Tateru Nino from SL Insider has formulated a brilliant list of locations for new SL users to visit. It's well worth spending some time checking out the locations mentioned. … [Read more...] about Location guide for new users
usability
ABC island hits a snag
ABC island today experienced a significant degradation overnight due to unknown causes. Veteran aussie resident Wolfie Rankin, who is one of the ABC island admins, was offered the whole ABC Sandbox as inventory, which obviously rang some alarm bells. The island looks a little different at present: We'll keep in touch with the ABC's Abi Goldflake to determine further … [Read more...] about ABC island hits a snag
Personal Boundaries in a virtual world
America's National Public Radio (NPR) is running a story on SL called Don't Stand So Close to Me. It looks specifically at the issue of personal space in SL and there's some interesting, if not surprising results: 1. Male avatars tend to keep more distance from each other than when interacting with a female avatar 2. That there's a natural tendency for users of SL to … [Read more...] about Personal Boundaries in a virtual world