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POPSLaw and Order in the virtual universes 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...
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POPSVirtual Obsession: Woman Arrested, Stalked Ex-Virtual Boyfriend 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
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POPSVirtual obesity Another example of the bluring of virtual-real. maybe one day it will be impossible to tell them apart :)
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POPSTwitter: clique-y or fluid? Just from my own anecdotal evidence, I'd wager Dave Pollard's proposition about the male/female split on Twitter friend diversity.
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POPSVirtual Worlds by Sector 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.
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POPSVirtual into Reality American Cancer Society has an Expanding Role in the Second Life Community The Society has expandied its role in the SL community by establishing our own American Cancer Society Island. This virtual space serves a number of purposes including an interactive cancer information resource center, a venue for peer support groups, as well as a headquarters for in-world event planning. We are appreciative of all of the volunteers who have been busy planning events and making improvement to our island and we hope you will visit it soon.
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POPSKeep the marketing out... A professional organization I belong to had an impromtu meetup in Lively. Yes, unexpected guests arrived and my cartoon was kissed without permission. My cartoon was also invited to watch streaming web content of a "too polite to repeat here" subject. I had participated in the meetup with high hopes that Lively might be the place to hang out with professionals in a virtually social setting. Guess What? I like hanging out in virtual worlds because it is an escape from the barrage of marketing at me. I have to endure advertising and marketing messages on the radio, on TV, cable, satelite...the Internet is one huge bombardment of marketing messages. I want virtual worlds to be a respite from marketing. I want a place to have a 3d representation of myself where I can collaborate with others. My advice: KEEP YOUR MARKETING OUT OF VIRTUAL WORLDS.
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POPSsecond life - the future is coming can we image an alternate reality which is as colorful and full as our own, and perhaps even more so? it appears that in a blink of an eye we will find ourselves facing the inevitable question, are we ready to do the shift, into endless possibilities...
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POPSGoogle Lively Bound to happen...adding 3D without the burden of something like Second Life
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POPSGoogle Launches Lively -- 3D Virtual World Google's just launched Web browser plug-in Lively is a 3-D simulation application where users can customize avatars and create environments (rooms) with stuff they pick from a product catalog. The environments can also be embedded in blogs or Web sites.
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POPSAnother Second Life resource... I am wondering where the market is for these services. If you have spent any amount of time in Second Life you will quickly realize everyone and their cousin is a consultant for Second Life. If you ask a consultant who their target is, they always want to bring in Big Corporate. My question is: Why? Are these consultants truly listening to their market? From what I am seeing, those interested in Second Life are there because they enjoy the environment. That is the fun of Second Life-getting in there and doing it yourself. My advice to Big Corporate: be very aware of intellectual property laws. Read Linden Research Labs fine print.
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POPSWriting in the Digital Age This is a guest post by Alex Reid for the On the Horizon series on distributed learning environments. Alex is an Associate Professor of English and Professional Writing at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. His research focuses on issues of rhetoric, composition, and pedagogy in media networks and emerging media technologies. His recent book, The Two Virtuals: New Media and Composition (Parlor Press, 2007), received honorable mention for the W. Ross Winterowd Award for best book in composition theory in 2007.
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POPSBusiness presence in Virtual Worlds It appears to me virtual world inhabitants expect everything to be free. I have yet to see profit from direct sales as a result of a business' existence in a virtual world.
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POPSBest use of technology award The key question that seems to go unanswered is: Is NBH making a profit or even just earning revenue from its presence in Second Life?
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