Australian machinima producer and virtual worlds observer, Skribe Forti, has created a very interesting review of mirror world Twinity. It seems a balanced piece that covers both the strengths and weaknesses of Twinity, which is currently in beta: What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Skribe's summary of Twinity? … [Read more...] about Another perspective on Twinity
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A quick tour of Sony’s virtual world – Home
Below is a great end-user tour of Sony's Home virtual world for Playstation 3. There's a lot to like about the graphics and parts of the user interface with Home. It's certainly thrown down the gauntlet to Microsoft and Nintendo who have some catching up to do with their consoles. The most obvious question to me when seeing worlds like Home and Twinity, is why would you bother … [Read more...] about A quick tour of Sony’s virtual world – Home
Interview – Skribe Forti
Skribe Forti is an Australian Second Life resident who's got an established track record in machinima that we've covered previously. Last week we finally caught up with Skribe to talk a little more about the power of machinima. Lowell: Can you give a potted history of your involvement with Second Life and more broadly your historical online life? Skribe: I've been in SL … [Read more...] about Interview – Skribe Forti
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