Sometimes you find Machinima too good to ignore. This is one of them.
Credits: “Invisible Threads” | 10 Simple Steps to your very own Virtual Sweatshop with Telematic Manufacturing | Original Concept by Jeff Crouse & Stephanie Rothenberg | Video Directed by Annie Ok, Jeff Crouse & Stephanie Rothenberg | Machinima by Annie Ok | [...]

Posted on: April 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The dedication of IBM to virtual worlds interoperability has reached a new milestone: Second Life servers behind the firewalls. Reuters (who broke the embargo a little too early) reports of the first series of company owned servers using Second Life technology. The operate in IBM’s private network behind firewalls, though can be opened to their [...]

Posted on: April 3, 2008 | No Comments »

New World Notes reports of ‘Adult Lifestyle brand’ Playboy adding their branding to a number of well-known metabrands of clothing designers. A metabrand is a brand which only exist within the Virtual Worlds. The picture above is taken on the Playboy Sim in Second Life - it shows one of the 4 corners in their [...]

Posted on: April 1, 2008 | No Comments »

Though it’s been all over the blogosphere, no one has come even close to Rheta Shan’s post to illustrate what happens when you try to reconquer something which many believed to be community property - the brand of ‘Second Life™‘. Linden Labs recent new policy on how to use their brand name (and new brand [...]

Posted on: March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Mercedes leaves Second Life, but on a positive note, at least according to their latest (and presumably last) blogpost. I myself can’t help but think Mercedes just threw a lot of money at riding the ‘Second Life hype wave’ - pick up some blog attention and show a little innovation (many car brands did follow), [...]

Posted on: March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Philip Rosedale a.k.a. Philip Linden, CEO of Linden Research Inc. announced he steps down as CEO of the company that founded the virtual world of Second Life:
“I feel that the most important contributions I have made and will continue to make to Second Life are related to building both the product and the company through [...]

Posted on: March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Just a funny video I spotted trough twitter. @cristiancontini created a hologram image on paper of his 3D avatar in Second Life. Personally I’d love to have a business card with an image like this, even if its just one:

Posted on: March 13, 2008 | No Comments »

If you stay on the ‘business’ side of Second Life for too long you’d almost forget it’s still so much fun to be inside social virtual environments such as Second Life. There are a lot of developments everyday, new opportunities and serious technological progress, but above all, it’s its a new and entertaining environment. [...]

Posted on: March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »