Originally intended to replace the built-in browser in the viewer, the Shared Media Texture soon became so much more. Shared Media Textures, dubbed by users as Media Prims, allows a user to add a web page directly onto the face … read more
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 … read more
5) “TV-licence” extends in many countries Sweden was one of the first countries to do it and now more countries follow. UK is about to do it as well. We’re talking about extending the “TV-licence”, the fee put on every … read more
What’s special this valentines season? Love. What’s special for Feb 2014? Love. What’s special in Love? Every moment. I conducted a poll asking people “What do you vote for: Virtual or Real Love?” Here are the few answers that I … read more
As I continued to walk the cobbled streets of the Peace sim at the 2013 RFLChristmas Expo, I was again struck by the number of great stores occupying this space. Many are well known to me, such as Evie’s Closet … read more
1) Both Sony and Microsoft break milestone sales Sony Playstation 4 launched the second week of November and the Microsoft Xbox One in the third week. Both consoles sold over one million in less than 24 hours of their respective … read more
This weeks Virtual World article will be a bit of a whooper, touching not only virtual worlds but some of it’s transition into real life. This week, we’re taking a look at NekoZone, owned by Fox Daviau, and touch a … read more
Many of you have probably heard about Burning Man or Burn2 and I bet quite a few of you wonder what it really is. I know I did, so I did some research into this event. Burning Man is an … read more
Linden Labs have announced an update to their pricing for Educational and nonprofits Institutions. The news came via Second Life’s Community blog, this week (July 24th 2013). In the early days of Second Life, it was a prime location for … read more
If you are a part of Second Life, you’ll need to update your viewers this week. Earlier this week Linden Labs began to the changes for their project Sunshine. It allows avatars to load quicker, according to the Second Life … read more