Vivaty To Expand Beyond Facebook and AIM
Browser-based virtual world Vivaty, currently accessible through Facebook and AIM, will be embeddable by users on blogs and pages throughout the Web within the next two months, company CEO Keith McCurdy told Reuters.
Second Life bluesman signs record deal
The newest destination for talent scouts looking to sign fresh acts is Second Life.
Second Life residents propose their own solutions to a troubled UI
Doug Thompson, through his Second Life avatar Dusan Writer, came up with an idea: hold a contest throughout Second Life to see who could figure out how to make the interface better. And to sweeten the pot, he committed L$800,000 of his own money, almost three thousand American dollars, to the three avatars who could come up with the best design.
RL/SL instant-messaging weeks away: report
SLNN.com carries an interview with Linden VP Joe Miller which says the reported “SLim” is only weeks away
Land supply freeze extended again: Has Linden hit a wall?
Linden extends its freeze on new land as prices refuse to rise.
Linden hires former AOL exec to improve scalability
Linden hired former AOL executive Frank Ambrose to oversee work on scalability problems with Second Life
Second Life trademarks “SLim” for instant-messaging
Massively.com has the scoop that Linden Lab filed a trademark application for instant-messaging software, to be called “SLim.”
Linden Lab’s cloak and dagger job ad
What are American intelligence agencies up to in Second Life now? We’re not sure, but Tizzers Foxchase found a job listing for Linden Lab that requires a U.S. security clearance.
Linden introduces zoning to Second Life mainland
In a departure from its traditional laissez-faire approach to the Second Life Grid, Linden Lab announced on Tuesday it will introduce zoning to Second Life’s mainland to curb excessive advertising.
Married (or just cheating) avatars wanted
Technology and sexuality blogger Violet Blue is writing a new book about online relationships and wants to hear from Second Lifers.
OpenSim charts path away from Second Life
OpenSim looks and feels very much like Linden Lab’s Second Life. But top OpenSim developers see a future where their software is a generic platform for 3D software, hopefully interoperable with the Second Life Grid but not necessarily resembling it.
Avatars beware: Private investigators scouring Second Life
Be careful, that avatar on your sim could be a real-life private investigator sent in to report on what you’re up to in your Second Life.
Microsoft eyes integration between OpenSim and Windows Live ID
No one’s really sure yet how avatar identities will be managed in a chaotic world filled with thousands of interoperable OpenSim grids. But Microsoft believes it has a solution: its own Windows Live ID.
Gibson guitars enters Second Life
If Second Life isn’t effective for real world marketing, no one told high-end guitar manufacturer Gibson.
Interview: Linden prepares for an OpenSim future
A future where the Second Life Grid is a minor player in a sprawling Metaverse of thousands of competing virtual worlds sounds like a bad outcome for Linden Lab. But company executives say that’s exactly the plan.
Google launches virtual experience web-site
(Reuters) - Google on Tuesday launched a three-dimensional virtual experience website, similar to the popular virtual world Second Life.
The service, called Lively, uses real-time virtual world characters known as avatars and three-dimensional graphics to congregate in virtual rooms.
“If you enter a Lively room embedded on your favorite blog or website, you can immediately get a [...]
An open-source timeline of the virtual world
Artist Annie Ok set up the virtual worlds timeline, an interactive widget where people can contribute entries related to the development of the Metaverse.
Second Life sees record usage but bleeds paid accounts
Second Life hit an all-time high in total hours spent by avatars in-world but shed more premium accounts in June, according to new statistics from Linden Lab.
Second Life on the Xbox/PS3/iPhone?
Avatar Dusan Writer finds an interesting snippet of HTML code on search.secondlife.com
Second Life premium growth flat over past 12 months
Premium Second Life accounts shrank in the year to May 2007, according to statistics released by Linden Lab, even as total user hours climbed by more than 50 percent.
