Kevin Alderman’s Eros LLC, a Florida company devoted to mature content which started operating in Second Life way back when, has been the star attraction before. Alderman, also known as Stroker Serpentine in Second Life, has been well-known for his successful, adult business ventures, as well as two successful legal actions for virtual environment based copyright/trademark … [Read more...] about Class action lawsuit leveled against Second Life’s Linden Lab
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Virtual sex steps up a notch: JoyRiact
Today whilst completing out weekly news roundup, I stumbled across a press release from a Swiss company promoting the late 2009 release of a suite of net-connected sex toys under the banner JoyRiact. The press release contains the usual healthy dose of hyperbole, but it seems Second Life is key market and JoyRiact claim to have some events planned in-world. The demo video … [Read more...] about Virtual sex steps up a notch: JoyRiact
VastPark: community collaboration for enterprise
VastPark have announced the launch of VastPark 3C (Community Collaboration Centre), which "connects an easy-to-use social network platform with an immersive real time meeting system, allowing users to self organise within a collaborative environment." It's another noteworthy integrated virtual worlds / social media entry into the enterprise market - like its competitors … [Read more...] about VastPark: community collaboration for enterprise
Second Life offers enterprise solution
It's been rumoured for months now, but Linden Lab have finally confirmed that they've entered the alpha phase of "a server solution that is completely disconnected from the main Second Life environment with all of the rich functionality in the box." As far as virtual worlds and enterprise, it doesn't get much bigger than this. The announcement has a bunch of significant … [Read more...] about Second Life offers enterprise solution
Group instant messaging and successful meetings in Second Life
Linden Lab have posted two useful stories on their blog that are worth passing on. The first is a heads-up on a Knowledge Base article on how to instant message a group of up to 20 of your friends without them being in a group you've created. The second is a look at how an in-world meeting was held for 160 people in Second Life. The standout sentence for me was: Gronstedt … [Read more...] about Group instant messaging and successful meetings in Second Life