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AVESS which is the Amputee Virtual Environment Support Space will be launching to help the amputees in the United States Army. The project is a partnership with Virtual Ability Inc. Funding is provided by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. The project will use the Second Life Enterprise Platform.
President of Virtual [...]
It seems like we just finished Burning Life 2009 and Halloween in Second Life but already it is time for Winterfest.
This means snowball fights, snowman building contests, ice skating, and Christmas decorations. And of course the Winterfest Spotlight is taking submissions. The deadline for sellers of virtual items is November 11, [...]
There is a huge benefit to virtual meetings and 3d training. But even I was surprised to learn that the secure Second Life Enterprise version costs an astonishing $55,000. Of course this does include the hardware (two 1RU rack-mount servers) but the price seemed a bit of a shock given it can be [...]
Bettina Tizzy is shutting down the Not Possible in Real Life blog after almost 3 years (the Not Possible IRL blog was started on July 4, 2007). This blog covered Second Life and other 3d virtual worlds and focused mainly on art, fashion, architecuture and content in the virtual world.
Goodbye to the NPIRL blog [...]
Nokia and IBM are creating a virtual reality conference system in Second Life. The system uses cameras mounted on your head and incorporates actions and objects into Second Life. Charles Woodward from the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland is leading the project. Check out the below video demonstration of the Augmented [...]
We have written before about 3d Meez Avatars. This popular free service even made our list of the Top 10 ways to create avatar.
Meez is a social networking site that allows you to create 3d Meez avatars, play over 80 meez games online, chat, and more. Meez is free but offers premium services [...]
In case you missed it, Burning Life 2009 started in Second Life on Saturday, October 17, 2009.
The first high definition below features some footage of the virtual art festival happening in Second Life right now.
Check it out.
SL Burning Life 2009 HD Video:
The below high definition video features footage from the Tungsten Burning Life exhibit. [...]
We have written many times about Philip Rosedale the Creator of Second Life and Founder of Linden Lab. In 2008 Philip Rosedale stepped down as CEO of Linden Lab with Mark Kingdon replacing him and Rosedale became Chairman of the Board of Directors.
A year later Rosedale has announced he will no longer work at [...]
We have written about Burning Life 2009 before.
The date is quickly approaching on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Below you can see a promotional video and a schedule of events.
Check it out below and do not miss this major event.
Burning Life 2009 Promo Trailer:
Virtual Burning Man Festival Schedule: BurningLife 2009 in Second Life:
1. Staffing & [...]
It is just a matter of time. Eventually the 3d maps in Google Street View and Google Maps will Combine with Google Building Maker to allow you to explore the virtual world similar to Second Life. That is why it is so surprising that Google Lively was shutdown. But Google will most [...]
