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API Released for Second Life Plug-Ins

You don't hear as much about Second Life these days as you did several years ago. For a while, articles were being written left and right about how to leverage this virtual world from Linden Lab as a business tool. Lately, not so much.

Second Life Gets New Open Source Viewer

Second Life creators Linden Lab have launched a new Second Life-compatible viewer, which the company developed with the open source community. The company's goal was to create a "widely-used, openly developed version of the Second Life client." Snowglobe will contain new Second Life features before they become available in the official release. That said, not all features will make it there.

Second Life Still Alive and Kicking

Remember Second Life? While the virtual world disappeared from the media spotlight some time ago, it’s alive and well and continues to attract a new member every second. A few months back you couldn’t escape media coverage of the brave new virtual world of Second Life. Major brands were building virtual HQ’s, holding virtual meetings and developing virtual marketing campaigns. Coca-Cola, IBM and even the NBA was making its second home there.

At Least the Virtual Economy Isn't Too Bad Yet

More people might want to start using Second Life, because the economy in that world doesn't seem to be as bad as that in reality. Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, released some data about their third quarter, with user hours reaching their highest ever.

Google Launches Lively Virtual Rooms

A few days ago, Marissa Mayer wrote a blog post about Google's homepage, and an obsession with simplicity and clean design became almost painfully clear.  Now, her company's launching a sort of fragmented virtual world in which users can choose cats as avatars and hug each other underneath dinosaur skeletons.

Who Has 'Metaphysical Jurisdiction' In Second Life?

 Before the end of this sentence you will have to make a choice between the blue pill and the red pill, for as soon as we step over the period we will enter an alternate reality and it will not be easy. Lawyers are looking into virtual worlds like Second Life, studying whether the environment is suitable for regulation and asking who has "metaphysical jurisdiction."

Google Earth Could Go After Second Life

Google Earth is getting increasingly realistic, but it still lacks elements related to human movement and interaction.  Google may soon address this issue, however, as there’s word that Google Earth could become the basis for a Second Life competitor.

Honeywell Becoming A Social Butterfly

When Honeywell began to try out social bookmarking within its own intranet, the company got some attention for the attempt.  When Honeywell established a presence in Second Life, it received the same.  But, taken together, these beginnings - and their continued existence - make for an interesting picture.

Is This iPerv Week or What?

I didn't torture myself to investigate as to whether there was a season for weird Internet sex stories in the press, but as for 2007, iPerv Week is May 21-25.

Second Life Popular In Europe

The popularity of Second Life continues to see solid growth and has established a major global presence. The virtual world game has now become more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S. according to a study released by comScore.