SLCC 2011

SLCC 2011 Wrap-Up

Business, Community, content creation, Education, events, Intellectual Property and Copyright, News Announcements, Second Life, SLCC, social media, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on August 17th, 2011 3 Comments

A recap of the major news, improvements, and announcements coming out of the Second Life Community Convention 2011.

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SLCC 2011

Top 5 Highlights of Rod Humble’s SLCC Keynote

News Announcements, Second Life, SLCC, social media, Virtual Worlds on August 13th, 2011 12 Comments

Linden Lab CEO, Rod Humble, gave a keynote address at this year’s Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) revealing more about his current and future goals for Second Life and Linden Lab.

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A short tutorial

Mesh Imports in Second Life (for Maya Users)

Classes, Tutorials on September 27th, 2010 18 Comments

Here is a short tutorial on mesh imports in Second Life (for Maya users) by Sand Castle Studios’ own, Reed Steamroller.

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Mesh Support in Second Life Coming to Open Beta

The Status of Mesh Support in Second Life

content creation, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on September 14th, 2010 46 Comments

Today Linden Lab gave Second Life users an update on mesh support and lifted the NDA for current beta testers. I can now tell you that for about the last year, we here at Sand Castle Studios have been deeply involved in working with the Lindens to bring mesh support to Second Life.

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European Parliament Launches (Controversial) Virtual World Citzalia

Community, Government, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on August 27th, 2010 3 Comments

There has been quite some noise in the Euro blogosphere about a new EU Parliament project, Citzalia. Citzalia is a new virtual world and social networking forum.

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Winning Back the Lead: The Battle of (Viewer) Developers to Rebuild Trust

Branding, Community, Second Life, SLCC, social media, Virtual Worlds on August 24th, 2010 10 Comments

In addition to Linden Lab’s official viewer, users can access the virtual world of Second Life through a number of customized third party viewers. This has created much debate as to whether these third party viewers are safe.

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SL7B Opening Speech

The Top Five Points to Take Away from Philip Rosedale’s SL7B Address

Business, Community, content creation, events, SL7B, Virtual Worlds on June 21st, 2010 4 Comments

The Second Life 7th Birthday celebration kicked off this morning with an address from Linden Lab founder, SL creator, and current Chairman of the Board – Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden).

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Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010 - Day 4

Measuring Virtual Age

Community, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on June 16th, 2010 No Comments

Today is Day 4 of the Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010.

Today’s Topic: Age

Age (along with many of the other confines of the physical world such as race, religion, sex, etc.) becomes a very interesting topic when examined in virtual space.

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Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010 - Day 3

The Reality of Virtual Relationships

Community, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on June 15th, 2010 4 Comments

Today is Day 3 of the Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010.
Today’s Topic: Relationships

The desire to feel connected is a basic human instinct. This doesn’t change when we log into a virtual world.

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Linden Lab Restructuring

News Announcements, Second Life, social media, Virtual Worlds on June 9th, 2010 8 Comments

Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world of Second Life,issued a release today stating that they will be restructuring their company in order to become more efficient and to allow them to delve into new platforms including the social and mobile web.

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The Dangers of Virtual Goods

art, Business, Community, content creation, Intellectual Property and Copyright, Machinima, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on May 4th, 2010 23 Comments

Over the last few days, I’ve read dozens of articles covering the newly updated Second Life Terms of Service (TOS) and the Class Action Lawsuit that has been filed against Linden Lab and Philip Rosedale. However, this afternoon when I saw that the Los Angeles Times and Mashable had jumped on the bandwagon then I could no longer keep my facts to myself.

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Don’t Feel Bad Second Life, No One Likes Facebook or Twitter Either

Community, Second Life, social media, Virtual Worlds on April 21st, 2010 17 Comments

Why do so many people complain every time a platform makes a change? Do we just like to complain? Are we simply afraid of change?

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What Everyone Needs To Know About (Second) Life “On The Cloud”

Business, Community, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on April 17th, 2010 36 Comments

Joe Miller (aka Joe Linden), Linden Labs VP of Platform and Technology Development, offered a VERY interesting (though somewhat misinterpreted) response to the question, Can Second Life run “on the cloud?”

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Burning Life 2009

The 20 Burning Life Camps You Must See

Community, content creation, events, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on October 24th, 2009 16 Comments

Burning Life 2009 opened in the virtual world of Second Life this past weekend. Burning Life is described as a festival of community, art, and fire. It is it the virtual counterpart of Burning Man.

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Second Life Founder To Start New Company

Can a World Continue To Exist Without It’s Creator? – Philip Rosedale Leaves Linden Lab

Community, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on October 16th, 2009 9 Comments

Philip Rosedale has decided to leave Linden Lab. Rosedale claims that he will continue his role as Chairman, but announced that he will be starting a new company that he says is Second Life centric.

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