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POPSExit Reality Non testato www.exitreality.com Exit Reality è un piccolo strumento software che aggiunge al browser una terza dimensione. In pratica è come se ogni sito web potesse essere trasformato idealmente in un'isola di Second Life: il luogo virtuale assume connotati reali, e la struttura bidimensionale della pagina web si trasforma in un ambiente nel quale immergersi, camminare, interagire.
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POPSHow to Stay Online While AFK In Second Life Information and examples for defeating the auto-logout when idle for too long in the Second Life Platform. Includes four different ways of achieving this, from using 3rd party macro programs (scripts provided) to directly editing variables used by the SL Client.
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POPSUnsolved Mysteries of Past Life Recall Under hypnosis, numerous people recall the details of previous lives, even to the point of taking on the personalities of their former selves - and speaking in foreign languages!
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POPSWomen Giving Birth on Second Life Though I don't personally understand it, I find it fascinating that people today already experiment with giving birth in the virtual world. It's fascinating that the option is desirable. Awaiting the first man to give birth on second life...
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POPSDeath on the Net The death of Google is right here in the combination of Open Intelligence and Amplify.
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POPSHow To Stream Audio in Second Life Information and guides for the novice interested in learning about and getting started with streaming audio inside the world of Second Life. Includes starter list of public audio streams, software to use for your own streaming, and troubleshooting tips.
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POPSSocial Technology is Transforming our World Here are some examples of how social technology is transforming our world. 1. My professional blog is my storefront. 2. Higher Education needs to be re-examined. Self-education is key. 3. Experts are available on the Internet.
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POPSEtiquette for online discussion groups After having participated in Second Life-based discussion groups for several months, I have a few suggestions for others so that the group experience is positive for everyone.
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POPSInstant scripts for SL Wow! I suck at writing scripts in Second Life, but this site covers some of the most basic actions and writes the scripts for you. Definitely a site I don't want to lose the link to.
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POPSSuddenly a mundane interaction becomes memorable "I don't like heights," Feather said. "The first couple weeks I was here . . . I would get to the edge of some of these things, and my stomach would turn. Now I jump off . . . just because I can. You crash land, get up off our stomach and dust yourself off."
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POPSClassrooms will not look or be the same in the future "Unlike lectures, games can be adapted to the pace of the user," Mayo writes. "Games also simultaneously present information in multiple visual and auditory modes, which capitalizes on different learning styles." While no one is saying that an experience akin to Call of Duty or World of Warcraft will ever replace more traditional lessons, research into the effectiveness of video games as learning tools indicates that classrooms of the future will certainly include a virtual component.
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POPSA Second Life Woods by Wendell Berry I part the out thrusting branches and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I am dark there is vision around me. Though I am heavy there is flight around me.
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POPSHow to Reduce Client Side Lag in Second Life No one likes lag, whether it be local, server side or something faulting in the middle, choppy, laggy worlds hardly seem like the metaverse of Snow Crash. In this article are examples of features which can be disabled or turned down resulting in high FPS, along with how to ignore lesser material types using the debug menus.
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POPSNow this is what Second Life is for... "the ideas and visions for students here is endless. Economics majors can do research and learn the values of the Linden Dollar (L$) - Second Life's general source of currency. Psychology majors can meet new people and talk to them about their experiences and how it relates to Second Life. Art majors can go behind the scenes making their own buildings or putting their newest creations in a digital gallery. Business majors can follow the trends of the Second Life marketplace and marketing majors can learn how it all works."
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POPSAll there in my parallel universe another example from the article: "China, which is planning a series of different virtual worlds able to host not tens but hundreds of millions of avatars. The idea is to attract people (as avatars) from around the world to come and buy Chinese goods more cheaply from source. In this way they plan to capture the value added to a shirt that leaves a Chinese factory for a dollar but is sold in London for $20."