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BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
Virtual Land, Real Money Second Life is an online world where a savvy avatar can make a bundle. Its best known "land" developer explains how.   |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
The Online Universe: An Old Fogey's Guide Here's a primer on the strange new world of online gaming. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
In Norrath, Tattoine and Rubi-ka, Just What Are Your Legal Rights? Even though virtual worlds are nothing more than code residing in banks of computers, what goes on in them poses challenges to our notions about the nature of property, the legal rights of players in virtual worlds and even the presumed boundary between the real and the imagined worlds. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Frank Rose |
How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life More and more people are leaving this virtual world, leaving advertisers and big name companies behind. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Steve Hamm |
Palmisano Gets A Second Life IBM is embracing the virtual world of avatars - and other big companies are close behind. |
InternetNews
April 2, 2008 |
Avatars at House Hearing on Virtual World Second Life and censorship discussed on Capitol Hill. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2010
Jonathan Allen |
9 Reasons Why it Might Be Time For Marketers to Value Virtual Goods Convergence of web, mobile and TV may create stronger emotional connections between audiences. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Robert D. Hof |
It's Not All Fun And Games Companies are also starting to use virtual worlds as alternate offices in which colleagues and partners can meet and view materials that the Web isn't rich enough to display well. |
PC World
May 21, 2007
Dan Tynan |
Traveling the Web's Third Dimension My avatar, my self: Second Life shows us the future of the 3D Web. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Aili McConnon |
Just Ahead: The Web As A Virtual World Imagine being able to have a digital replica of yourself stroll from one site to another. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006 |
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies An economist talks about how online games can blur the line between fantasy and reality. |
Inc.
January 2009
Nitasha Tiku |
Update Linden Lab is still going through some real-world growing pains. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003
Dan Costa |
Virtual Worlds Tired of the real world? Try a virtual one. These sites can have the graphic richness of massively multiplayer online role-playing games but are focused more on social activities and creativity than on dragon-slaying. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Michael Tennesen |
Avatar Acts: Why Online Realities Need Regulation Conflicts on environments like Second Life can open up new legal questions |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Alan Rappeport |
Second Life's John Zdanowski The CFO of Second Life explains what the online virtual world is all about, and how his real-world company measures and rewards employee performance with the Love Machine. |
Reason
June 2008
Wagner James Au |
Virtually Free The garish, skyscraper-sized billboards that subscribers to Second Life had learned to tolerate as part of their three-dimensional landscape are no more. |
PC World
October 2, 2006
Mark Wallace |
The Future of You Think the Net has changed your life? Wait until it becomes an immersive 3D environment. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009
John K. Waters |
A 'Second Life' For Educators Lauded as a learning tool, the popular virtual world is now being used by teachers for their own enrichment, providing them with a wealth of opportunities for collaboration, peer interaction, and sharing of resources. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mark Anderson |
The End of Gold Farming? Real-world laborers make real-world money in virtual worlds. But maybe not for long |
AskMen.com
Phil Helm |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Second Life Maybe you've tried and liked Second Life and maybe you haven't; either way there are surely a few things about the virtual world that may surprise you. |
PC World
January 29, 2007
Julian Dibbel |
Virtual Gold Could Draw Real Taxes Congress is investigating whether the IRS should tax online game loot. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Get a Life: Enterprises Eye Potential For Second Life Enterprises are dipping their toes in the waters of virtual worlds, but may have to wait to see the benefits. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Bailenson & Blascovich |
Virtual Reality and Social Networks Will Be a Powerful Combination Avatars will make social networks seductive |
CRM
March 1, 2007
Jessica Sebor |
Material Living in a Virtual World Companies are looking to take a piece of Second Life's digital pie because of its explosive membership, but will this move prove virtually insignificant? |
Entrepreneur
March 2007
Sara Wilson |
Unreal World The creator of today's hottest virtual land offers a glimpse into his reality. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2007
Susan Kuchinskas |
Hey IT, Welcome to the Bverse IBM and Linden Labs, creator of Second Life, announced an initiative to create open standards and interoperability allowing people to move their avatars and virtual goods from one world to another. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2006
David Needle |
Sun Finds a Home in Second Life Sun Microsystems plans to invest in virtual world pavilion as a site for developers. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2006
David Needle |
Is Sun's News For Real? Sun is holding a press conference from within Second Life, a virtual online world. |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2008
Tim Beyers |
One Disruptive Growth Company Cash. Lots of cold, hard moola is making its way into online virtual worlds. Media companies and venture capital firms have pumped $493 million into Second Life wannabes during 2008. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2007
Katherine Burger |
The Buzz About Linden Lab's Second Life Raises Possibilities for Insurance Companies The media buzz about Linden Lab's Second Life online digital world raises commerce and customer possibilities for insurance companies and other financial institutions. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
David Kushner |
Winner: Make Your Very Own Virtual World with OLIVE Forterra's OLIVE software makes the business of virtual-world environments real. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Tim Beyers |
An Unreal Financial Crisis You know it's bad when economic woes extend to the virtual world. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Rachel Courtland |
Virtual Currency Gets Real Will Facebook Credits and other social scrip challenge government-backed currencies? |
Inc.
February 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
My Second Life Life For all its irritating clunkiness, Second Life is intriguing. |
Information Today
July 14, 2008
Lori Bell |
As the (Virtual) Worlds Turn Google released Lively, a public beta version of its much-anticipated three-dimensional virtual world. |
Inc.
February 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
Does Your Business Need a Second Life? Why are companies like Toyota and Dell and Starwood Hotels getting immersed in Second Life. |
Wired
February 2007
Mark Wallace |
A Second Life for MTV It used to be the last word in youth culture. Now MTV is more about reality shows than rock stars. Can a virtual world of 3-D avatars help the network get its groove back? |
U.S. Banker
April 2007
Rebecca Sausner |
Experimental Marketing: ABN Amro Decides To Get a (Second) Life Three-dimensional, virtual communities are all the rage at many mainstream firms, but so far only ABN Amro has bought prime real estate at Second Life. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2006
Mikael Blaisdell |
Educational Gaming: All the Right MUVEs The use of computer simulations, or multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs), that appeal to students' love of video games has shown compelling educational benefits. |
National Defense
May 2010
Austin Wright |
Airmen to Live Out Their Careers In Cyberspace Air Force officials anticipate a world in which every recruit receives an avatar upon joining the service. |
Inc.
February 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
How I Did It: Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab "Second Life was just unfundable," says the man who dreamed up this virtual world. Funny how things change when you give people the ability to fly. Now everyone, including businesses of all sizes, wants a piece. |
Inc.
April 1, 2010
Max Chafkin |
The Case, and the Plan, for the Virtual Company How smart entrepreneurs are finding money and happiness in an office-free life. |
BusinessWeek
March 26, 2007
Reena Jana |
The New Avatar In Town Korea's Nexon and others are edging onto Second Life's turf, using simplified features. |
Insurance & Technology
April 4, 2007
Nathan Conz |
Breaking New Ground Unitrin Direct heads into uncharted territory by establishing a virtual presence in Second Life to court Web-savvy consumers. The move makes the carrier the first auto insurance company to own a building in the Second Life realm. |
Search Engine Watch
December 19, 2010
Avril Korman |
Tis the Season to be Shopping: How Virtual Goods Are Impacting Holiday Shopping Culture E-cards to virtual meals - how virtual goods have changed in 15 years. |
Entrepreneur
November 2007
Heather Clancy |
Starting Your Business' Second Life Need to breathe some life into your business? Going virtual can open up a whole new world. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Michael Fitzgerald |
Boomtown Virtual goods, such as avatars and Facebook gifts, are attracting major brands, celebrities, and venture capital. The money is real. |
Wired
April 2006
Chris Suellentrop |
Global Gaming Crackdown How governments from Beijing to the Beltway could shackle your freedom. |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006
John C. Dvorak |
Unreal Life? Get a Life When early online social-networking schemes appeared, I was skeptical about their usefulness. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
Jim Louderback |
When the Game Is You Anyone who's played the Nintendo Wii knows how much fun it is to be in the game. |
