Recent Posts Tagged With 'second life'

• FTC: Virtual Worlds Offer Real Explicit Content to Minors

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 10:34 in second life, game consumer news, ftc, watchdog groups

  A congressionally-mandated Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report looks into the availability of sexually and violently explicit content in online worlds to minors.Virtual Worlds and Kids: Mapping the Risks examined 27 virtual online worlds, including...

• Console-based Emergency Alert System Testing Underway in NY

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 11:32 in wii, new york, second life, xbox 360, xbox live, playstation 3, innovative thinking

  While it might not mean the end of the traditional air raid siren, New York State is currently testing a plan that uses networked videogame machines to send emergency alerts and warnings to the state’s population.The alert system is just one co...

• Second Life is First Choice for PSU Advisors

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 08:47 in second life, Academia

  Pennsylvania State University academic advisors are now required to meet students in the virtual world of Second Life.The online campus advisors take to the community for at least two hours a week, using their avatars to interface with students and a...

• Linden Labs Goes Corporate

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 09:30 in second life

  Linden Labs has modified its popular Second Life virtual world to allow businesses to get into the act behind the safety of their own firewalls.Launched on Nov. 4 as Second Life Enterprise, the new software creates meeting room environments for emplo...