The Metaverse Blogger

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The Connections Between Metaverse and Reality
Some of the Metaverse Blogger readership is probably familiar with my background in the studies and investigations of Architecture, Urban Planning, and I venture to say Place-making, all of which are topics that have dramatically been influenced by my having grown up in the Metaverse [...]

The End Of a Legacy

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On September 25, 2009 highly acclaimed virtual presence in Second Life, Orange Island, announced that it would be holding its last event on September 29, 2009, as a final parting farewell to the Second Life platform. It is still unclear whether or not Orange Island [...]

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 [...]

The spectrum of virtual worlds and 3d environments continues to grow larger by the day, as programs like Just Leap In move from closed alpha/beta testing, to public releases that allow the world at large to take a glimpse at what’s being worked on. Just the other day Just Leap In announced their open beta [...]