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09.25.09Orange Ends: Winding Down a Success Story in Second LifeA success story is coming to a close. It was made official today that Orange is winding down its Second Life project. Words fail me a little. Yeah, I know...I hardly have a shortage of words. But for me, the Orange Island project was one of the great success stories of Second Life. Places like Svarga or the Greenies made me realize how beautiful, fun and engaging Second Life could be. Orange Island convinced me that there was business value as well. I remember my first time visiting Orange. I don't remember how I landed there. I just remember I arrived one ...
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05.02.09The Future of Education in Virtual Worlds: My Discussions at Orange IslandA big thanks to the folks at Orange Island for putting on an amazing series of panels and presentations on education in multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs). I didn't have a lot to add to the discussions other than to maybe set a bit of context, but the presentations that followed were pretty incredible - great examples of where education is at, what methods are working, the challenges and experiences. Mogulus archived the presentations. You can catch my discussion on Mogulus (it takes a bit to get rolling but it's there! Forward to about 24 minutes to where I'm introduced). Click "On ...
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11.16.08A Sense of Place: Mapping in Second Life and Virtual WorldsI often regret that I wasn't around for the days of telehubs and a contained land mass: Second Life is too vast now, teleports make it too easy to bounce around, and private islands mean that the majority of the Grid isn't a continuous space. Over on the OpenSim grids, you get a sense of place: it's still small enough to wander around and meet all your neighbours. The map of SL isn't much of a map really. Show it to a cartographer and they'd scorn it: it's an information dashboard, maybe, showing land for sale or green dots, but ...
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