In Terra Nova is an interesting article about potential backlashs about Second Life in 2007 by Ren Reynolds. Points one to three are: It’s all just sex. sex sex sex I tell you It’s not just sex, it’s prostitution It can be used for hiding / laundering money Well, guess what? Point 3 already has happened, there are …
Tagesarchiv: 4. Januar 2007
Jan 04
New wiki in town: Second Life Business Communicators Wiki
There is a new wiki in town: the “Second Life Business Communicators Wiki”! To state from their first page: This wiki is intended to be a collaborative resource for anyone interested in business and communications applications of Second Life, virtual worlds or 3D user interfaces. It is in its infancy and is by no means exhaustive, complete or …
Jan 04
Wagner James Au about Hype and Anti-Hype
I’ve found the article “Second Life: Hype vs. Anti-Hype vs. Anti-Anti-Hype” from the midth of December 2006. A very well thought article from Wagner James Au about the recent developments, company side and growth in SL. Definitely worth a read, so not a short one, so take your time! [Update]: Seems the user base grows about 23% per month according to this artice based on numbers bei Philip Linden.
Jan 04
“Online communities are not virtual”
Here is an interesting article from a marketing company named “Online Communities are not virtual”, describing some prejudices of them and how they really are. Definitely worth a read, especially if you want to do business in them!
Jan 04
“Four eyed monsters screening in Second Life”
As the press release says: — Press Release — Love 2.0: Four Eyed Monsters Screening In Second Life At 8 PM EST (5 PM PST/SLT) on January 9th a very special independent film project will have its virtual world debut at the Sundance Channel screening room in Second Life. Four Eyed Monsters is the labor of love …
Jan 04
Power consumption of an average avatar
Here is an interesting read about the average power consumption of an avatar per anno (German only). When you take in count the about 4000 servers used for running the grid, the computers used to control the avatars and coolant systems in the data center of LL one avatar consumed about ca. 1752 KWh per …
Jan 04
Three kinds of death
He’re is a funny quote from there: There are three kinds of death in this world. There’s heart death, there’s brain death, and there’s being off the network. — Guy Almes Well, not only means being off the network “death” to an avatar, but also lost money, if someone wants to do business, of course!
Jan 04
Why Libsecondlife is here to stay
After the Copybot–incident (another article from the Washington Post about it) there was one project many blamed actually for this: Libsecondlife. Many people would have liked that this project would be shut down, perhaps even forcefully, or at least that Linden Labs is not endorsing it anymore. But nothing like that has happened. Why? Well …
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