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Recent Second Life Happenings: Going Corporate

Kapp Notes

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. Second Life is going corporate. The criteria for winning are: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside of Second Life.

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Big IBM/Second Life Announcement this Week!

Kapp Notes

He let everyone know on his blog posting The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall. You can see other IBM efforts in Second Life such as the Healthcare island.

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Second Life and Learning

Tony Karrer

I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. I think that Second Life is not going to turn out to be the winner because of technical issues, e.g., firewalls.

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Second Life Gets All Corporate'y.Finally?

Mark Oehlert

How about "Second Life gets its suit on!"? First, it links Second Life (SL) with Immersive Workspaces 2.0 - a 2D environment that integrates tools such as screen-sharing, media sharing, note taking, polls, room scheduling and more that businesses will easily be able to see the utility in. has launched.

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Speaking today (noon ET) at Train-For-Success

Kapp Notes

Where: Train for Success Island in Second Life [link]. If you’re new to Second Life, open an account at www.secondlife.com and download the viewer. It does not work through most corporate firewalls. When: November 8, 2012, 9.00 am PT/noon ET/18.00 Live streaming: [link]. No registration needed.

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The Promise Of 3D Learning

Upside Learning

Every now and again I wonder about the multi-user 3D environments, or virtual worlds that were all the rage just a couple of years ago, the finest example being Second Life. Second Life itself was a promising collaborative 3D learning platform.

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3D Virtual Worlds are NOT Dead, Dying or Disappearing

Kapp Notes

First contrary to the belief of many, Second Life is not dead or dying. The platform is great for easy firewall access. Here are three indicators that I see. Classes in 3D Worlds and About 3D Worlds. What a great event. This is a web-based browser that is also being used by Anders in his Train for Success series.