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As most of you are already aware, our team (3- Measuring engagement and interactity in virtual academic presentations) will be hosting a liv...

I came in a little late to class today because I got tied up at work (school), but I wanted to weigh in on the education discussion. If the ...

I would like to hear your guys thoughts on religious groups in SL. I feel like SL could be a very strong platform for spreading all differe...

As I explore different avenues that would attract more users to second life, I am realizing that something must be started that stimulates i...

I think this provides linkage for a number of threads and topics we are considering this week. Global Kids is a major presence on the Teen G...

Last Friday I took my laptop to the UF Law Library and made a presentation on the educational possibilities for law schools and law librarie...

This is an interesting video reflection on learning in SL. Why have learning environments consist of traditional classrooms when so much mor...

I wanted to share a resource for a 3-D, immersive, virtual world style game that has been getting a lot of attention lately. DimensionM is b...

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As I read the articles for this week I was struck by a few thoughts... Empathy Islands sort of lost me for a bit. The idea of traveling thr...

This March 2008 report about responses that were received on the topic "Measuring the impact of Second Life for educational purposes...

The speaker tomorrow will be Pat Pagano. Mr. Pagano’s research in digital fine art has led to the development of a suite of open source tool...

Several recent links and posts have discussed the blur between real and virtual in the realm of criminal acts. The link regarding "Agep...

. ________________ Sir Arthur ___ (AP photo files.) Linkage represents power, status, success of one sort or another. Of co...

Just a note to let everyone know that our group's work is progressing nicely. We had our second gathering for the week in our house on ...

Embodiment is an old concept in general purpose AI, creating a dividing line between researchers, with supporters of good old fashioned AI ...

The massively multi-player environment has met a new twist. Go Cross Campus, an online game pitting dorm against dorm, school against schoo...

While traveling SL, I have found some items that are helpful in more ways than one. While I have used them to help me travel around, they ...

I was reading ,recently, about Mercedes closing down their SL sector. Putting myself in the shoes of a Mercedes Benz driver, would I ever (a...

I just added a little utility that displays a thumbnail of the link target and usually some related info. You can disable it if you wish by ...

Orin S. Kerr from George Washington University - Law School writes: ... Criminal law is a blunt instrument that should be used only as a la...

There has been some question about the theory of Masking my group (Avatar's as Masks) is using. While we are very much aware that people...

This came out this morning and my Father sent it to me. Check it out. One-On-One With Second Life Creator Philip Rosedale By Mitch Wagner I...

gimme a break! SPIEGEL ONLINE: The growth of Second Life, though, has subsided dramatically. Firms are pulling out … Rosedale : The real...

Do you have a brand new pc or mac with a x3100 integrated graphics card? This integrated mobile graphics card needs special settings in the ...

Mixed Reality Human. An Initial Exploration with a Virtual Breast Exam Patient was named was named IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 Best Paper. the...

http://hackshaven.com/2007/08/20/the-age-of-an-avatar-vs-the-likelyhood-of-their-spending-money/ "If valid, this graph has interesting ...

Looks like Rosedale is resigning as CEO of Linden Labs: http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2008/03/14/exclusive-rosedale-to-step-down-as...

Just in case you didn't see this on the SL Researchers listserv email, there's some talk of some AI going on in SL: Apparently a tea...

Hope everyone had a wonderful break... and welcome back. To get back into the rhythm of things, I wanted to share some thoughts on a discus...

The recents posts and news of universities using platforms like SL to hold classes began to make me wonder about the new chapter of educatio...

All major cellphone game publishers -- including Electronic Arts Inc , Gameloft and Glu Mobile have signed up for the new Nokia's N-...

I'm starting to wonder if I am behind the times or ahead of the power curve. Another university is starting to conduct activities in Sec...