Another presentation by Cory Ondrejka (Former CTO of Linden Research, Inc.) on the future of Virtual worlds. I’m really glad it confirms some of my own, recent thoughts on the metaverse as I have a lot of respect for Cory’s vision towards Virtual Worlds. The basic component of Corys presentation is ‘expectations’. How are [...]

Posted on: April 30, 2008 | No Comments »

Some more updates on the interaction design front of Linden Labs. The focuspoint is the introduction to Second Life, and it’s steep learning curve. After Linden Labs announced their new User Experience Program, and one of the main targets of the new CEO seems to be to really improve the experience of Second Life over [...]

Posted on: April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I was really disappointed when I had to miss Nic Mitham’s (of Kzero) presentation at the Clever Zebra vBusiness Expo two days ago (Last day today!). Thankfully Nic was kind enough to post his excellent presentation online. I really love his take on the ‘corporate islands’. Most brands who have entered Second Life have bought [...]

Posted on: April 27, 2008 | No Comments »

The Association of Virtual Worlds released a useful 40 page eBook listing all Virtual Worlds available, completely free for download:
The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds Is Now Available Free from the Association of Virtual Worlds
The Association of Virtual Worlds has just released its new title The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide [...]

Posted on: April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was writing a reply to Dusan Writers (great new design by the way) article on the ‘Sheeps Sweet Spot’ called ‘The Thinner the Client, the sweeter the Pie‘- Overall a good article and as it triggered a line of thoughts I’d been having myself lately It ended up a rather long reply and wanted [...]

Posted on: April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The Virtual Kingdom of Second Life has a new sovereign. Linden Research, Inc. found themselves a new CEO after Phil Rosedale (on the left in the picture above) announced he’d step down. His name is Mark Kingdon (the right), in Second Life know as ‘M Linden’.
“He is a person with the rare and unusual combination [...]

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One of the thing’s I’ve been really hesitant to write about is the open source development of various platforms. I simply haven’t had the time to really get involved yet in between Second Life and Active World. Though the developments look increasingly interesting none the less. The rapid developments and problems these ‘open’ Second Life [...]

Posted on: April 22, 2008 | No Comments »

With ‘Dazzle’ (click header image for a close up of the interface created by Torley Linden) now being the official interface skin in the Release Candidate (the test version of new Second Life clients) some Second Life users raise their concerns on this new look and feel. Amongst them is Trinity Dechou of Second [...]

Posted on: April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »