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June 6th, 2008
The Archives
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06.06.08OpenSim and Second Life InteroperableTeleportation between OpenSim and Second Life has been accomplished. Last night, Ruth arrived on the OpenSim grid...FROM Second Life. According to Zha's Virtual Musings: This wasn’t a normal login. All three Avatars had been logged on via the Agent Domain in the Linden Lab Aditi test grid. The Agent Domain took a “place_avatar” request from the client, and issued a “rez_avatar” request to the OpenSim, which handed the Agent Domain the necessary details so it could relay it to the client, and permit a login. We’re all Ruth, because we’re not yet syncing the agents with openSim inventory yet. That’s just ...
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06.06.08Avatar or Flesh and Blood? Marketing in the Age of the Second SelfAs people increasingly turn to virtual worlds to create identities, it becomes increasingly difficult for marketers to determine who it is they need to market their products: an avatar, or the person behind the avatar? An article at iMedia Connection, a site that connects marketers, tries to find answers to this marketing dilemma where consumers exert an unprecedented amount of control over their identities and self-expression by looking at WeeWorld and Second Life. After studying WeeWorld, the authors have discovered that most people (mostly younger people) tend to replicate their real selves online. In Second Life, though, character duping is common, and ...
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06.06.08Google Earth Unbound - Is THIS Virtual Earth?Google Earth (GE) recently announced that it would make a plug-in to allow GE to run in a browser (thus far, for Windows only). GE expects to see its mashups on the Web, in its words, "with many more applications than ever before." GE is careful to note that the entire application is not being converted into a browser, but only that the plug-in will run, which will enable developers to create applications and enable UI features. While the plug-in will not have all the features of the full GE client, it is still a favourable development for developers who can ...
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