Comments on: New Second Life User Interface: With Vectorform, Will It All Be Surfaces?

By: Massively.com SL news

Massively.com SL news — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:48:08 +0000

Vectorform submits landmarks and navigation beta for Second Life…

As you may already know from the buzz back in April when the project kicked off (just prior to Kingdon’s hiring as freshly minted CEO of Linden Lab), the global interactive design firm Vectorform was contracted by Linden Lab to undertake the Landmarks…

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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:10:17 +0000

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By: Troy McConaghy

Troy McConaghy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:12 +0000

The Vectorform homepage looks snazzy, but when I try to read it, I’m not done reading before it automatically flips to the next case study. Imagine what they’ll do with SL… A new SL user has just arrived in SL, a little tutorial bubble pops up telling them how to move around (arrow keys), but it vanishes before they have time to read it…

Vectorform also has a page about their Second Life team, at http://www.vectorform.com/secondlife/

My impression from that page is that they’re a bunch of SL noobs; many of the team members have default SL avatars.

By: Keystone Bouchard

Keystone Bouchard — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:21:57 +0000

Pffft. Michigan? Don’t they realize the Second Life powerhouse they have right in their own mosquito infested backyard? (hint: they should just fire up the ‘Lordfly Digeridoo’ beacon and shine it into the Michigan night sky…

By: Dusan

Dusan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:40:21 +0000

Ah see? I wondered why there was no date on their job postings – always makes you wonder whether it’s a way of beefing up the sense of how busy they are. In any case, at least we can get a confirm or deny from someone. Well, maybe not, but let’s see.

By: Aimee Trescothick

Aimee Trescothick — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:21 +0000

Pretty sure that job listing has been on there since at least April, I remember looking at it when L&N was first announced.

By: Dusan

Dusan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:42:30 +0000

I’m not entirely sure what the big secret is, Jacek. Maybe they don’t realize they’re being secretive? In any case, a smoking gun maybe, but on the other hand maybe Vectorform a) doesn’t update their job listings or keeps old ones up for the sake of, um, looking busy or b) is being contracted by someone else to develop stuff or c) is referring to another project when they use the word, in plural, “interfaces”.

Here I am reading the Linden tea leaves again! Hahaha.

But at least there’s smoke – and it’s always fun to speculate. Plus, I live near Detroit so maybe I can pop by and, um, keep them honest?

By: Jacek Antonelli

Jacek Antonelli — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:44:18 +0000

Aha! The Landmarks & Navigation project is pretty much wrapped up, so I don’t see why they’d be hiring now — unless they’re going to be doing more SL work in the future.

Seems there’s more to the story than just the L&N project. Good find!