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3d Meez Create Avatar Service Profitable with 13 Million Users

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 [...]

Burning Life 2009 HD Videos from SecondLife

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. [...]

Philip Rosedale a Linden No Longer: Creator of Second Life & Founder of the Lab Starts New Venture

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 [...]

Burning Life Starts on Saturday October 17

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 & [...]

Eventually Google Earth 3d Buildings – Warehouse – Maps – Google Building Maker – Street View Will Allow You To Explore Virtual World

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 [...]

University of Hawaii Dr. Leon James Discusses Second Life & Virtual Avatars

In the below high definition video Dr. Leon James and REbecca Meeder discuss the virtual world of Second Life as well as 3d avatars. This video is about 5 minutes long and was created by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The video is called: Avatar, The Virtual You.

A magazine article was also [...]

Linden Lab Hiring Second Life Destination Guide Community Experts

Linden Lab is now hiring Second Life Destination Guides who are community experts. These residents will locate the best virtual locations in Second Life. Linden Lab has partnered with LiveWork to create a Destination Guide. Ongoing projects will be outsourced to teams. After signing in to LiveWork you can apply for [...]

Intel Always Intended Science Sim OpenSimulator to be a Competitor to Second Life

Intel has been active in Second Life for some time. Intel has now created their own 3D Internet OpenSim Project based on OpenSimulator. Science Sim is being promoted and Intel is now a very real competitor to Linden Lab and Second Life.

In the below Sponsors of Tomorrow marketing campaign Sky has created the [...]

New Second Life Book Thriller: Virtually Dead & Mixed Reality Machinima:

In the below video we see a mixed reality machinima promo for a thriller book titled Virtually Dead. This is a Second Life mystery from Peter May. It is set in the virtual world of Second Life. The book will be out on hardcover and paper back on December 1, 2009.
In the [...]

Will New PR Firm Reinvigorate Second Life?

I am sure you remember the media storm that followed Second Life 2 years ago. The press releases and media coverage was incredible and whether or not they were responsible, the Linden Lab PR firm Lewis Global Public Relations took the credit. Fast forward 2 years and most mainstream media will not touch [...]