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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. Tags: 3D worlds industry.
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. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds. 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. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds. This can't be making IBM happy.
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.
It is called The Virtual Worlds Story Project with the tag line "Weaving the Narrative Threads of Our Lives." Tags: Second Life 3D worlds Second Life 3D worlds. Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life.
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. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D Book. Second Life is going corporate.
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. And, if you Twitter, then use the #SLViewer2 hash tag. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.
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? Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.
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). Tags: Second Life 3D worlds 3D Book Tour. Registration for the conference is Free.
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. Tags: mobile social strategy technology virtual worlds.
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. Tags: 3D worlds lrn3d.
On the other hand, I had lunch the other day with Joe Miller, who is the VP of Tech for Linden Labs. Tags: design strategy technology. I *really* like their diagramming tool (where do you think I come up with all those graphics?). ‘Til then, take care, and keep up the dialog!
Visit Hillary Mason's AutoScript page to create your own Second Life scripts without having to know anything about the Linden Scripting Language. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. 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.
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. Tags: 3D worlds. 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.
the ability of Linden Labs to continue to expand Second Life capabilities as they grabbed market share). Naturally, some of it was more approachable than the geek speak, such as the fact that social engineering was as important as semantic engineering, for example that clever interface design can mitigate getting users to tag content.
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. Tags: enterprise 2.0 Avatars can also socialise with other avatars via text chat, and more recently, real voice. As of 7 July 2008, L$265 = US$1.
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.
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. where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.
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. Tags: mobile strategy technology. That’s good for the providers, but bad for the development of the field.
The grant runs until next July, and we have molto-Linden Dollars to spend on the installation. Tags: blog Susan Toth-Cohen Second Life Maged Boulos 3D Virtual Learning. 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.
Whatever has been said already, it looks like Linden Labs (and There.com) have a serious rival. Tags: Second Life There MMORPG Metaplace 3-D Virtual world. 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.
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.
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. Tags: e-learning oeb08 #oeb08in Online Educa Berlin Tiergarten Germany Michael Wesch.
We are just starting to see for-real corporate forays into the space.and yet here we are talking about Linden Lab slipping. If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. Yeah, this whole InterWeb thing is just a fad. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us
This paper reports findings of a pilot study that examined the pedagogical potential of Second Life (SL), a popular three-dimensional multi-user virtual environment (3-D MUVE) developed by the Linden Lab. Tags: MUVE Second Life social presence 3-D Virtual world.
Here are three scenarios that Linden puts out there: Scenario 1 - Residents can teleport to voice-enabled land, andautomatically start speaking, with the volume of speech modifiedaccording to their spatial relationship with others. If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix.
If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. Its funny and cute but at base it actually tells you an awful lot about the job, the town and the people youd be working with. The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.
There are many places to visit in Berlin, including Alexanderplatz, the excellent Berlin Zoo in Budapesterstrasse, the Reichstag building, The Brandenburg Gate , Unter-den-Linden and of course, the Checkpoint Charlie museum. Tags: Lisbon Kuala Lumpur Barcelona Salzburg Berlin. 2 is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. I was in a session with Terrence Linden (SL) that had over 70 attendees and the session that Tony O'Driscoll (RL) and I conducted had about that many attendees as well. Terrence Linden discussing the fact that 60% of top universities are in Second Life.
leslie lannan: @littleasklab Linden Labs new HR platform for 3D and whuffie points has some big implications for performance reviews. Tags: Improving the process of Innovation Meta-Learning. Ends up being a cultural shift, I think. kfarentino: learning function needs to be directed by the learner. Everything else falls into place.".
In-world economy of Linden Dollars. Technorati Tags: tcc08 , tcc2008 , secondlife , education. She thinks its a little ahead of its time–we’re catching up, but it’s slow. Free software, but land costs. Grid: how land is laid out. Archipelagos for land. Avatar Creation. Tools available.
Kapp Notes , March 15, 2010 Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. Tags: teens child safety moderation In this latest publication. Moderation has a role in helping to guide them as well as keeping them safe.”. So what’s the purpose of the conference ? Is it an educational event?
A complete list is available of all the educational institutions (SIM Teach) currently operating in Second Life - SL won't get overcrowded though, because Linden Labs will simply build more islands, Dubai style! Tags: Susan Toth-Cohen Second Life sexual health Maged Boulos SIM. There is also a Big Quiz open for anyone to take.
e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « New Numbers and New Transparency from Linden Lab/Second Life | Main | My Blog is Worth $66, 615.72 (any buyers??) If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. could be good.
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