http://www.secondlifeupdate.com Exploring this SL Online Virtual World playing Avatar Games for Lindens | 2nd Life & more! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It looks like PayPal will no longer be the only option for international Second Life payments. As business for Linden Lab continues to stretch across the globe and multiple languages it is becoming increasingly more important to be flexible when accepting payments from international customers using different currencies and ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/paypal-no-longer-the-only-option-for-international-second-life-payments/ We wrote before that Liden Lab was looking for a new PR firm. It looks like Edelman has been chosen as the new company to try and reinvigorate the public image and advertising of Second Life. Time will tell if this can be a highly beneficial move for Linden ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/liden-lab-selects-edelman-as-new-pr-firm/ Linden Lab has announced a new freebies policy for listing products on XStreet SL. There will now be a fee for listing freebies. Within the next 90 days the policy will become active. While freebies will not actually be removed completely, they seem to be highly discouraged. Basically ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/no-more-freebies-at-xstreet-sl/ The below high definition video machinima was created in the virtual world of Second Life. It was filmed as a version of Move Along at the S.I.C. 49. Dude...You've got a little red monkey on your back. The video is about 4 minutes long. Check it ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/hd-machinima-trying-to-get-that-monkey-off-your-back/ We have written before about virtual smoking in Second Life. Smoking is a terrible and addictive habit and I hate it. That being said, you can virtually smoke all you want in a video game or MMORPG. Check out the below machinima that features exactly that. It is ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/virtual-smoking-games-machinima/ A Sandbox in Second Life is where ...... well.... anything can happen. The below machinima video demonstrates that perfectly as all kinds of strange and creative things are rezzed in a Sandbox in the virtual world of Second Life. The video features some strange and disturbing builds. The video ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/machinima-anything-can-happen-in-the-second-life-sandbox/ I have always heard in a nuclear disaster that cockroaches would be the only thing to survive. This particular cockroach would certainly survive because it is built like a tank. Actually it is a tank. Check out the below video featuring TankRoach. Machinima: This Cockroach is Build Like a Tank http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/uncategorized/machinima-this-cockroach-is-build-like-a-tank/ In the below video we take a virtual tour opf the Innsmouth virtual sim in Second Life. It is a pretty scary sim. Teleport there now The video is about 3 minutes long. Check it out below. The Innsmouth Sim is Scary Video Tour: http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/uncategorized/video-tour-the-innsmouth-sim-is-scary/ Telstra BigPond is a large Internet Service Provider in Australia. They have had a presence in the virtual world of Second Life for some time The BigPond virtual sim included cinema, racetracks, games, dance areas, and company information areas in addition to a customer service area that was fully ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/heres-your-update/telstra-bigpond-leaving-second-life/ The below video features a griefer in Second Life dressed as Ronald Mc Donald and rezzing french fries and chocolate swirls in a sandbox. The video is about 2 minutes long. Check it out below. Ronald Mc Donald Griefer: http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/ronald-mc-donald-griefer/ The below is a video tutorial on creating notecards and creating an object to distribute them. It was created by Zahira Merchant on Glasscock Digital Humanities Island. The video is about 4 minutes long. Please make sure to not use the below video tutorial for notecard spamming purposes. Creating Notecards & Distributing ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/the-ten-tips/video-tutorial-creating-notecards-distributing-them-through-objects/ The below video is a tutorial on how to load freeCAD ASMT Models into Cobalt. It is a high definition video that is almost 9 minutes in length. Cobalt is the open Metaverse Browser and Toolkit currently in alpha testing from Duke University. Find out More about Cobalt. Watch the ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/the-ten-tips/hd-video-tutorial-loading-freecad-asmt-models-into-cobalt-open-metaverse-browser/ We have written before about having a Second Life Wedding. This particular virtual wedding is very well done indeed. It was created for the Second Life Wedding of Josh Foxtrot and Annabella Adder. The video is about ten minutes long and includes the Wedding Ceremony as well as the ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/second-life-wedding-hd-video/ Lol! This is really funny. Have you ever had to call a taxi because you forgot your pants and it is snowing outside? No? Well watch this video then. The high definition video is just over 2 minutes long. It starts off with a taxi getting ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/hd-machinima-call-a-taxi-when-you-forget-your-pants/ The below high definition video is a short tour of a particularly interesting virtual sim in Second Life. Sick City is a cool city with a high level of design and lights. It is definitely a cool place to check out if you have not been there. Watch the ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/hd-video-tour-of-sick-city-virtual-sim/ We have written several times about Virtual Universities and 3d Education in Second Life. In the below video we see a short tour of Saint Joseph's Virtual University in Second Life. It is a brief overview of some of the rooms, campuses, meeting areas, and grounds. Additional builds are ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/virtual-tour-st-josephs-university/ The below machinima may actually be a commercial for the THS 12 motorcyle by Madmaxll Caproni but I look at as a machinima created in Second Life which features Batman riding around on his motorcyle. The video is only 1.5 minutes long. Check it out below. Machinima: Batman Riding his Motorcycle: http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/batman-bike-machinima/ Lol! The below video was pretty heart wrenching yet funny. It featured Batman taking a lonely voyage at sea on a ship as the waves crash around him and he stands on deck in the rain. It was filmed at the Captiva virtual sim in Second Life ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/machinima-batman-takes-a-lonely-voyage-at-sea-at-captiva/ I hope you had a happy Veterans Day. I spent mine camping outside with the family. We need to take this special time to remember the men and women who have sacrificed for our country. Second Life celebrated as well raising funds for Operation Uplink. Operation ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/veterans-day-tribute-through-november-14-in-second-life/ Below is a high definition machinima created in the virtual world of Second Life. It is called Dreams of a Second Life Resident. I notice there are a lot of things on fire and a lot of motorcycle riding in the video. Is this guy a piro? The video is ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/hd-machinima-dreams-of-a-second-life-resident/ One interesting virtual education project is the Open University's Innovative Experiment in Community. This virtual university is running several classes in the virtual world of Second Life. Long distance learning and community building are emphasized. Open University is based in the United Kingdom and currently has 150,000 ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/open-university-virtual-education-in-second-life/ We have written before about boating in Second Life. The below video is a tour of Sailors Cove in Second Life. This is a water and boating virtual sim used primarily for sailing and for sailors to live. The below high definition video is about 5 minutes long. Teleport there ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/hd-video-tour-of-sailors-cove/ Phillip Rosedale, the founder of Second Life is hiring an Executive Assistant for his new P-Squared company. The job was posted on craigslist yesterday. It is a little bit unorthodox. In order to apply you have to be a unique person capable of working in a different ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/phillip-rosedale-is-hiring-an-executive-assistant-for-new-p-squared-company/ We have written before about the Virtual King Tut exhibit. Rezzable is now sponsoring a photo contest of the virtual King Tut on the OpenSimulator Grid. The top three winners get $100 USD each. There will be one winner for each category: 1. Avatars exploring 2. What in King Tut Virtual ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/news-and-stuff/virtual-king-tut-photo-contest-3-100-usd-prizes/ We have written before about traveling to virtual countries in Second Life. In the below video we take a virtual tour of Paris in Second Life. The tour starts off in a virtual subway and then takes you up to street level top explore and see some of the historic ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/hd-video-tour-of-virtual-paris/ The below video is a Gondola tour of the virtual Venice in Second Life. The video is about 3 minutes long and shows two avatars taking a Gondola ride through the 3d Venice. The Virtual Venice offers the gondola rides, sculptures and art, music and gardens, and more. Check ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/video-gondola-tour-of-virtual-venice/ Below is a high definition video tutorial showing how to create 3d prim sculpts using 3d Max and PrimComposer. The video tutorial is a step by step guide starting with an image. It is actually in two parts of 8 minutes each. Check it out below. Creating 3d Prim Sculpts ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/the-ten-tips/hd-video-tutorial-creating-3d-prim-sculpts-with-3dmax-primcomposer/ The below is a strange and kind of funny machinima created in the virtual world of Second Life. It shows the creation of the Second Life superhero Dar MsStress. She starts out as an overweight drunk who receives magic powers and something much better than lipo suction to ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/machinima-the-creation-of-dark-msstress-second-life-superhero/ The below video is a tour of Virtual Olympia in Second Life. The Virtual Olympia sim was created in Second Life based on 300 BC Olympia Greece. The build includes a Mt. Kronos, the Metroon Temple, the Exedra fountain, the Temple of Hera, the Temple of Zeus, the Prytaneion, a ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/virtual-world-experiences/hd-video-tour-of-virtual-olympia/ Below is a video tour of the IBM virtual green data center. The video is about 8 minutes long and covers the deferent sections as well as interactive elements. It also discusses how Second Life can be used as a virtual presentation tool. Check out the video below. IBM Virtual Green Data ... http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/machinimas/video-tour-of-ibm-virtual-green-data-center/