This weekend marked the 16th birthday of the virtual would of Second Life. Founded on June 23rd 2003 by Philip Rosedale, and now sustained and ran by Linden Labs headed by Ebbe Altberg, the virtual world grew to become a powerhouse with its open source engine, house 50,000 users and…
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Intellectual Property laws and Virtual Worlds
Welcome to the Future of Virtual Worlds article series. In these articles, I will try to analyze all the things that speaks for and against the success of massive virtual worlds, such as Second Life and its future iteration, Project Sansar. Keep in mind as you read, that I am…
Read MoreThoughts From The Cyberverse: Are 3rd Party Exchanges dead now?
According to a recent post on the Second Life news reel, Linden Lab will try to allow some L$ retailers to still exchange L$ for other currencies. This would be possible through their new pilot program “Authorized Resellers”. Some rules and regulation will apply, and it will be stricter than…
Read MoreJC’s Trip to American Bazaar
On one of my very random shopping trips, I found myself in fantastic, sexy urban store American Bazaar. and came out with this amazing outfit for 148L$: [AB] Anna Vest dark red. L$59 [AB] Smexy jeans rust L$89 Shoes from Grumble Grumble Jean set Hair Truth Hair (dyed red).
Read MoreMoney grows on trees
Did you know money grows on trees in SL? Well, for newcomers under the age of 45 days anyway. Spread throughout the grid there are many money trees that gives you money. Some will give you a fixed amount once each day if clicked, others will be “loaded” with money…
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