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Category: Virtual Communities

  • Next steps for open source Second Life

    Yesterday’s announcement by Linden Lab that the software you run on your computer to interact with Second Life will be opened up to anyone who wants to contribute to its future development generated wide-ranging commentary in the media and among…

  • Growth predictions for Second Life

    Last week, I wrote about Second Life’s growing pains with a conclusion that the combination of more users doing more things when online, and staying online longer on each visit, will likely lead to more grid downtime (such as the…

  • Another virtual world: Taatu

    Second Life is the virtual world that’s getting all the attention these days, especially in the English-speaking world. Here’s one that’s focused on Dutch and French speakers – Taatu, based in Belgium. It’s not new, having launched in Belgium and…

  • Second Life resources wiki launches

    Linda Zimmer, the driving force behind the Business Communicators of Second Life group, has launched the SL Business Communicators Wiki: […] The wiki is intended to be a resource for members of the in-world group as well as interested business…

  • Growing pains for Second Life

    I managed to connect to Second Life this morning for the first time in two days. The virtual world – generally known as the grid – was completely offline since Thursday as developer Linden Lab grappled with a combination of…