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- Using Second Life for decision support
- Digging around YouTube a bit, I stumbled across this video made by Dan Powers who created a virtual world in Second Life called Decision Support World. This is a virtual world that Dan set up to allow people to get together to model, collaborate, and share ideas about new projects....
- Tags: Second Life, Decision Support, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Communications, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Marketing, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- SECOND LIFE AND LAPTOP VIDEO CARDS
- I am unable to run second life on my Dell Inspiron 1501 running VISTA. The display adapter is ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 with updated driver from Dell. Any ideas?Have you checked............. the Second Life web site for game patches and possible issues with your hardware setup?
- Tags: Notebooks, video, SCOTT.ISRAEL@..., Second Life, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Images: Turning a profit in 'Second Life'
- SL entrepreneurs are making a buck on virtual goods from evening gowns to skins and "Slegways." by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, second life, TechRepublic Inc., Entrepreneurship, Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-11-06
- Should a virtual world have real-world consequences?
- I have never played Second Life, but the more I hear about it in the news, the more intrigued I am. For example, there's currently a lawsuit against Second Life users for copyright infringement. Okay, so that's not the interesting part. What turns on my intrigue is the fact that...
- Tags: Second Life, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- SL-Toolbar.EU (exe)
- The Toolbar includes lots of features to make your Second Life experience easier. There is a search facility that allows you to search the Internet from any Web page with any major Second Life search engine and lots of links and teleports for beginners, scripter and builder. This version is...
- Tags: Second Life, Toolbar, Internet, Search
- Software downloads 2007-10-11
- Training Simulations and Metrics in Second Life
- An experiential simulation often works as a better learning tool than a traditional "Lecture + textbook + exam" trio. Today effective Second Life SL educational simulations are rare. Those that exist are often closer to replications than simulations and lack metrics that would allow consistent interpretation of results. Two of...
- Tags: Second Life, Teamwork, Metrics, Training, Delta L Training, Team Management, Management
- White papers 2007-09-27
- Virtual economies translating to real world success
- There is plenty of money to be made in cyberspace, but more and more people are finding themselves able to trade success in a virtual game environment for very real dollars. From World of Warcraft to Second Life, gamers are increasingly finding that they can sell characters, equipment, or...
- Tags: Second Life, Economy, Games, Personal Technology, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- Kick-start your Second Life with this guided tour
- Second Life SL is a virtual world construction set full of creative potential, but to get acclimated to SL, users have a lot to learn, and practical information is hard to find and often unavailable. Second Life: A Guide to Your Virtual World is a travel guide for...
- Tags: Second Life, Chapter Coverage, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Photos: IBM lifts lid on Web 2.0 tech
- Go behind the scenes at Big Blue's U.K. research lab to see what's up with projects like DIY Shopper and QEDwiki.IBM has been showing off some of the tech at its research and development labs at Hursley, near Winchester, England. Silicon.com popped over to take a look at, among other...
- Tags: Tablets, Channel management, Notebooks, photograph, DIY Shopper, Second Life, IBM Corp., mashup, Web, mobile, Web 2.0, buddy list, coast, vessel, ATM, tablet PC, tablet, shipping company, vicinity, occupant, banking, withdrawal, avatar, bar code, lid, mobile phone, England, aircraf
- Image galleries 2007-08-09
- Vatican-approved discussion: Should the Church enter Second Life?
- Following shortly after the debut of the official Vatican Web site (which even has its own TLD: *.va) comes a Church-approved magazine story urging participation in cyberspace, in particular Second Life. Reuters reports the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica published an article by a Catholic academic, Antonia...
- Tags: Second Life, Reuters Ltd., Corporate Communications, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Lea Rush
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Vatican-approved discussion: Should the church enter Second Life?
- Is it appropriate?Has your company formalized how employees may worship on line?It is entirely appropateIt is entirely appropriate for a company to specify what an employee can or cannot do on a company computer or on company time. That is, of course, as long as the employer applies the policy...
- Tags: learush@..., Second Life, religion, church
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- SecondLife Xchange (widget)
- Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. SL Exchange is the premier virtual commerce center featuring shopping, real estate listings, and currency exchanges. Use this search widget to find anything for sale in the Second Life metaverse. Additionally, it features a synchronized clock...
- Tags: Second Life, Xchange Inc., Real Estate, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-07-10
- Second Life (exe)
- Second Life is a 3D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your...
- Tags: Second Life, Resident, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-06-14
- Dancing with Jimmy Wales in 'Second Life'
- Link to the image galleryWales urges audience to get onstagehttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-3513_11-65917.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019
- Tags: Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Images: Wales urges audience to get onstage
- When CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman's Net connection goes down, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales encourages the Second Life audience to get up and dance.
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia
- Image galleries 2007-05-14
- (Images: Tsunamis, hurricanes hit 'Second Life')
- Just what we need, virtual emergency reliefAnd my taxpayer dollar is paying for this dog and pony show?Now people will be complaining about FEMA's lack of virtual preparedness and virtual response to virtual disasters. We'll have to set up virtual emergency evacuation shelters in virtual Superdomes, then move virtual...
- Tags: LED_IT, Second Life
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- How to Become an Accomplished Architect in Second Life
- Building and scripting are two very important skills in the MMOG Second Life. Building is the process by which one creates complex 3D structures. Scripting is the process of using a script language to allow those 3D structures to perform tasks, in the game. This paper covers the fundamentals of...
- Tags: Second Life, 3D, Jupitermedia Corp.
- White papers 2007-04-30
- Images: Tsunamis, hurricanes hit 'Second Life'
- The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launches an immersive, interactive 3D presence in the virtual world.
- Tags: 3D
- Image galleries 2007-04-27
- Meet the metaverse, your new digital home
- the future of cyberspace"Metaverse" is a newer term than "cyberspace" coined by legendary speculative fiction author William Gibson, but refers to much the same thing. The example of cyberspace in William Gibson's writings is at least as important as that of the Metaverse in Stephenson's, I think.What Gibson's vision...
- Tags: NETWORKING, apotheon, network, Second Life, three-Dimensional, cyberspace, Croquet, veil, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Second Life (dmg)
- Second Life is a 3D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your...
- Tags: Second Life, Resident, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-03-14
