Second Life
The biggest upgrade to Second Life since 2003 occurred yesterday… the release of the Viewer 2 beta. I would highly recommend checking it out; it can be installed alongside the main Second Life viewer, v1.23. There hasn’t been a total user interface overhaul since v1.2 (under a separate numbering system) was released in [...]
Wharton Computing and the Philadelphia Future Salon are proud to present an event, in conjunction with the Wharton Learning Lab’s Evolution of Learning Symposium: Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole. The panel is free for anyone to attend, and we encourage people attending the symposium in the morning to join us after lunch. A [...]
I’m looking for interested developers to help me out with a project. I’ve posted this to [SLED], but figured readers of my blog might be interested in joining the project as well.
I’m trying to assemble a team to create a program which will allow “1 click” conversion of Powerpoint documents to a functional slide screen [...]
Now that I’ve given explained my feelings on the year as a whole, here is a short look at some of the things that either excited me or fell flat on their face during this year.
Proof That Philadelphia is Really the Center of the Metaverse
Philadelphia has a thriving virtual worlds community, and many enthusiasts live [...]
Pretty mundane, eh?
I think everyone is having the same reaction to this news: even though no one is completely shocked, still, wow, they’re pulling the plug already? In case you haven’t heard, Google will be shutting down their first foray into avatar based virtual worlds, Lively, mere months after opening it.
Building retention appeal into [...]
Tim and Jennifer were featured as Second Life experts on CNBC’s On the Money in March, 2006. The footage taken has been re-cut and re-aired frequently on CNBC, MSNBC, and NBC, as well as a documentary on the history of video games and virtual worlds.