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Thinking Globally, Connecting Virtually:
Anshe Chung Makes a Home for Non-profits on SL.

Anshe Chung (picture from Rik Riel’s Flickr stream) spoke live from China at the grand opening celebration for the new Non-profit Commons island in Second Life. Anshe expressed her passion for using virtual worlds to connect globally. Anshe Chung is SL’s first millionaire, a global metaverse entrepreneur, and donor of the island and buildings that […]

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Next Generation Of Software Design:
3D Command/Service Centers in Second Life

Yesterday, in Second Life, I met Illuminous Beltran, a.k.a Michael J. Osias, Chief 3D Architect for the IBM IT Optimization Business Unit. Illuminous is leading a team of researchers building 3D Command Centers for customers. And, during my tour of the Virtual Network Operation Center Division of Scripts in the Sky Research Labs, Dreamland Industries, […]

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Spime Wrangling For a Better Planet:
Serious Second Life/Real Life Integrations

Serious virtual world applications in the form of Second Life/Real Life integrations are bubbling up all over Second Life as proof of concept, and more. And, with the recent announcement of the upcoming Serious Virtual Worlds Conference at Technocenter, Coventry University, I think we are at a tipping point for the full emergence of virtual/real […]

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