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There.com Follows Forterra Into The Light

An official announcement was posted on the There.com website that they will be closing their doors on March 9, 2010. We knew this would happen to a few more worlds, although I admit to being surprised at There.com’s departure. It looks like 2010 will be the year the wheat is separated from the chaff.
The document [...]

Business in Virtual Worlds News - mid Feb 2010

I think I’ll have to start doing these general “Stuff You May Have Missed” news roundups on a regular basis again. There’s just too much good stuff out there!
Disclaimer: As with everything on my blog, the opinions expressed here are mine and do not reflect on Clever Zebra, the vBusiness Expo, my friends, my family, [...]

The Bottom Line on Second Life 2.0

Linden Lab re-conceived its Second Life viewer (finally!) and created a new product. There is a lot of information about it, but here’s the short version:

Interface Cleanup: The old interface was a disaster. There’s no other way to say it. For new users it was like being threatened with the edge of a broken bottle, [...]

VIDEO: A 2 Minute Basic Second Life Orientation

Second Life Basic Orientation
A short 2 minute clip describing what you need to know to go to a meeting in Second Life. I created this video for Clever Zebra with simplicity in mind: just cover the basics, and worry about extras like avatar customization and flying after people have had a meeting and perceive that [...]

An Early Adopter’s Quick Guide To Web.Alive

As of right now you can’t even buy the development kit for Web.Alive. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t start getting ready to build there!
Firstly, why should you bother?
I took a tour of Mellanium’s environment again today, and what really struck me was the level of detail visible. I was looking at this highly [...]