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The other day I had an opportunity to catch up with Randy Hinrichs and ask him a few questions about the state of 3D virtual world software and about his new book. We had a great and long discussion so I have broken the interview into two postings. Also, he has just finished a book […]
Continue Reading →Have you ever had trouble sorting your stuff? Would you like to know who in SL might be a good social connection for you? Need to solve a problem, but don’t know how to organize the information? Researchers from the University of Washington Information School are conducting a research study investigating exciting and useful alternative […]
Continue Reading →Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). He has done this before and then come back. He is staying on the board but not running day-to-day operations. Here is what he wrote on the Second Life blog. You can find the original here. After about four […]
Continue Reading →Event This just in: Linden Labs, the creator of the 3D virtual world Second Life has announced that company founder Philip Rosedale has been named interim CEO and that Mark Kingdon is stepping down as CEO. Philip Rosedale, in a posting called Returning to the Lab stated: Our thinking as a team is that my […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. It is rumored at the web site metaverselyspeaking web site that News Corp might be taking over Second Life. Here is a quote from the article. Rumours are rife inside the Lab at the moment of the prospect of a […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. If you missed the Virtual Worlds’ Best Practices in Education Conference, you missed not only a great conference with really good content and presentations, you missed a glimpse into the future of conferences. The conference took place entirely in the virtual immersive environment of Second Life with […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN SECOND LIFE® TO SHOWCASE THE POWER OF VIRTUAL WORLDS TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION 2010 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (March 12-13): Featured Address by Mark Kingdon, CEO of Linden […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Abbott Bundy with his backpack and walking stick ready to embark on a story quest with his guides. Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. It is called The Virtual Worlds Story Project with the tag line “Weaving the Narrative Threads of Our […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it’s from Snickers’ Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. Hello SL Merchants: We wanted to give you an early heads-up on a big piece of news because we greatly […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The schedule for the first day of the online conference. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present at the eLearning Guild’s “Designing and Managing Learning in 3-D Virtual Worlds and Immersive Environments” for the opening general session of the online conference. It was a lot of fun with a great group of attendees. My subject […]
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