SENIOR MEDIA THESIS

Well, the new head guy is in at Linden Labs. I wish the guy luck ... but I worry about two things: 1) his new avatar name is "M" L...

As is often the case lately, this weekend I found myself explaining Second Life to someone unfamiliar with the concept of VWEs. Their immed...

Why do we have schools? To educate! Of course. That must be it, but if you peel back a couple of the layers and discover that Columbus reall...

Just thought I'd post this little tid bit about China's SL clone that just came into beta. In some ways it looks more detailed than...

Stanford University is announcing a 2 week intensive training institute on immersive virtual reality. From September 8 to September 19 they ...

Among the chatter about these issues, an article by Séverine Fiévet published last month in the French magazine LE MONDE talks about the vi...

A recent report showed that second life is continuing to experience economic growth. Although fewer new users are signing up for Second Life...

I recently came across an article describing some of the ways in which SL is helping people with disabilities and abused children. In one e...

Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries. Did they have a life then?

 

Well after 3 hours of trying to work in SL I am calling quits for the night. 5-10 crashes this evening make me want to bail on this software...

In response to all the gloom and doom, here's a story from MacNN that suggests that Apple is exploring the idea of virtual retail outlet...

Face it, we all need to from time to time

Evidently, while we in Digital Worlds have been busy with our final projects, trouble has been brewing in Second Life. Does anyone remember ...

"SECOND LIFE, April 11 (Reuters) - The fledgling virtual agencies and service companies who made it big during the boom years of Second...

I was reading through some SL announcements the other day and noticed this announcement from Global Kids, a major player on the Teen SL grid...

OMG, you guys have to see this. We've talked so much about SL being so much like RL with people having jobs, etc. Well, this is what to...

Tomorrow evening in the REVE from 7pm to 9pm Digital Design students from the School of Theatre and Dance will be presenting research regard...

I found a clip of what inspired me to take this class. The entire episode is worth watching if you can find it

Researchers at the University of Washington area looking into the existence of black holes in cyberspace. They suggest that information is ...

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal was discussing the "surprising power of synthetic identity." (WEEKEND JOURNAL; Is This...

I saw this before I started the class, but forgot about it until now. If you can't attend church for what ever reason, including being t...

There's an upcoming summer B class that I think will be interesting to everyone in this class: it is an interdisciplinary course on onli...

This may be a little out of context I just wanted to share with you all some of the key focus of industry folks around the world. I recently...

The stage seems to be slowly forming for life like avatars. Visit 0ddcast site they are adding a face and personality to their avatars. They...

I have begun to realize more and more that poeple actually enjoy shopping for things on SL, including clothing, furniture, cars, etc. I thi...

I came across an article speaking about Nickelodeon and their plans to increase work on their own virtual world. Nickelodeon is expected to ...

To our Class: I just was notified Saturday that I was accepted as a Poster Presenter for the Graduate Student Council Research Forum happeni...

"At the moment I simply don't have the time, but to be true to myself and you, probably even if I had, I'd be no longer willing...

As I was searching the web today for other reference material, I came across a scholarly paper about the use of a wii interface with SL. Al...

In working with one of my faculty members (he wants to discuss Second Life marketing in his economics course next week), I ran across a few ...

I thought you might be interested in this project going on at the ARSC (Arctic Region SuperComputing Center). The idea of creating a thr...

Additionally, here is an article about it. http://kotaku.com/376563/second-life-goes-before-congress

Last week, I was close to an equivalent of a panic attack. The deadline was approaching fast, and we still don’t have a structure: what am ...

I have been progressively more vocal about Second Life's scripting language inadequacies. While the syntax is simple enough it lacks the...