We're really proud to announce the opening of our new in-world presence in Second Life. It's been quite a number of months in the making. Our aim with the new presence was to have a multi-purpose facility that could be used for in-world information sharing. Our old presence had its limitations although we had a number of groups utilise it for events. With the new build, we … [Read more...] about Our new Second Life HQ
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Episode 8 of TMJ Podcast – WA Police, quests as education and zoning
This episode consists of a discussion between Feldpar Epstein, Graham Sabre and myself on the recent WA Police foray into Second Life, some interesting education applications of both social and gaming virtual worlds, and the challenges of zoning land in Second Life. We also announce the winner of our L$5000 forum sign-up competition. [display_podcast] For details on how to … [Read more...] about Episode 8 of TMJ Podcast – WA Police, quests as education and zoning
SLCN – trademark challenges
As this post by Benjamin Duranske alludes to, Linden lab have requested an extension of time to determine if they'll oppose SLCN registering their name as a trademark. The extension may lead to not much at all in that Linden Lab may decide not to challenge. We've discussed the trademark issue previously and the situation isn't getting any less vexed. We contact SLCN for … [Read more...] about SLCN – trademark challenges
Australians in Second Life Update – murky growth
As we mentioned yesterday, the level of detail in metrics supplied by Linden Lab has declined significantly. The last time we were able to report actual numbers of active Australian Second Life users, there's been a bounce back to a little over twelve thousand. There's no longer a country breakdown for active avatars. Instead, there's 'active user hours' by country. For July … [Read more...] about Australians in Second Life Update – murky growth
WA Police “Step Forward” into Second Life: detractors in hot pursuit.
The WA Police “Step Forward” Virtual Recruiting Pavilion was launched this week in Second Life. The plan is for the pavilion to be run during a three month trial period, after which this method of recruiting will be reviewed. "Trudi Karu" and "Dreibergs Lannock" are the avatar names of the recruiting police who will be attending the pavilion at various times over the weeks to … [Read more...] about WA Police “Step Forward” into Second Life: detractors in hot pursuit.