Second Life News
OpenSim charts path away from Second Life
OpenSim looks and feels very much like Linden Lab’s Second Life. But top OpenSim developers see a future where their software is a generic platform for 3D software, hopefully interoperable with the Second Life Grid but not necessarily resembling it.
Microsoft eyes integration between OpenSim and Windows Live ID
No one’s really sure yet how avatar identities will be managed in a chaotic world filled with thousands of interoperable OpenSim grids. But Microsoft believes it has a solution: its own Windows Live ID.
Interview: Linden prepares for an OpenSim future
A future where the Second Life Grid is a minor player in a sprawling Metaverse of thousands of competing virtual worlds sounds like a bad outcome for Linden Lab. But company executives say that’s exactly the plan.
The Blog
Avatars beware: Private investigators scouring Second Life
Be careful, that avatar on your sim could be a real-life private investigator sent in to report on what you’re up to in your Second Life.
Gibson guitars enters Second Life
If Second Life isn’t effective for real world marketing, no one told high-end guitar manufacturer Gibson.
An open-source timeline of the virtual world
Artist Annie Ok set up the virtual worlds timeline, an interactive widget where people can contribute entries related to the development of the Metaverse.
Second Life on the Xbox/PS3/iPhone?
Avatar Dusan Writer finds an interesting snippet of HTML code on search.secondlife.com
Linden freezes land supply as prices plummet
Average prices on Second Life’s volatile real estate market have fallen from L$11.5 per meter to under L$6 per meter in less than three months. To help shore up the market, Linden announced it was instituting a two-week freeze on additions to Second Life’s land supply.
Not just IBM: Microsoft looking into OpenSim
UgoTrade’s Tish Shute carries an interview with Microsoft developers working on OpenSim.
One small step for avatars, one giant leap for avatar-kind?
While still in its technical infancy, the push towards interoperability continues to chug ahead.
M-rated avatars disinvited, then re-invited, to Linden’s birthday bash
In May, Linden sent out a “Calling All Cultures” invitation on its official blog to the birthday party, held around the theme of “celebrating the cultural diversity of Second Life.” But as Massively.com reported, the company changed tracks.
Second Life on your cell phone?
Running Second Life on a cell phone isn’t a brand new idea — Comverse was talking about the idea well over a year ago. But Vollee has taken the idea out of the lab into public beta.
Garry Kasparov targeted in real-life repeat of the “Anshe Chung incident”
Pranksters have duplicated Second Life’s notorious “flying penis incident” in a real-life stunt aimed at chess grandmaster and Russian political dissident Garry Kasparov.
About the Reuters/Second Life Reporters
Adam Reuters is Reuters' bureau chief in Second Life.
In real life, he is Adam Pasick, a veteran tech and media journalist.Got SL story ideas? Email them to adamreuters at gmail.com.
Eric Reuters is a Second Life Reporter for Reuters. In real life he is Eric Krangel, a technology journalist based in New York City.
Eric Reuters holds office hours in the Reuters Auditorium on Tuesdays at 8:00 am SLT.
