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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Virtual News Bites: Things That Are Too Short To Go Into a Post of Their Own.
My.SecondLife Back Online. Recently the virtual world of Second Life lost their profiles, as my.secondlife.com, the site that housed all of the residents’ profiles went down for three days. What is my.secondlife? It is the social network site of the virtual world of Second Life. Residents can update their status,…
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GTFO, It’s A Grid Drive!
The residents in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) are always finding new and unique ways to entertain themselves in the vast virtual realm. From opening clubs, making clothes and building structures such as houses, anyone would argue that giving residents the right tools can help them to create their…
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Virtual World Residents Pay Respects to Notre Dame Cathedral
In the wake of a fire that devastated one of France’s most famous landmarks, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, residents of the virtual world Second Life visited its replica to pay their respects. On April 15th, while undergoing renovations it was reported the roof of the 856-year-old cathedral caught fire…
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Virtual News Bites: Second Life Hits the Reset button with Latest Update
In what Linden Lab calls 15 updates for the 15th Birthday, they announced many things we oldies find familiar. Among the new things like real-world adjustments to the Day-&-Night Cycle and better filters for the Marketplace you’ll find things like themed Tutorial Islands that new players will start at. For…
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Project Sansar recruits clothiers from Second Life with free trial offer of popular 3D creation software
Linden Lab released a public version of Project Sansar some time ago and now they’ve teamed up with Marvelous Designer to try and recruit talented content creators from Second Life. Project Sansar works a lot like Second Life and Linden Lab has made sure that from a designer standpoint, there…
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Kultivate Spring 2017 Fashion Event – Second Life – Press Release
Kultivate Spring 2017 Fashion Event Dates: February 11 to 26, 2017 Slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Water%20Haven/63/131/2802 Kultivate Magazine is pleased to announce it’s very first Spring Fashion Event! The Kultivate Spring 2017 Fashion Event will take place February 11 to 26, 2017. This event will feature over 50…
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Net Neutrality is at risk. Why is that bad? – Thoughts from the Cyberverse
Net Neutrality is a term that has been met with bored looks and shrugs for the past few years. It is a boring subject, but one that is extremely important for all users of the Internet, all over the world. The world’s most popular Internet highway is about to lose…
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Virtual Reality Worlds topped by Rosedale… twice
Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab (that created Second Life), left his company a few years ago to form High Fidelity. The new company aims at creating a brand new virtual world, using future technologies and truly immersive Virtual Reality. Meanwhile, his former company is creating Sansar, a virtual…
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Virtual News Bites: Second Life Project Bento Now Live
The long-awaited update to the Second Life avatar skeleton, nicknamed Project Bento, has been in beta for over a year now. On the 5th of December this year, the project was finally pushed to the live version of the Second Life viewer. Project Bento offers additional bones to the regular…
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