1 billion hours spent in Second Life

In between all its DEMO coverage Dean Takahaski at VentureBeat had some real news with the announcement from Linden Labs, developers behind the virtual world Second Life, that users have spent more than 1 ... continue

Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie booted out of Second Life

From next month, Second Life publisher Linden Labs is set to ban all celebrity avatars, with its new guidelines using Barack Obama and Angelina Jolie avatars as specific examples of content that will be dropped. Also for the ... continue

Play World of Warcraft on your iPhone

The MMORPG World of Warcraft with it's 6 million users is a huge success no doubt about that. Now if only ActivisionBlizzard could get their hands on the mobile gamer too, there would be no end to ... continue

Medical Students Using Second Life For Training

The master's degree in social networking isn't the only way the U.K. is bringing Web 2.0 into education: A London medical college is actually having its students practice on patients within Second Life. Imperial College London uses the ... continue

Second Life cracks down on adult content

Linden Lab has announced a crackdown on adult content within Second Life. Content defined as adult will be quarantined in a separate area in Second Life, away from the mainland continent areas many users frequent. Adult content will ... continue

Wife wants divorce over husbands gay affair in Second Life

A British woman is seeking a divorce from her husband after she found out he was having gay sex in Second Life. Lisa Best caught husband John late one evening "having gay dungeon romps" in Second Life on ... continue

No surprise: Sony’s Home 3D world already turning to sex

Sony launched its long awaited (and delayed) Home 3D virtual world for the Playstation 3 this week and the service has already been plagued with issues. The first day in there was widespread reports of people unable ... continue

U.S. Army to setup camp on Second Life

It would seem that not only is the U.S. Army going into the gaming business but they are also taking a serious look at Second Life. Over the next 30 to 45 days Second Lifers will see ... continue

Former Pixar Exec Joins Second Life Team

An executive from Pixar Animation Studios has joined Linden Lab to help revitalize its Second Life virtual world program. Howard Look has been appointed senior vice president of customer applications and will be in charge of upcoming ... continue

Is Second Life screwing its users?

Second Life, the once highly hyped virtual space has dropped from the radar this year for many. And yet for the lower coverage, the Second Life universe has continued, with new peak concurrency rates, and a loyal ... continue

Second Life now offering Business Teleconferencing

Linden Lab has teamed up with Rivers Run Red to offer a formal business teleconferencing solution on the Second Life Grid. Under the deal, Linden Lab will sell and market Rivers Run Red's teleconferencing solution Immersive Workspaces 2.0, ... continue

ExitReality launches: virtual spaces come to social networking

Melbourne/ London based ExitReality launched this morning after some 5 years in development. Unfortunately due to something else coming up I decided to skip the official launch event, but here's the bits you'll want to know. ExitReality transforms ... continue