Archive for May, 2008

Across the radar

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Looks like you can play YouTube videos in Second Life. Okay, there are some minor technical challenges like YouTube’s mp4 download links expire after a while, but it’s still worth finding out how [...]

Google Android eclipses Second Life! says PR company

Says HitSearch in a media release:
eitarosoft, inc. today announced that they have successfully developed a 3D virtual world service on Google’s platform “Android”.
The conventional 3D virtual world service required the use of a very high-specific PC, but Android-mounted mobile devices will enable users to enjoy the 3D virtual world service with commonly available PCs because [...]

Across the radar

Snippets of news:

Second Life guide for newcomers - says Katicus Sparrow: “Ariane Brodie gives examples and links of what to do after you figure out good skin, hair and clothes, including teleport scripts, camera controls, jewelry creation and attachment scripts”
Life in the Metaverse - interesting blog by the aforementioned Ariane
Wagner James Au (WJA) discussed how [...]

Dangerous curves ahead - new theory to contend with

Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water…
Ronna Porter has just suggested I get in touch with Jessica Lipnack, who has
done lots of research on virtual teams - she’s on FB. Look up container theory too.

I did so and have extended the Facebook hand of friendship.
Container Theory, on the other [...]

Chat with Penny

Before I launch her into Second Life on a full-time basis (courtesy of the MyCyberTwin object), feel free to ask Penny some questions here.
 

Reflections - 20/5/08

I’ve just spent the last four hours inputting answers to questions over at MyCyberTwin.com
I’m creating a set of questions and responses for Penny (and I’ll duplicate them for Isabella later) to tie in with the MyCyberTwin object that will keep her alive and functioning in Second Life even if I’m not there.
So far, even [...]

Cracking The Code - 01 - 7/5/08

I flew into Hobart on a late Tuesday afternoon; the clouds dramatic and backlit by the setting sun.
The airport itself reminded me of the old Adelaide terminal — no sky bridge, a dampness in the air from a recent swish of fine rain, the horizon a mirror image of the Adelaide Hills.
I was [...]

Reflections - 7/5/08

“As the literary theorists known as the “reader response” school have long argued, the act of reading is far from passive: we construct alternate narratives as we go along, we cast actors or people we know into the roles of the characters, we perform the voices of the characters in our heads, we adjust the [...]