Kapp Notes
JUNE 22, 2010
I think it is natural churn in a market that is fast emerging but some of that churn can seem unfriendly and one can certainly see the industry as "half-full" as the analogy goes. See Change is under way at ThinkBalm Linden Labs announces layoffs, appears to be contemplating shuttering Enterprise Edition efforts.
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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Mark Oehlert
MARCH 7, 2007
It certainly isnt Linden Labs responsibility to entertain you - that has never been their business model, all they have done is provide a 3D virtual world development platform where the only limitation (outside of number of prims) to what you can create is your own vision. From the land of Huh?
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 5, 2010
Virtual worlds are a little bit more still in flux (while Linden Labs’ Second Life is going corporate as well, some of the other corporate-focused players are in some upheaval), but the value proposition is clear, and there are still plenty of opportunities. The barriers are coming down rapidly.
Clark Quinn
JULY 20, 2009
Eventually, one format will emerge, but it may take committees, or it may be that someone like Linden Labs will own the space sufficiently that everyone will lock into a format they provide. At the recent VW talks hosted by SRI, one of the topics was the inability to transfer a character between platforms.
Big Dog, Little Dog
DECEMBER 8, 2008
Instead, the study found that students use a limited range of technologies for both formal and informal learning and that there is a "very low level of use and familiarity with collaborative knowledge creation tools such as wikis, virtual worlds, personal web publishing, and other emergent social technologies." Expertise is emergent.
Mark Oehlert
OCTOBER 19, 2007
The good news is that Second Life ne Linden Lab, has announced a partnership with IBM to "develop new technologies and methodologies based on open standards that will help advance the future of 3D virtual worlds. So after defending Linden Lab, here's the other side. between Stephen Downes and Sean Fitzgerald.
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