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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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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. January 2009 Nitasha Tiku |
Update Linden Lab is still going through some real-world growing pains.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
Fast Company October 2008 Arianne Cohen |
The Second Life of Second Life Joni West's firm, This Second Marketing, has become a leader in shepherding name-brand companies back to the virtual world.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 |
My Virtual Life A journey into a place in cyberspace where thousands of people have imaginary lives. Some even make a good living. Big advertisers are taking notice.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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 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.  |
InternetNews April 2, 2008 |
Avatars at House Hearing on Virtual World Second Life and censorship discussed on Capitol Hill.  |
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.  |
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.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 |
The Online Universe: An Old Fogey's Guide Here's a primer on the strange new world of online gaming.  |
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.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Sara Wilson |
Unreal World The creator of today's hottest virtual land offers a glimpse into his reality.  |
Information Today April 30, 2007 |
NOAA Lab Opens 3-D Earth Site in Second Life The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration has developed a government-sponsored earth science "island" in the rapidly growing online world of Second Life.  |
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.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
IBM's Mid-"Life" Crisis The company's move into the virtual reality of "Second Life" is an innovative one.  |
Inc. February 2007 Michael Fitzgerald |
My Second Life Life For all its irritating clunkiness, Second Life is intriguing.  |
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.  |
Entrepreneur January 2007 Karen E. Spaeder |
Personal Touch Avatars let your customers spread the word about you.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2011 Bailenson & Blascovich |
Virtual Reality and Social Networks Will Be a Powerful Combination Avatars will make social networks seductive  |
InternetNews January 8, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
SecondLife Goes Open Source (Sort of) Second Life, which enables users to participate in a virtual world through the use of avatars, is now providing a version of its viewer application under the GPL version 2 license.  |
CRM October 2010 Koa Beck |
Anybody's Bot Virtual agents, deemed the new concierge of the Internet, help customers navigate through ever-increasing Web site complexities.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
CIO May 12, 2011 Maria Korolov |
Companies Explore Private Virtual Worlds Alternatives to Second Life provide security while boosting productivity.  |
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.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 Alex Goldman |
IBM Says 3D Environment Tops IM for Collaboration People can move very quickly from having a chat to walking around and looking at parts or code.  |
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.  |
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Politics, Virtually Democrats' groundbreaking appearance in Second Life opens the door for what might be the Internet's next political battleground.  |
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.  |
Search Engine Watch December 11, 2010 Avril Korman |
Virtuality & Mortality: Who Owns The Online Content We Create After We Die? Laws beginning to recognize virtual property as part of estate planning.  |
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.  |
PC Magazine March 1, 2006 Sebastian Rupley |
SurroundSound? Try SurroundArt What happens when fine art runs into virtual reality? You get the Collaborative Advanced Navigation Virtual Art Studio (CANVAS).  |
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.  |
CIO February 1, 2007 Margaret Locher |
Targeting Customers in Second Life If you're trying to help your company or your customers market products or services in Second Life, where more than 84 million real-world dollars changed hands in 2006, beware: Old-world advertising wisdom won't play.  |
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sourcefire Snorts Virtual Security New Sourcefire release takes aim at securing virtual environment both physically and virtually.  |
CRM August 28, 2014 Mike Hennessy |
5 Best Practices for Deploying an Intelligent Virtual Assistant The right technology can help customers, increase sales, and boost your brand.  |
Entrepreneur June 2007 |
Face Time? Managing employees in Second Life.  |
Science News June 2, 2007 |
Science Safari: NOAA's Virtual World Players of the virtual reality game Second Life can now soar through a virtual hurricane at NOAA's new site.  |