Australia is an island continent, so it's not surprising that someone would have an SL island of the same name. Tucked away and un-named in an SL search result is an interesting commercial venture that is simply called "Australia". Whilst the island is not in the shape of Australia yet, its developer, Richard Tripp, has plans to terraform to the Australian shape in the near … [Read more...] about Australia? There is at least one in SL.
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Criticism of Second Life – same old, same old
Jokay Wollongong provides an interesting story on an education symposium she attended and she made one point around how online learning guru Stephen Downes reeled off the usual litany of criticisms of SL, ones we all experience: lag, lack of interoperability with other virtual worlds and the issue of boundaries/rules in a metaverse context. All totally legitimate criticisms and … [Read more...] about Criticism of Second Life – same old, same old
Interview – LukeConnell Vandeverre, World Stock Exchange
The World Stock Exchange (WSE) is a SL business that tends to garner a lot of attention. As the only stock exchange its role in the financial life of SL is significant. And like any institution involved in finance, contention is easy to find about that institution's role in the broader community. First, some context. Luke Connell is an Australian who is known as LukeConnell … [Read more...] about Interview – LukeConnell Vandeverre, World Stock Exchange
Speed building in Second Life
If you've ever wanted to see a large build in a short amount of time, then watch this. SL resident and Urban Planning student Lordfly Digeridoo tracked his own progress over a week timespan building a 6000-prim replication of a real-life area. I hope he got the marks he deserved. What the video accentuates as well is some of the shortfalls of SL's building tools - there's a … [Read more...] about Speed building in Second Life
VastPark
VastPark is essentially a 3D-interactive workspace for game developers, business or anyone wanting to create 3D content. It's a business fronted by Australian, CEO Bruce Joy. Using the VastPark site builder you drag in a 3D model from your modelling application and go from there. There's a good overview provided on how VastPark works here, and the first thing that occurred to … [Read more...] about VastPark