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The Archives
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01.22.08Rezzable Parses Second Life Stats: It’s the Economy Stupid!Second Life's economy is stalled because of poor integration and retention of newbies, Rezzable proposes. Their economic analysis is really quite useful, as is their conclusion: In fact my guess is that the Emmy award will be a marker for SL…a milestone for when things got really tough. A massive, complex software/hardware environment, more difficult management issues and no doubt some serious competitors coming to this space. And really if a new virtual world platform can only get 400,000 engaged users…well the new players would be equal with LL pretty fast. And that could happen with 3 months with a well organized, ...
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12.17.07Businesses and Virtual Worlds: This will only get strangerBrands, corporations, entrepeneurs - everyone wants a slice of Web 2.0...to influence the blogs, create the next viral campaign, protect and extend their IP. Virtual worlds have been alternately viewed as games, a diversion, a brand experience platform, and an extension of 2.0. But the metaverse (I use the roadmap's definition) goes exponentially beyond all of these and, I believe could continue to help overturn what today constitutes a corporation. Napster represented the tip of the iceberg and bus loads of lawyers were sent out to protect corporate intellectual property. But technology has taken us further, and with virtual worlds, we add to ...
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11.15.07Second Life: Childhood Dreams Photos Needed for Exhibit at the CanneryRezzable will be launching a second installation of Second Life art at the Cannery. Topics include: 4. Childhood Dreams What is it like being a child? To have a child? To believe like a child? Details here and information on SLART here. Wonderful timing. Dusan Dreaming.
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11.06.07Second Life Attraction: A Visit to Black Swan Rezzable and the Legend of StaraxThere's a legend - one from far before my time. Starax Statosky created a wand. This wand had almost mythical powers and was sold in a limited edition. From it, the gates to Heaven could open up. A flying pig might appear. The wand responded to over 150 words (and was beautifully documented here with a slideshow here). Now, the thing is...Starax died. But his spirit returned as Light Waves, and Light Waves has become deeply involved with the work of Rezzable (a mystery of its own, but that's another story). The return of the wand maker was discovered by several astute observers and reported, ...
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