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Law and Order in the virtual universes

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:26:25 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: i think it is interesting the way a community is being built.

from the article: "In 2006, Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, canceled Marc Bragg's account for violating the world's policies on real estate deals. Bragg sued Linden, saying he legally owned the content he created in Second Life, including land and businesses. The suit was eventually settled, and Bragg's avatar was restored.

Authorities also have intervened in crimes committed in online worlds. In the Netherlands, for example, a teenager was arrested for stealing more than $5,000 worth of virtual furniture in a world called Habbo.

"This is such a nascent area when it comes to the law," said Sean F. Kane, a partner in the law firm Drakeford & Kane. "If a certain world allows you to be a thief, is it a crime or just an aspect of the game? Should real-world law apply?"

there is much thinking to do, involved...

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Virtual Worlds Get Real About Punishment

In the online community Cellufun, troublemakers found guilty by other users get their virtual alter egos placed behind bars. (Cary Torkelson)

Virtual worlds have often been called the digital equivalent of the Wild West, where animated alter egos can live in a fantasy frontier. But in some of these universes, a sheriff has come to town.

Slipping a four-letter word into an instant message now could land a user in a virtual timeout. Repeated attempts to make friends with an uninterested character could result in a loss of blogging privileges. And if convicted of starting a "flame war," or an exchange of hostile messages, a user may endure the ultimate punishment -- permanent exile.

A virtual world for mobile devices, called Cellufun, has established a courthouse, where rule-breakers are indicted by their peers

Some worlds have devised their own versions of jail, where boredom is the punishment

VZones, created the Void

holding cell

Tags: virtual, social networking, laws

Play yourself to the top

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:24:42 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: It seems that our description regarding what is considered as experience is evolving.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Is It Possible To Teach Experience? European Researchers Say Yes

The team developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this game is no executive toy.

But change is hard, rarely goes smoothly and often courts disaster. ChangeMasters plans to make the process easier by equipping executives with real-life skills and realistic project management experience using a serious game. Serious games attempt to achieve real-world results through videogame technology.

Not quite Second Life

The game does not look like many modern games. “We initially produced an interface like the online game, Second Life. It had a 3D, richly visual environment. But executives spent too much time exploring the environment rather than playing through the games,” he says.

The game incorporates the familiar tools of corporate communication, including newsletters, emails, memos, executive information systems (EIS) and formal networks

Tags: computers, business, games

Virtual Obsession: Woman Arrested, Stalked Ex-Virtual Boyfriend

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:09:02 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Virtual reality led to virtual insanity and real crime. Shows that fantasy interaction produces a brainwashed state of mind in some, even violent obsession.

Of course this happens in real life too. "Crimes of passion" are among the leading crimes, just ask your local police dept. Women are not infrequently the aggressors.

There is nothing like the fury of a woman scorned

Clip Source: cbs3.com

Woman Attempts To Kidnap Ex-Virtual Boyfriend

Kimberly Jernigan, 33, allegedly attempted to kidnap her former virtual boyfriend on August 21.

CBS

New Castle County Police said 33-year-old Kimberly Jernigan of North Carolina was apparently distraught after her online relationship with a 52-year-old man from Claymont, Delaware came to an end.

The pair apparently met online in "Second Life." A virtual relationship began between the victim, whose character was a Lion, and Jerrigan, whose online persona was said to be a virtual woman.

When the two met in reality several months ago, police said the victim ended the relationship, sending Jernigan into a downward spiral.

In the beginning of August, Jernigan allegedly drove to the victim's Pennsylvania workplace and attempted to kidnap him at gunpoint. While she was unsuccessful, she returned two weeks later to track down the victim's Delaware address.

Jernigan is currently facing charges of attempted kidnapping, burglary and aggravated menacing.

Tags: internet, crime, relationships

Word-of-Mouth 2.0

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:55 GMT

clipped by: akipta

Clip Source: blog.einnoventions.com

Word-of-Mouth Marketing has always been considered one of the most powerful and effective Marking tools available, and it doesn’t cost a dime.

In the past, Word-of-Mouth Marketing could only spread as fast as an Influence and Authority Network’s reach. But today, Social Networking through mediums like You Tube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Second Life has made it super viral.

People like us, who are early adapters, and embrace this new Word-of-Mouth 2.0 medium, will be in advantageous position to capture market share and reap the rewards of brand awareness.

Tags: social-networking marketing viral-marketing

Invictus's Clipmarks Shirt in Second Life...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:50:33 GMT

clipped by: einbar

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

LivePlace IS the Second Life Killer

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:45:50 GMT

clipped by: bferman
clipper's remarks: All I can say is... simply amazing!

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

LivePlace.com has posted a video displaying a very impressive render of a 3D virtual world called City Space

The other nugget of information found in the video is that the game is running on OTOY, the 3D engine that renders graphics in the cloud. The technology allows relatively weak computers (or even mobile phones) to display incredibly detailed graphics comparable to those seen in Hollywood movies.

[Video]

While there are a number of online games that offer impressive graphics (though none of this caliber), the real potential behind LivePlace and the OTOY engine is the cloud-based rendering engine, which allows games on almost any computer to play without needing a powerful graphics card. OTOY has been developed to work in any browser without a plugin, which makes the barrier for entry into this virtual world much lower than Second Life

The 14 mins of real time rendering in this material is streaming live to a Treo 700 at 240 kpbs

Tags: liveplace.com, second life, 3d, rendering, game

“Second Life” Bluesman Gets Record Deal in Real Life

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:38:03 GMT

clipped by: fuordigital

Clip Source: www.rollingstone.com

“Second Life” Bluesman Gets Record Deal in Real Life

A Nashville blues musician named Van Johin has been signed to a record label, thanks to his free performances on alternate computer universe Second Life. Van Johin is believed to be the first artist signed to a contract thanks to their performances in this other world. Aside from his steady schedule of touring small real-life venues, Van Johin also plays a weekly virtual concert on Second Life, which brought him to the attention of scouts from Reality Entertainment, who signed the bluesman after seeing his following online. The company’s scouts spent months on Second Life searching for talent before discovering Van Johin’s virtual venue Blue Note Club.

Advertising Overload Virtually Everywhere

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:15:26 GMT

clipped by: biverson

Clip Source: www.mediapost.com

Second Mid-Life Crisis

Posted August 8th, 2008 by Shankar Gupta

Big changes are coming to the favorite virtual world of marketing trade pubs, according to a recent post on Jack Linden’s blog. Second Life, which allows users an extremely high level of freedom compared to competing virtual worlds, is heading towards becoming more regulated.

“Ad farms” have sprouted up in all areas of the virtual world, plots of land that serve no purpose other than to sell advertising space to networks, which have caused virtual property devaluations throughout the Second Life mainland, much like excessive advertising on the Web or in real-world cities.

Virtual obesity

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:19:16 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: Another example of the bluring of virtual-real.
maybe one day it will be impossible to tell them apart

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Healthy Diet Study Will Take Place Entirely In Virtual World Of Second Life

The University of Houston department of health and human performance is launching an international effort to recruit 500 participants for a study promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity. The study will take place entirely in the virtual world of Second Life (SL).

The TORC International Health Challenge in Second Life will provide opportunities for avatars to earn Lindens—the currency of Second Life—for walking on treadmills, riding bikes and trying new fruits and vegetables in Second Life.

Participants compete to earn "Challenge Points" for their healthy behaviors. The country team that earns the most Challenge Points will win the International Health Challenge.

TORC will develop space in Second Life, create games and interactive learning opportunities and reward avatars when they join the International Health Challenge and participate in health behaviors in Second Life.

Tags: diet, virtual

Obesity in the virtual world

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:12:33 GMT

clipped by: zululu
clipper's remarks: An interesting example of bluring the virtual-real life...
maybe one day there will be no way to tell them apart.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Healthy Diet Study Will Take Place Entirely In Virtual World Of Second Life

The study will take place entirely in the virtual world of Second Life (SL).

Participants compete to earn "Challenge Points" for their healthy behaviors. The country team that earns the most Challenge Points will win the International Health Challenge.

Tags: diet, virtual

Twitter: clique-y or fluid?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:28:17 GMT

clipped by: communicatrix
clipper's remarks: Just from my own anecdotal evidence, I'd wager Dave Pollard's proposition about the male/female split on Twitter friend diversity.

Clip Source: blogs.salon.com

Valdis Krebs has mapped his twitter network, in the graphic above. Mine would be more complex, I think, and would have to capture my f2f, IM/VoIP, blog and Second Life networks.

My Blogroll has several hundred people in some 30 networks, with even more connections. It would be interesting to see the whole map. I suspect it would show that most of my networks are well connected internally with each other (cliquish?) and that, while men on the whole have more connections, women have more diverse connections. It's been interesting to see my twitter readers 'talking' to each other across my networks, making new and unexpected connections.

Tags: social networking, social media, twitter

criador de scripts second life sem programar

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:42:18 GMT

clipped by: elviscristiano

Clip Source: mundolinden.blogspot.com

Crie scripts facilmente, sem nem saber a linguagem LSL

Utilize o S4SL - ou Scratch for Second Life - que é um projeto baseado no desenvolvimento de facilidades para programação, de alunos do MIT (Massachusets Institute of Tecnology).

O download é totalmente gratuito e até um novato poderá criar coisas interessantes, sem precisar de um programador que conheça o LSL (Language Second Life).

Faça o Download grátis do S4SL aqui.

Assista ao vídeo e veja como é fácil criar interatividade para seus objetos no SL.

Virtual Worlds by Sector

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:31:54 GMT

clipped by: sylectra
clipper's remarks: This chart made by KZERO Research shows where the dominant age ranges fall for each 3D virtual world. Oldest residents are in the center of the circle, where you see Second Life.

Clip Source: www.kzero.co.uk

Tags: second life, virtual worlds, internet, charts

Virtual World Boundaries

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:30:06 GMT

clipped by: sylectra
clipper's remarks: Wikipedia entry on virtual worlds talks about perceived differences between real world and virtual worlds.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

Virtual worlds are well-known as being fantasy spaces sealed off from the real world, but more careful analysis reveals that the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds is quite porous. Participants constantly arrive and depart from the world, carrying with them their unique set of behavioral assumptions and attitudes that cannot be disentangled from their interactions in the virtual world.^[8]^[clarify] For example, in virtual worlds which bring together players from multiple cultural backgrounds, a participant in a virtual world brings their own cultural preconceptions about those other cultures across the boundary into the world while playing. The term magic circle has been used to describe the imaginary barrier between the virtual world and the real world. The fantasy environment of the virtual world is protected from the intrusion of real life by this magic circle, but practices such as the sale of virtual items and virtual currency for real life currency challenges this

Tags: virtual, second life, magic circle, community

Awesome angel statue

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:10:58 GMT

clipped by: mvonallmen

Clip Source: squarejumper.com

Tags: angel, second life