From: Business Communicators of Second Life Meeting Transcript: Avatar Psychographics Quote from the site - Many thanks once again to Market Truths for giving us a preview into their just-released research, Psychographic Segments and Media Consumption. President Mary Ellen Gordon (virtually, Pebbles Hannya) provided insights on exactly those two things, after months of rigorous research with Second Life avatars.

From: NJ.com A second life awaits in virtual world Quote from the site - You may not know it, but your alter ego is lurking online, just waiting to be brought to life.

From: tgdaily Virtual character with child-like reasoning abilities enters Second Life Quote from the site - Interacting with avatars in a virtual world may soon change dramatically: Researchers are trying to find ways to create lifelike synthetic characters, which act just like humans and would make it difficult for players to determine whether they are dealing with a real or simulated person.

From: Inside Higher Ed Harsh Realities About Virtual Ones Quote from the site - Since the 1990s, educators have been focusing on access to Internet as a means of engagement, concerned about the digital divide; now that the divide has been bridged, we are concerned about access to education.

From: On Lisa Rein’s Radar Interview with Electric Sheep Artist Spot Draves - Part 1 Quote from the site - Where: Node Zero Gallery, Second Life Date: Thursday, March 13 Time: 6-9 pm SLT Live Q & A w/Spot at 7pm

From: GoMo News Orange David Nahmani Second Life and Soundtribes Quote from the site - David Nahmami from Orange spoke today at Web 2.0 on Orange Pikeo, Soundtribes and Bubbletop. I had seen a similar presentation nearly a year ago at Orange Partner Camp in Orlando.

From: injenuity Second Chance for Second Life Quote from the site - When I began researching virtual worlds a year ago, I had difficulty finding the value for educators. In all my research, the best examples I could find, were those involving social activities and communications studies, such as Sarah Robbins’ rhetoric classes.

From: ad hoc news The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Four Virtual Exhibits to Make Their Way into the Physical Museum Quote from the site - The Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), one of the nation’s premiere science and technology museums, announced the first four winners of its virtual exhibit design competition in The Tech in Second Life, also known as The Tech Virtual.

From: A Real Girl in a Fake World Reflections on Second Life through World of Warcraft Quote from the site - Every now and then I still get asked when I am taking a long term hiatus from Second Life? what I am doing? will I ever be back? why I left? and so on and so forth. The easy answer was that I just burnt out on Second Life and needed a break after having spent the majority of the past four years in the spot light for one reason or another.

From: itweek Gartner gives Second Life a dose of virtual reality Quote from the site - Virtual worlds, such as Second Life, might one day be a useful business tool but they are not yet enterprise-ready, analyst group Gartner has warned. Virtual environments can be used by firms as an easy way of holding conferences, meetings and other collaborative activities.

From: mrtopf.de Linden Lab releases first draft of the Second Life Open Grid Protocol Quote from the site - On September 13th 2007 Linden Lab started a project to create an open protocol for interconnecting Second Life like grids. The aim was to a) make Second Life more scalable and b) to enable everybody to run their own server components and be able to connect to a global grid (or create their own).

From: Tokyotronic Japanese company releases new tool for use in Second Life Quote from the site - I personally believe the basic concept behind the idea of Second Life (the existence of “virtual worlds” in 3D populated by avatars) will be here to stay in the web world forever.

From: KPTM Fox 42 UNO course explores online communication using ‘Second Life’ Quote from the site - Students in Lynnette Leonard’s communications class trickle into a basement computer lab. Moments later, they leave the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus and transport to an amphitheater, trading their wheeled office chairs for roomy seats spread among the theater’s stone tiers.

From: Financial Post Virtual worlds ripe for real-world lawsuits Quote from the site - In video games, as in professional sports, the concept “for the love of the game” has lost much of its allure. Indeed, the industry is ripe for multi-million-dollar litigation.

From: Ambling in Second Life The Hospital Quote from the site - Recent weeks have seen a few announcements about things medical in Second Life - basically, companies were using the recent HIMMS’08 healthcare conference as a virtual marketing opportunity, as I posted in this little item. This was in the back of my mind when I was pootling around the North-Eastern corner of the Second Life map - an area rich in academic sites, if you have the patience to look.

From: The Hollywood Reporter ‘L Word’ to have long-lasting life Quote from the site - Showtime’s “The L Word” is coming to a close after next season, but its impact could live on long after the series finale.

From: Second Life Blog The simple(r) life Quote from the site - We have often heard that our webpages, such as login and support, are overly complicated. In an effort to simplify things, we have made some changes to our login page.

From: Second Life Blog WindLight Office Hours merging into RC Office Hours Quote from the site - Hey all- just wanted to announce that after this week, WL Office Hours will merge with Release Candidate Office Hours. These are on Wednesdays at 3:00pm SLT at Bridie Linden’s house in LindenVillage.

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