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Make Second Life sculpted prims easily with Rokuro (lathe)

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:53:27 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: I've tried this a bit and it's fun; Benja Kepler even made a video tutorial for it. The interface is a bit unorthodox, as if it were some tool from the Elder Gods found in a simple farmer's cornfield. But it's easy enough to get used to.

Clip Source: www.kanae.net

ROKURO(lathe) - Sculpted Prim Maker -

by Yuzuru Jewell(KANAE PROJECT) produced by youwith

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of a solid of revolution for Secondlife.

[Video]

Tags: make, second, life, sculpted, prims, easily, with, rokuro, (lathe)

80% of internet users in virtual worlds by 2011

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:21:15 GMT

clipped by: ONE Research

Clip Source: adverlab.blogspot.com

"By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life,” but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc.

Tags: virtual worlds, second life

Videoblogging in Second Life

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:12:21 GMT

clipped by: fauxpress
clipper's remarks: I've seen David's SL device in action. Pretty darned cool.

Clip Source: mmeiser.com

Videoblogging in Second Life

As part the Videoblogging Week 2007 theme "crossing borders", Lisa Rein has done an excellent series of posts on videoblogging in Second Life. As part of the series Chicago based videoblogger Davide Meade has created this amazing video of an interface he's created for videoblogs in Second Life. Complete with a channel changer and multiple screens. If you have second life installed you can check it out by visiting the below SLURL... that's a Second Life Uniform Resource Locator or Second Life URL for you geeks. :)

See it in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongju/113/158/74

Tags: second life, secondlife, machinima, mmeiser, david meade, lisa rein

70% of SL users dissappointed w/ traditional marketing

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:09:54 GMT

clipped by: DrLRn1Rs

Clip Source: www.dmwmedia.com

Survey: 70% of of Users Disappointed With Marketing Efforts in Second Life

according to a new survey by Komjuniti, a Hamburg, Germany, research firm. Second Lifers see a lot of the companies as simply opportunistic and not really interested in developing a long-term presence in Second Life that benefits its inhabitants.

“The brand sites on Second Life currently look like they’re being treated in pretty much the same way as [traditional] advertising campaigns,” said Dr. Nils Andres, managing director of Komjuniti to Brandweek. They have been “placed with the hope of getting high visitor frequency and good PR scores.”

“They expect more creativity, more inspiration, and not vertical influence the old and traditional way of the 60-second spot,” said Andres.

Catherine Smith, Linden Labs’ Director of Marketing, says

“If you are not authentic and do not offer anything to the community, you are likely to be ignored”, she said.

Tags: gh avisualagency

Second Life To Transform Internet, Browser Tech By 2017

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:46:37 GMT

clipped by: DrLRn1Rs

Clip Source: www.informationweek.com

Mozilla's technologist predicts that in the next 10 years our avatars will attend virtual business meetings and chat with other shoppers as they browse for books in 3-D bookstores.

attend virtual business meetings and chat with other shoppers as they browse for books in 3-D bookstores.

By Sharon Gaudin
InformationWeek

March 22, 2007 01:46 PM

The virtual world phenomenon of Second Life will transform the Internet within the next 10 years, and the browser will have to change just as fast to keep up, said Mozilla's Window Snyder.

"Once upon a time, your browser was just text and images," said Snyder. "Now, it's incredibly rich and it has Java, ActiveX, and Ajax. Client-side applications are executing in your browser. It's already so far away from text and images. In 10 years, it will be more about this first-person avatar-based 3-D experience."

Tags: gh avisualagency

2 Computer Machinima

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:39:31 GMT

clipped by: cc_chapman
clipper's remarks: Good tutorial on two computer capturing of machinima

Clip Source: www.machinima.com

One Minute Machinima are meant to open a window to the diverse activities enjoyed by avatars in Second Life. These videos can help draw new users into the world and help current residents discover fun things residents are creating. Using this tutorial, we hope other residents will create their own machinima to showcase the world of Second Life.

One machine that has S-Video out. We used a Dell XPS M170.

A Mac with iMovie. We used an Intel iMac.

A digital video converter box. We used a Canopus ADVC110.

An S-Video cable.

A FireWire cable (comes with the Canopus ADVC110).

Tags: machinima, second life, mac, pc

Second Life experiences virtually superficial

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:53:00 GMT

clipped by: redhead328
clipper's remarks: I have very serious reservations about virtual communities like these that some people see as antidote for loneliness.

Clip Source: www.dukemagazine.duke.edu

Just an hour or so after joining, "you'll notice that several residents approach you and introduce themselves," the website promises. "Within this vibrant society of people, it's easy to find people with similar interests.... Once you meet people you like, you find it's easy to communicate and stay in touch."

In the context of this universe, communicating and staying in touch have decidedly nontraditional meanings. You can link with your online associates to hang out at a nightclub, take in a fashion show, attend an art opening, or play games. It could be the start of a virtual friendship. The gift of virtual chicken soup delivered by a friendly avatar, though, won't go down like the real thing.

Tags: second life, internet, cyber culture, connections, loneliness