With the upcoming five year anniversary of Second Life's public existence, there'll be plenty of editorialising and we're not about to miss out. Below are the key achievements and challenges arising from Second Life's first five years. The achievements: 1. Changing the landscape There's no doubt that Second Life broke some serious new ground over the past five years. It was … [Read more...] about What has Second Life achieved in five years?
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SL5B Keynotes and roundtables schedule confirmed
Linden Lab have finalised the schedule for the 5th anniversary celebrations. One event that caught my eye was the discussion scheduled with Tom Boellstorff, author of 'Coming of Age in Second Life'. I did a short review of the book on the latest podcast and in my opinion it's one of the more interesting reads on Second Life in recent years. Check the full schedule out here. … [Read more...] about SL5B Keynotes and roundtables schedule confirmed
Linden Lab’s new CEO speaks
Well, he writes a few paragraphs at least, on the Official Linden Blog. It's a fairly lucid description of his first week, with the standout line for me being: "Inworld collaboration is going to be a killer application" Yes indeed it is - when it's working and even then it's not so killer when you're living so far away from the SL servers - that's an issue I'm hoping is on … [Read more...] about Linden Lab’s new CEO speaks
Second Life’s Fifth Anniversary: it’s about culture
Linden Lab have unveiled their theme for Second Life's fifth anniversary celebrations. “Celebrating the cultural diversity of Second Life” is it and residents are invited to create exhibits - applications close soon. An Aussie culture exhibit anyone? All the details here. … [Read more...] about Second Life’s Fifth Anniversary: it’s about culture
Virtual lips and law enforcement
Two interesting but totally unrelated pieces of information: 1. For the academically inclined, the Virtually Blind blog has an excellent piece on virtual law enforcement with a link to the paper written by a Dutch Assistant Professor at the University of Leiden, Bart Schermer. It's a fascinating read best summed up in Schermer's own words: From this article we may conclude … [Read more...] about Virtual lips and law enforcement