Entrance Exam for new arrivals to ease the burden of Heavenly Arrivals.' 'That's cool' said the blonde, 'What does the Entrance Exam consist … [Read more...] about Blonde goes to heaven