The project that I’m working on, which I keep referring to as a “Second Life” project, actually started out to look at virtual worlds in general. We just seem to have drifted into SL exclusively. Penn State’s Virtual Worlds blog, which I’ve just been referred to for the details about running the SL client from…
As I’ve mentioned before, some of us are starting to look at using Second Life for teaching. One problem that we have is that it is not possible to install software on University Owned PCs, without creating NAL objects – which can take some time. Some staff can install locally, but not all can. This…
NSPCC books in to virtual hotel I’d forgotten about Habbo – I’ve had it bookmarked for quite a long time, so this was a timely reminder. There seem to be several Second Life type environments geared to children – as well as the Teen Grid for SL itself, there are also ClubPenguin, the plan that…
Beth’s Second Life: Literature Alive! and other Tales We’re starting to work on a project looking at the possibility of using second life to teach programming. At the moment, we’re very much at the research stage, so I’m going to be adding random posts for useful URLs – which this blogs seems to be!…