Kapp Notes
JUNE 24, 2010
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. This comes just a short time after Linden Labs announced a layoff of 30 percent of its staff.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 10, 2010
First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). Two sources indicate that Linden may actually be shutting down their Enterprise operations. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds. This can't be making IBM happy.
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Kapp Notes
MARCH 4, 2010
Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL).
Learning with e's
MAY 7, 2010
Most recently, the brick-and-mortar university Woodbury was booted off Second Life —thousands of students were affected—by the virtual world's moderators, a company called Linden Lab. Linden Lab has remained largely silent in the press, a silence that has infuriated many. The university paid good money for it, too.
Mark Oehlert
MARCH 8, 2007
According to this press release , Voice will be coming to Second Life in Q2 of 2007. Here are three scenarios that Linden puts out there: Scenario 1 - Residents can teleport to voice-enabled land, andautomatically start speaking, with the volume of speech modifiedaccording to their spatial relationship with others.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 1, 2010
From Blizzard Press Release. From Build-A-Bearville Shares Stats From Virtual World, Real Store Interactions Over 1,400 businesses, government organizations and agencies have used Second Life to hold meetings, conduct training and prototype new technologies as a solution hosted by Linden Lab since 2003. Tags: 3D worlds lrn3d.
Learning with e's
JULY 31, 2007
My colleague Maged Kamel Boulos and I were interviewed today by a reporter from Associated Press, about our collaborative research programme (with Susan Toth-Cohen , of Thomas Jefferson University, USA) in Second Life. Tags: Susan Toth-Cohen Second Life sexual health Maged Boulos SIM. There is also a Big Quiz open for anyone to take.
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