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The Archives
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04.15.10Beyers Sellers and the Reztones: Celebration 100 Episodes of MetanomicsA huge thanks to Chantal Harvey for capturing a moment of history on the Grid! Not just the celebration of the 100th episode of Metanomics, but the super smooth dulcet tones of Beyers and the ReZtones - hip contemporary music that hops. Er, well, maybe scratch the contemporary part, but I love it anyways. Congratulations Beyers and a big thanks to the Metanomics community!
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04.14.10Celebrating 100 Episodes of Metanomics: L250,000 Design CompetitionToday marks the 100th episode of Metanomics and to mark the occasion I'm sponsoring a design competition on "The Future of Metavision". (By the way, join us live for the 100th episode celebration featuring Beyers Sellers and the Reztones! It will be held immediately after today's show which starts at 12:00 p.m SLT and features a discussion of the Second Life Terms of Service). As we look forward to 100 more episodes of Metanomics, I'm inviting you to picture what the future of broadcasting looks like. I'm of the firm belief that Metanomics represents a milestone of sorts - truly interactive 'destination ...
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01.21.10Virtual Worlds and the State of the Union: Metanomics ReportSo during our intermission (which means me being on the road again) a bit of promotion. Well, not promotion but useful links to things of deep interest to you, dear reader. We have a report out today highlighting the past season on Metanomics. It acts as a bit of a "State of the Union" on virtual worlds. The report extrapolates from the guests on the "fall season" and highlights the following: Virtual worlds are achieving much wider adoption "Virtual worlds to date, in particular for enterprise, have been a testing ground, with significant prototyping and exploration. Consumer adoption of virtual worlds, once restricted ...
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11.06.09The Big Show: Second Life Enterprise Launch VideoI've hit Washington and haven't even had a chance to watch, but the Metanomics video of the Second Life Enterprise (SLE) launch event is now 'live'. Er, archived. You can right click and embed if you like. Special thanks to TREET.TV and to everyone who joined us for this event. More to follow when I'm back on home turf and can remember what city I'm in. Continue Reading...
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10.11.09Child Avatars in Virtual Worlds: Freedom and Progress?I hadn't quite expected to find Adam Thierer's appearance on Metanomics to be so, well, stimulating. I'm immediately suspicious, I suppose, of organizations with names like the "Progress and Freedom Foundation", as if the name itself is a sleight-of-hand for anything but. But Thierer made a compelling case for a light (or non-existent) regulatory hand on-line, although I found the outer reaches of his argument a little frustrating - there's a kind of iron-clad logic that brooks little argument which bothers me. But Thierer DID come up against the limits of his viewpoint when it came to digital representations of children ...
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10.11.09The General Theory of the Second BestOnly the second best will do for virtual environments like Second Life - or that according to Robert Bloomfield who closed last week's Metanomics with a resounding call for complexity: The bottom line is that we live in an imperfect world, and we will never eliminate all government regulation and other imperfections. The general theory of the second best tells us that we need to look at each regulation in all its messiness, in the context of the other regulations and imperfections we have to suffer. So I’m not against freedom. I’m just skeptical of simple arguments. So those of you who ...
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09.28.09Tom Hale on Content Protection in Second LifeTom Hale recently commented on Metanomics that Linden Lab "feels very strongly about the rights of our intellectual property creators and holders and want to protect those as much as we can in a Virtual World." He expanded on the challenge of balancing the need for an open expressive platform with the obligation to protect content. He also spoke of the content protection road map, which he implied had only really just gotten started, and the idea of a 'teller registry'. The video of the relevant clip follows. You can view the full episode on Metanomics or read the transcript here. ...
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09.25.09Has Second Life Poisoned the Well for Business? Thoughts from 3DTLCThe 3DTLC track at the Engage Expo in San Jose featured some of the usual suspects, Metanomics among them, and an overall sense that we're nearing the finish line - the chasm is about to be crossed, and with the help of ThinkBalm's handy but dense guide to overcoming objectives, we'll all be deploying, well, something 3D, something cool, although we're not really sure yet what the killer app will be. Among the presenters was chief sponsor of the 3DTLC track, Proton Media and they had some pretty impressive business-friendly stuff to show off, including integration with Microsoft's Sharepoint. I was ...
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09.18.09Linden Lab Takes the Stand: Getting Engaged About Virtual GoodsPhilip Rosedale, founder and Chair of Linden Lab, and Tom Hale, Chief Product Officer will be mixing realities next week on the season opener of Metanomics, talking about virtual goods alongside Second Life Residents and superstars in their own rights, Harper Beresford and JeanieSing Trilling. I'm really excited about the show. As far as I know, it's the only mixed reality event happening at an Expo focused on virtual worlds and other engaging stuff. We'll be broadcasting as usual from the Metanomics Main Stage where Harper and JeanieSing will provide insight into what the 'virtual goods' industry means to the creators, ...
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09.16.09Mesh Imports: Will Second Life Ever Be the Same?Well, no, it won't - but then again, Second Life isn't the same as it was a month ago, let alone a few years ago when I first logged on and crossing a sim border was a hazardous affair. But join us at Metanomics on Thursday September 17th, 12:00 SLT, for an inside look at this possible addition to the Second Life tool kit: what is a mesh import? What kinds of tools will people use to create mesh objects? What are the pros and cons for how content looks and is created? How will this impact the Second Life economy? We'll ...
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