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Volatility in 3D Virtual World Industry

Kapp Notes

There is a great deal of "churn" in the 3D virtual immersive environment space. Microsoft has awarded one of its innovation awards to 3D Virtual Immersive Environment Enterprise provider ProtonMedia. See my analysis of the recognition in What it means that MS LifeScience Award Goes to 3D Virtual Conference Design James A.

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Linden Labs Raising Prices But Extending Discount for Current Users

Kapp Notes

As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. Tags: 3D worlds industry. Or something like Web.alive or the Finnish open source product realXtend.

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Virtual World Research Needs Your Help

Kapp Notes

Participate in a study that examines the experiences of individuals collaborating in virtual environments. If you desire, payment may be made in Linden dollars (L$),e.g., Some colleauges of mine have asked me to forward on this important announcement about Second Life Research. For participating you will receive US$20.

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Second Life Happenings: CEO Steps Down (again)

Kapp Notes

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). I’ll be leaving day-to-day management of the company and continuing in my role on the board, including helping in the search to find a great CEO. Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search.

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A Lot Happening in the 3D Space

Kapp Notes

Digitell is company that owns VirtualU a 3D virtual immersive environment that has been used for everything from meetings to rock concerts. I think these two activities signal a real "serious" look at moving 3D virtual immersive environments into organizations at the enterprise level. Learn more about their 3D solution here.

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Second Life CEO Resigns, Founder Back in Charge

Kapp Notes

Event This just in: Linden Labs, the creator of the 3D virtual world Second Life has announced that company founder Philip Rosedale has been named interim CEO and that Mark Kingdon is stepping down as CEO. I think that I can be a great help and a strong leader in that process. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM.

Mark Oehlert

. | Main | "A Vision of Students Today" from the Creators of "The Machine is Us/ing Us" » October 19, 2007 Mark is very late to the virtual worlds big news about SL and IBM. So yes, Ive fallen a bit behind in my virtual world reading but that just means I get to see all the interesting stuff all at once. " Yea!