Second Life

Imaginary Places

Lindsay Edmunds | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mind Uploading, The Social Network, Second Life, Artificial Intelligence, Transcendence, Heaven, Apocalyptic AI, Mind Fire, Science Fiction, Books News

Living on the Internet is one of the thousand-mile-high ideas explored by Robert M. Geraci in his book Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality.

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Embracing Your 'Creative Age'

AARP | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Increase Cognition, Caregiving, Creative Age, Retirement, Second Life, Care Facilities, Human Potential, Creative Expression, Caregivers, Fifty News

Not long ago, an arts program in assisted living or nursing homes meant a choir singing a few songs during the holidays while the residents listened q...

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Dating By Avatar Leads To Real Life Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Marriage, Arnold Schwarzenegger Love Child, Virtual Dating, Avatar, Second Life, Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Utherverse, World of Warcraft, Mmorpg, Avatar Dating, Avmatch, MMORPG Dating, Women News

Sean and Meta Jo Riseling first met on the dance floor of a club in July 2009. Pushed together by mutual friends, the two instantly hit it off and a f...

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WATCH: Second Life Documentary Takes You Behind The Screens

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Life 2 Documentary, Life 2, Second Life Trailer, Life 2.0, Life 2.0 Trailer, Virtual Worlds, Second Life, Second Life Documentary, Technology News

Though Second Life is carried out entirely by cyber avatars within the confines of a virtual world, new documentary Life 2.0 steps outside the screen ...

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Safaris, Education and Second Bodies for the Disabled

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Documentary, Travel, Disability, Toronto, Mba, Films, Second Life, Internet, Technology, Avatar, Technology News

Her avatar is a blond bombshell. Not that my cousin isn't cute. But her avatar in Second Life is her fantasy self -- the one who is busty, blond, who ...

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Generation W: WikiLeaks Ignites a New Generation of Hacktivists

Urizenus Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Operation Payback, Julian Assange, 4chan, Hacktivism, Wikileaks, Second Life, Technology News

Assange may eventually be incarcerated or worse, but the genie is definitely out of the bottle at this point. There is no question but that hacktivist culture is now a worldwide phenomenon.

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Virtual Reality Worlds: The Hows and Whys of This Unique Marketing Universe

Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 3.0, Virtual Reality, Second Life, Online Marketing, Web Marketing, 3-D, Communication, Technology News

People, businesses and agencies are continuing to move to using virtual reality worlds because they are tired of traveling, have less money to spend on travel, and are realizing the power associated in these worlds.

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Lawsuit Against Second Life Brings Real World Problems

Beth Pinsker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Life, Technology News

A group of gamers is looking for real money from the creator of the virtual world Second Life, charging fraud and false advertising because of changes in how land is held in the game.

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Second Life Lawsuit: Users File Class Action Lawsuit Over Virtual Land

mashable.com | 3 Minutes Ago Jolie O'Dell 0 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Life Virtual Land, Second Life Land Lawsuit, Second Life Lawsuit, Second Life Class Action, Second Life, Technology News

A group of Second Life users is suing Second Life's creator over a virtual land dispute. They say their contractual property ownership rights have bee...

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Couple Let Baby Starve To Death While Raising Virtual Baby Online

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Gaming, Child Neglect, Internet Addicts, South Korea, Internet Addict South Korea, Second Life, Internet Addiction, Prius Online, Korea, World News

A Korean couple allowed their child to starve to death because of their addiction to raising a 'virtual' child in a Second-Life-style game online know...

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Second Life Sex Lawsuit: Linden Lab Targeted For Allowing Ripped-Off Sex Toys

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Internet, Second Life Lawsuit, Legal Issues, Second Life Sex, Avatar, Second Life, Sex-Code Lawsuit, Weird Lawsuits, Second Life Sex Lawsuit, Sexgen Cuddle Rug, Sex Toys, Second Life Legal Issues, Media News

Raising the stakes on a two-year-old intellectual property controversy in Second Life, a popular seller of online adult novelties filed a federal copy...

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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Susan Tenby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaming, Cystic Fibrosis, Avatar, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Gaming Industry, Second Life, Gates Foundation, Media News

Virtual worlds can enable a user to experience learning from an inside, walk-through perspective.

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Become a Guantanamo Detainee - In Second Life

Blaise Zerega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Gitmo Detainees, Gitmo, Second Life, Christopher Hitchens, Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Technology, Entertainment News

A recent conference showcased new tools to expose war crimes and other serious violations of human rights and to disseminate this information in real time throughout the world.

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Living in Sim

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: World of Warcraft, The Sims, Hinduism, Computer Simulation, The Matrix, Will Wright, Second Life, Computers, Healthy Living News

Just because you're in a computer simulation doesn't mean that your feelings are any less than real and even if life is only pixel-deep, it could have meaning anyway.

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AAPOR09: Elizabeth Dean - Second Life

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aapor, aapor2009, Elizabeth Dean, RTI International, Second Life, Pollster, Politics News

I interviewed Elizabeth Dean, a survey research methodologist at RTI International, about their efforts to recruit and interview survey respondents in...

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Second Life Divorce: Woman Catches Husband In Virtual Gay Affair

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Best, Lisa Best, Second Life Divorce, Internet Addiction, Second Life, Media News

Last week, a man informed his wife that he wanted a divorce via Facebook. This week, a woman wants a divorce after catching her husband in a virtual ...

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Second Life Hookers Way Less Interesting Than Real Life Hookers

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hookers, Prostitution, Virtual Reality, Sex, Second Life, Virtual Sex, Virtual Hookers, Linden Dollars, Second Life Escorts, Avatars, Prostitutes, Second Life Hookers, Virtual Prostitutes, Style News

If this is as good and imaginative and kinky as hookers get in Second Life, then life must be just as dull, pedestrian and predictable as it is in the First.

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Lovestruck Users Swear By Second Life

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Life Marriage, Relationships, Second Life, Style News

Nina Allam was nervous. She was about to meet someone she had been chatting with online since February. Nina Allam and Sean Barbary were married on th...

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How To Change the World Through Your Workplace (Part 2)

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Giving Life, Social Innovation, HurriQuake Nail, Ibm, MaRS Centre, Workplace, S Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Second Life, Stanley Bostitch, Ed Sutt, New Radicals, Innovation, Julia Moulden, Healthy Living News

On Monday, I spoke at the Social Entrepreneurship Summit held at the MaRS Centre in Toronto. Although, as the name suggests, people came to learn abou...

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Von Johin, Second Life Bluesman, Scores Real Life Recording Deal

Listening Post | Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Life Record Deal, Von Johin, Bon Johin, Von Johin Record Deal, Second Life Blues, Second Life, Second Life Music, Blues, Von Johin Blues, Business News

Nashville bluesman Von Johin learned the art of Mississippi Delta-style blues the old fashioned way: by playing small venues across the country. But d...

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The Opposite of Voyeurism: Why People Twitter

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: 1984, Friends, Twitter, Digg, Second Life, Cavemen, Facebook, Culture, Friendship, Internet, Loneliness, Youtube, Robert Scoble, Dystopian Films, Blogging, Healthy Living News

Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.

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CNN Opens Bureau In Second Life

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cnn, CNN Second Life, Second Life, Media News

So, what exactly is news in a virtual world? CNN aims to find out by opening an I-Report hub in Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world create...

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