Back in May 2007 we covered the launch of a sim in Second Life called Australia. Up until a month or so ago, things hadn't altered much until the sim's change of ownership when it's previous owner sold due to real-world time contraints. Now run by Australian Second Life developers Top Dingo, there's been a significant remodification. Top Dingo partners Noel Jacobson (SL: Pants … [Read more...] about Australia revamped
Landmarks of note
Zindra: Second Life’s adult continent
As announced on the Linden Lab blog, Second Life residents now have access to the new adult-only continent called Zindra, for the next two weeks. There's already a bunch of Linden-created content up and running, although not surprisingly there are dozens of empty buildings this early on in the piece. I'm a sucker for pretty and Zindra is indeed pretty in places. The real fun … [Read more...] about Zindra: Second Life’s adult continent
The first landmark in Second Life
In Second Life, I'm a bit of a landmark hoarder, and I noticed that I had kept the very first landmark I saved when I became a Second Life resident in 2006. As was common for new residents, I'd saved the location of the casino whose chairs I used to sit in to gain Linden dollars. Those were the days. So, I then decided to visit the landmark itself and found that the University … [Read more...] about The first landmark in Second Life
A Second Life success story: NCI
It has been in Second Life for four years (having just celebrated its fourth anniversary), has over 150 staff, costs about US$13,000 each year to operate, holds 46,592 square metres of Second Life land (and rents quite a bit more), and is among the virtual environment's most well-trafficked organizations. It isn't one of those corporate sites you read about, though. It's a … [Read more...] about A Second Life success story: NCI
Oscar Niemeyer and Second Life
Oscar Niemeyer's work has gained many plaudits over the years and his architecture is now gaining some attention in Second Life, thanks to Hidenori Watanave and a student team from Tokyo Metropolitan University (Kanako Hayashi, Kaname Shimizu, Makiko Suzuki, Ryuta Kawahara and Yohei Nakano). A 3D image database of Brazilian Niemeyer's work is being developed and the team … [Read more...] about Oscar Niemeyer and Second Life