Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 8, 2010
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.
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. Some interesting developments in the 3D Learning and Collaboration Space.
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Kapp Notes
MAY 24, 2010
Linden Labs, makers of Second Life, announce the list of the Top Ten: 2010 Linden Prize Finalists. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds. Java gives the ThinkingWorlds application many advantages for delivery - it is almost ubiquitous, it can be delivered securely and it is very portable and easy to host by any client.
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. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D Book. Second Life is going corporate.
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. You can find the original here.
E-Learning Provocateur
JULY 7, 2008
Its currency is the Linden Dollar (L$) which avatars can use to buy virtual goods and even virtual property. Linden Dollars are bought with real money and can be exchanged back again. Financial services in the virtual world. Tags: enterprise 2.0 Second Life also has its own economy. As of 7 July 2008, L$265 = US$1.
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. This has been a barrier to development of services. Tags: mobile strategy technology. This holds true in your organization, as well.
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