Morning!
This just in:
The Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), one of the nation’s premiere science and technology museums, announced the final group of winners of its virtual exhibit design competition in The Tech in Second Life(R), also known as The Tech Virtual. Also announced were the special “Best of” $1,000 cash prizes for Best […]

This is really neat!
To wit:
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about a virtual reality world called Second Life. Now the publishers of this paper have launched their own 3-D experience with the hope that the community can view its news, information, and local businesses in a whole new way.
The vision is called Virtual […]

Got kids?
Got kids who want to learn about Second Life? I highly recommend it - the advances that are being made in virtual worlds (including technology, education, business, etc.) absolutely stagger the mind. So, of course, I’ve researched out resources to help you use Second Life for education as well.
First off, check […]

Utterly amazing.
To wit:
…When Lestat Destiny teleported onto Hillary Island for her daily prayer vigil, she was surprised to see several dozen people milling about. The Second Life virtual headquarters (unofficial) of the Clinton campaign was usually unoccupied, quiet. Yet today it teemed with life.
“I had one of those brief Yay, we can win! moments, […]

Now this goes beyond
cool - to wit:
….If you’re a Second Life player, you know how cumbersome the keyboard and mouse feel when you’re trying to move around that virtual world, interact with others and construct stuff. Second Life creator chairman and designer of groundbreaking spreadsheet software Lotus 1-2-3 Mitch Kapor is experimenting with a […]

I just came
across a neat blog regarding Space at Space CoLab, a place that is “Catalyzing interactions among scientists, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts in the space community”. The owner is using Second Life to host “Yuri’s Night 2008″ - to wit:

“Outer space is eternal and extends indefinitely far out. There is enough room for […]

Virtual Worlds News
just released the following article:
After all the negative press Second Life has gotten in the mainstream media, it’s nice to see a positive (or at least serious) take on the virtual world. Vanity Fair is taking a look at the Gone Gitmo project in Second Life, an effort to re-create the […]

Morning! Check this out
from The Electronic Retailer Blog:
…In the past few days, Comedy Central has taken a brazen approach to some of the issues we deal with day in and day out. The virtual world Second Life is one of those buzzwords often thrown around conferences by people trying to sound like they […]

Do you need
to do taxes?
And do you enjoy dancing?
And would you like to do both?
Enter H&R Block’s Second Life Island (yes, you heard me right!). To wit:
As a tax pro for H&R Block, Kathy Burlison has helped countless traditional customers. She’s also helped vampires, cartoon characters and a knight doing the tango […]

Morning!
Today I came across this superb article that I’ll be pounding into my kids’ heads! To wit:
….The majority of virtual worlds are “game worlds” focused on dragon slaying (such as Blizzard Entertainment’s best-selling World of Warcraft) or social worlds focused on making new friends and keeping up with old ones (think Facebook, but […]