Posts Tagged ‘second life’

Via Tech Crunch
by Robin Wauters on July 2, 2009
Analyst firm Next Up Research has published an extensive report on Linden Lab, the San Francisco company behind virtual world Second Life. The research is based on aggregate data and is available on SharesPost, a site set up to trade shares of privately held companies [...]

Via ITbusiness.ca
Second Life’s virtual world is providing real-world recruiting help to Ontario Public Service.
10/8/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Brian Jackson
A firefighter turns his hose towards the sparse collection of tall pine trees surrounding the building and aims its stream of water into the flames that are exploding outwards from the branches and foliage.
Protected by a heavy, [...]

1. Linden Lab’s ”State of the Virtual World - Key Metrics”
This is the most complete stats package Linden Lab has released yet, with data going back to 2002. It indicates numbers of unique accounts, how many accounts have EVER logged in, and how many accounts have logged in in the last x days. Their data only [...]

Via Second life research
21 July, 2007
According to PHYSORG.com, “[...] police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life.
“Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive in society, we have to make sure that officers we hire are familiar with the technology,” said Inspector [...]

Via Virtual Worlds News
September 2, 2008
New World Notes has been following the use of a Second Life-based simulation for training Canadian border guards designed by Loyalist College’s Virtual World Design Centre. It’s saving money and having real-world impacts on the interview section of the students’ final test. “2007 - Without using Second Life, student interview skills average [...]

Via Media in Canada
November 2007
by Terry Poulton
Yesterday, Canada Post announced that it has boldly gone to perhaps the last place anyone would have expected it to go: Second Life.
Canada Post has founded the virtual city of Maple Grove, an online community where this holiday season’s online shoppers will be able to browse in the 3-D cyber [...]

Via Mashable

October 6, 2008 - 10:02 am PDT - by Mark Drapeau

This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here.
Abraham Lincoln once said, “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” These words are no less true today, over [...]

Via Mashable - by Doriano “Paisano” Carta

It didn’t take long for Second Life, a leader in 3D Virtual Worlds, to respond to There.com’s announcement of new features.The most compelling new feature There.com revealed was its innovative ThereIM which would allow its members to chat in 3D and 2D worlds at the same time. Not to [...]