Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Yesterday, Philip Linden (AKA: Philip Rosedale ) stepped down as CEO of Linden Labs (yes again). Bob will lead Linden Lab while we conduct the search. He said many longtime Second Life users are angry at the recent decisions by the company that runs the service, Linden Lab. He has done this before and then come back.

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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.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Some interesting things are going on with the folks over at Linden Labs , the developers of the virtual immersive environment of Second Life. First, they are sponsoring a contest called The 2010 Linden Prize. See more at The Linden Prize. Second Life is going corporate. Check out the full interview.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it's from Snickers' Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. And, if you Twitter, then use the #SLViewer2 hash tag. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2010

Here is an interesting rumor and a potentially large game-changer in the virtual world space. So while I haven't seen any official notice or indication that Linden Labs is shopping around Second Life or that anyone is purchasing the product, the rumors do seem to be adding up. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 26, 2010

Virtual world provider, VenueGen , recently came out of private Beta to a public Beta (whatever that means) and loudly announced their virtual meeting platform. It has been described as a lot more than Cisco’s WebEx meeting platform, and a lot less than Linden Labs’ Second Life virtual world.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 5, 2010

Several technologies are poised to cross the chasm: social tools, mobile technologies, and virtual worlds. Tags: mobile social strategy technology virtual worlds. Each has reached critical mass in being realistically deployable, and offers real benefits. The devices are out there!

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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2010

We all know that Second Life, the virtual reality world that has become basically indistinguishable from our increasingly unreal physical worlds, is a powerful tool for learning. But, of course, as is true of the "real" world, Second Life does not come without its problems. Occasionally this blog hosts guest posts.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2008

The corporate sector is exploring a whole new world. Which world? The virtual world. What is a virtual world? A virtual world is a computer-generated environment that more-or-less replicates the real world. Arguably the best known virtual world today is Second Life.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 7, 2007

What kills me though as I read t he comments on the TechCrunch post , comments like " I just get so damn bored walking around second life.that needs to change " and " I explored the second life world for a week to try and understand the hype " - is how people that are so tuned into Web 2.0 so is a virtual life.

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Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 19, 2007

. | 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!

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Critics of Second Life and other 3-D virtual worlds found online should prick their ears up at this one. A new pc based (and simple to set up) 3-D virtual world generator is available, thanks to MMORPG Ultima Online creator Raph Koster. Tags: Second Life There MMORPG Metaplace 3-D Virtual world.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2009

Here's the abstract: Second Life (SL) is currently the most mature and popular multi-user virtual world platform being used in education. The context is set by tracing the history of virtual worlds back to early multi-user online computer gaming environments and describing the current trends in the development of 3-D immersive spaces.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

World Cafe’s online ? Liveblogging an Online Conference - Experiencing eLearning , April 17, 2008 Wendy Wickham asked a good question in the comments on TCC08: Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier: Christy - are you using 2 computers (one for blogging, one for the conference ), or just one? Spot on, CogDog!

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 1, 2010

Sitting at my virtual desk gathering statistics. Here are some interesting Virtual World Statistics gathered from a number of different sources. In the fourth quarter of 2009, total registered accounts in the virtual worlds sector reached 803 million. From US lagging behind UK in virtual goods uptake.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 8, 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. This should add a much needed layer of interaction to this virtual world.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

For me it holds many memories of speaking to large and appreciative audiences, the remains of the Berlin Wall, the Checkpoint Charlie museum, Christmas markets, Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz, Ka De We, and the Brandenburg Gate. Learn more about virtual worlds and user-generated content in education. Join the debate on Web 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2007

If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. Funny Future of e-Learning Research Cross Posting Futures Games Gaming & Learning Government Hardware Industry informal learning Innovation Insanely Cool Content Job Leads Latest News Learning Learning 2005 Learning As Art Learning/Training Learning/Web 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 8, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « New Numbers and New Transparency from Linden Lab/Second Life | Main | My Blog is Worth $66, 615.72 (any buyers??) If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. " Did everybody get that? could be good.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

Main | Great New PaperVision Examples - 3D in Your Browser » February 28, 2008 Small Basket of Virtual World Items Still playing a bit of catch up from GDC and I have some interesting virtual world notes. The Virtual World market is growing, the pie is getting bigger so relative slices will appear smaller.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

In-world economy of Linden Dollars. Second Life & virtual worlds are a new movement, but SL isn’t the first world and won’t be the last. There are more online gamers than golfers in the world. Technorati Tags: tcc08 , tcc2008 , secondlife , education. Free software, but land costs.

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