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As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount.
See Change is under way at ThinkBalm Linden Labs announces layoffs, appears to be contemplating shuttering Enterprise Edition efforts. it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ).
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. This comes just a short time after Linden Labs announced a layoff of 30 percent of its staff.
Linden Labs, makers of Second Life, announce the list of the Top Ten: 2010 Linden Prize Finalists. Java gives the ThinkingWorlds application many advantages for delivery - it is almost ubiquitous, it can be delivered securely and it is very portable and easy to host by any client.
First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). Two sources indicate that Linden may actually be shutting down their Enterprise operations. Some interesting developments in the 3D Learning and Collaboration Space.
Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.
Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. First, they are sponsoring a contest called The 2010 Linden Prize. See more at The Linden Prize. Second Life is going corporate.
a Linden is the currency of Second Life) -1.86 If you aren't sure how big this "fad" is or how the economy works in Second Life, check out some of these interesting Second Life statistics courtesy of CNNMoney.com. (a
As a token of appreciation, the first 300 [JM 5/111] individuals who volunteer to participate will be thanked with a gift of Linden dollars up to L$1800 (approximately US$7). All survey answers are confidential and will be made anonymous and significant efforts will be made to ensure the security and privacy of your answers. Interested?
The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL). We expect more than 5,000 attendees at VWBPE10 ( www.vwbpe.org ) with participants from every continent,” she continued.
So while I haven't seen any official notice or indication that Linden Labs is shopping around Second Life or that anyone is purchasing the product, the rumors do seem to be adding up. Most of the time rumors are based on some shred of truth so.perhaps Linden is shopping around Second Life?
It is always great to walk underneath the Brandenburger Tor and see the great avenue ‘Unter den Linden’. The interesting discussions and some really great dinners made this week worthwhile. Conclusion: mediocre conference, great city. I’m already of to a new adventure.
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.
To get a better idea of what this kind of conspiracy looks like, check out a trailer for The Uncle D Story Quest: And check out the interview with Marty Keltz and Jena Ball at the Second Life blog in an interview with Pathfinder Linden.
Virtual worlds are a little bit more still in flux (while Linden Labs’ Second Life is going corporate as well, some of the other corporate-focused players are in some upheaval), but the value proposition is clear, and there are still plenty of opportunities. The devices are out there!
From Build-A-Bearville Shares Stats From Virtual World, Real Store Interactions Over 1,400 businesses, government organizations and agencies have used Second Life to hold meetings, conduct training and prototype new technologies as a solution hosted by Linden Lab since 2003.
Bart gave a list of different 3D worlds and provided a great comparison between a Internet Service Provider and Linden Labs (the company behind Second Life.) He defined a Virtual World as a computer-based environment intended for users to inhabit and interact via avatars in a 3D represented world.
On Saturday 17th of Feb at 5pm I will begin hosting some presentation trials that will be looking at the Linden Script, that’s the language in SL, and comparing it with other main stream computer languages.
On the other hand, I had lunch the other day with Joe Miller, who is the VP of Tech for Linden Labs. I *really* like their diagramming tool (where do you think I come up with all those graphics?). He recently was talking about the iPad and really sees it as a game changer in ways that are subtle and insightful.
If you desire, payment may be made in Linden dollars (L$),e.g., For participating you will receive US$20. In addition, for every 25 teams, prize money will be awarded to the 2 best performing teams with each member receiving US$100. US$20 is currently worth about L$5200.
Most recently, the brick-and-mortar university Woodbury was booted off Second Life —thousands of students were affected—by the virtual world's moderators, a company called Linden Lab. Linden Lab has remained largely silent in the press, a silence that has infuriated many. The university paid good money for it, too. 20@googlemail.com.
He continued to have an impact, leading some of the major initiatives of Linden Labs as they went open source and met some challenging technical issues while negotiating cultural change to take down barriers. He fought to give us the space and the resources, and asked the tough questions to make sure we were focused.
Visit Hillary Mason's AutoScript page to create your own Second Life scripts without having to know anything about the Linden Scripting Language. One really cool web site we visited allowed us to create automatic Second Life scripts. Hillary's page also has other great Second Life information.
Its currency is the Linden Dollar (L$) which avatars can use to buy virtual goods and even virtual property. Linden Dollars are bought with real money and can be exchanged back again. Avatars can also socialise with other avatars via text chat, and more recently, real voice. Second Life also has its own economy.
It has been described as a lot more than Cisco’s WebEx meeting platform, and a lot less than Linden Labs’ Second Life virtual world. Virtual world provider, VenueGen , recently came out of private Beta to a public Beta (whatever that means) and loudly announced their virtual meeting platform. A man and his avatar.
Although Linden Labs disputs that finding. Once you put in several hours flailing around learning how to function in Second Life, there isn't much to do." Then the Yankee group made a statement that the average person in Second Life only spends 12 minutes a month in world.
Beth Goza (Linden Labs) showing off Second Life Originally uploaded by JoshB. Fellow Intel blogger Josh Bancroft, tinyscreensful.com, is at Gnomedex06. I'm very jealous. He has been blogging the event like crazy and I feel like I'm there. I was happy to here that SecondLife was there and thought you all might enjoy this.
XStream Software Linden Research, Inc. Harbinger Knowledge KnowledgePresenter Brainshark, Inc. Respondus Harbinger Knowledge WebEx Communicatio. Vuepoint Adobe Systems, Inc. Impatica Inc. KnowledgePlanet Brainvisa eLearning Consultants. Readyco Inc. Desire2Learn Inc. Corel Corporation OnDemand Software SumTotal Systems Inc.
It certainly isnt Linden Labs responsibility to entertain you - that has never been their business model, all they have done is provide a 3D virtual world development platform where the only limitation (outside of number of prims) to what you can create is your own vision.
the ability of Linden Labs to continue to expand Second Life capabilities as they grabbed market share). For example, email took off once one email standard took hold and allowed different systems to interoperate. The internet as an open standard (e.g.TCP/IP) has allowed for the development of other standards on top.
Eventually, one format will emerge, but it may take committees, or it may be that someone like Linden Labs will own the space sufficiently that everyone will lock into a format they provide. That’s good for the providers, but bad for the development of the field.
Ellen Wagner, Clark Quinn, and I hopped on the U-bahn, and headed to the German Historical Museum on Under den Linden. We walked up Unter den Linden and caught the U-bahn to Potsdamer Platz for supper. We stopped along the way for glog and gluhwein. It’s biting cold outside. The Christmas Markets are utterly charming.
What we have are multiple channels ( Virtual World News , Massively ), including official ones from River Runs Red and Linden Lab , bringing us the news that Immersive Workspaces 2.0 "Your avatar got so drunk at the holiday party.?" " Help me out here. has launched. This news has a couple of important points I think.
In an ASAE article titled When Good Project Pitches go Bad, Tate Linden provides some basic truths that you need to keep in mind when crafting your pitch : First, few people in decision-making roles enjoy being told what to think. Do some research and find out how previous projects made it through this process.
The grant runs until next July, and we have molto-Linden Dollars to spend on the installation. We have just been notified that we have been awarded a free land grant in Second Life to set up our own university health education centre.
I did want to throw these numbers out though as a discussion starter.they are from Philip Rosedale , CEO and Founder of Linden Lab 'ne Second Life. I have a lot to post about things I saw/heard there and I'll probably split the postings between here and my blog.
Whatever has been said already, it looks like Linden Labs (and There.com) have a serious rival. Another criticism is that SL is a bit like a 'ghost town' with more than 8 million subscribers worldwide, but very few actually in evidence in world. Anyone with experience of Metaplace - let us know how you have got on.
The good news is that Second Life ne Linden Lab, has announced a partnership with IBM to "develop new technologies and methodologies based on open standards that will help advance the future of 3D virtual worlds. So after defending Linden Lab, here's the other side. between Stephen Downes and Sean Fitzgerald.
He ran Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio before he became VP, Platform & Technology for Second Life at Linden Labs. He did early stuff with Atari, EPYX, SEGA, and Leapfrog. Joe’s take on learning is a good fit with mine: Learning is a uniquely human experience.
Key Finding #4: Gaming has potential, but growth likely slow Expense prevents people from using them "Games" has negative connotation in corporate environment Serious gaming -- still not quite the best game Chris Howard calls them "advanced simulations" Trend towards collaborative gaming platforms (SecondLife) -- simulate a real life environment Emergence (..)
Second Life/Linden Lab is really just a Web-hosting company that lives in San Fran. Because the mimicry is so good. Maybe the Web can be some kind of Habermas-like salon but its not. It rides on commercial pipes owned by for-profit companies and we are largely at their whim. Now, back to my coffee and our regularly scheduled blog.
Keep showing up” were the words two-time Olympian Des Linden said after winning the 2018 Boston marathon, when she was asked how she stayed motivated after years of narrowly missing a chance to ascend to the top of the podium. Is being persistent a skill?
For me it holds many memories of speaking to large and appreciative audiences, the remains of the Berlin Wall, the Checkpoint Charlie museum, Christmas markets, Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz, Ka De We, and the Brandenburg Gate. For many, OEB is the uber-conference for e-learning.
We are just starting to see for-real corporate forays into the space.and yet here we are talking about Linden Lab slipping. IMHO the only thing that is slipping is this incorrect perception I think fostered by people outside of Second Life that Second Life would somehow remain as the only dog in this hunt. 425 million IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
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