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| Blue Mars Golfer |
Every so often a piece of virtual environment software pops onto the market that the entire industry hears about. Buzz words trickle down, people get pumped, and suddenly everyone is slamming the Blue Mars Online beta request list. But more often than not, there are other environments that slip by, unnoticed, [...]

On October 31, 2009, Microsoft will be shutting down its Second Life operations to head for greener pastures on the ReactionGrid. ReactionGrid is an OpenSim, completely disconnected from Second Life’s grid, which is most likely what has drawn Microsoft to it. Microsoft released a case study, detailing the reasons for it’s move to the ReactionGrid, [...]

The University of Texas Initiates a System-Wide Rollout into Second Life:
Sixteen Campuses will Serve as Virtual Learning Model for Other Statewide Systems

Today, Linden Lab, the Makers of Second Life and Second Life Work are announcing the first statewide rollout of a virtual learning environment in the world.  The Transforming Undergraduate Education Program, at the University of Texas System, recently awarded [...]

Not long ago (alright, in software world long, long ago) Caligari and Microsoft joined forces to further develop Caligari’s 3D modeling software “trueSpace”. In the beginning, the acquisition seemed hopeful, with Caligari’s fairly popular trueSpace becoming free to use, similar in application to Google’s SketchUp.