How trends spread / taking real life dating into virtual worlds

Jul 3, 2009 by

To coincide with the sixth birthday of the virtual world Second Life, two posts, one part-recycled from 18 months back: How trends...

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Virtual worlds: Medical research and kids playgrounds

May 26, 2009 by

With a story that’s headed ‘more to Second Life than just sex‘, Science Daily relays on a piece of research by...

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What Twitter can learn from Second Life

May 1, 2009 by

In a previous post I talked about how the Twitter = the new Second Life comparison was unfounded. Actually it’s unfounded in...

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The age of the avatar or another false dawn?

Jan 4, 2009 by

Virtual worlds pundit and blogger Dusan Writer points to two pieces in the US and Canadian press about virtual worlds gaining greater...

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Virtual worlds – a dose of reality

Nov 16, 2008 by

While we’re on the subject of Second Life and virtual worlds, a research project from MIT seeks to give virtual worlds “a...

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Second Life back in the news…but for all the wrong reasons

Nov 16, 2008 by

This week the virtual world Second Life got more exposure in the papers than it’s had in a long time. Except that it’s...

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