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Wheelies, the first disability-themed virtual nightclub, reopens its doors as Wheelies74 this December 3rd, 2009. Featured are an expanded campus in the Second Life® virtual world including, dance venue, walking green, activities centre, and “Bond of Unity” art work. December 3rd has been designated by the United Nations as, International Day of Persons with Disabilities. […]

Applications for the 2010 Linden Prize are now open! Applications will be open starting today and will close at 5pm PST on January 15, 2010. Tentatively, a winner will be announced during the first week of May. What is the 2010 Linden Prize? “The Linden Prize will award one Second Life Resident or team with […]

by Sappho Zapatero Similar to “Miss Universe” and other beauty pageants in real life, “Miss Virtual World 2010,” seeks a beautiful Second Life avatar with outstanding presence and personality.  The winner will be crowned December 19th 2010 at 11am SLT at the Patch Thibauld Auditorium in Second Life. Earlier this month, I was invited to […]

Linden Labs will be unveiling their latest enterprise-level product, Nebraska, at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and inworld on the Metanomics Main Stage. “Nebraska” is the much-anticipated behind-the-firewall solution which will allow enterprise to host their own virtual world environments within their organizations. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4th at 11:00 am – 12:00 […]

Coventry University presents Avatar Repertory Theater’s staging of ’13 Objects: Studies in Servitude’ by Howard Barker as part of an international festival celebrating the work of this prestigious playwright. Performances will be on Oct 20, 4pm SLT and October 21, 2pm SLT at Coventry University Sim. For a more in-depth look at the set and […]

Starting October 5th, the team of Hermes-PPMM will be holding in-world demonstrations of their new product, Earworms Language Learning.  Residents are invited to come over to the SLevolution sim at 2AM SLT and 7AM SLT where there will be a demonstration of Earworms – a product promising to bring ” a new way of language […]

Proposals for presentations for the NMC Symposium for the Future, a special 2-day, live online event to be held October 27-29, 2009, are being solicited through September 14.  The Symposium, the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over […]

by Avarie Parker Second Life residents have a unique chance to participate in an upcoming Federal Communications Commission workshop on national broadband and civic engagement.  On Thursday August 6th at 6:30 SLT (6:30am PST/9:30am EST), the FCC’s workshop will be streamed into SL’s MacArthur Foundation Island. In-world hosting is being handled by Global Kids and […]

Second Life is a truly diverse virtual world bringing together the creativity of hundreds of thousands of people on one platform. And in a true testament to this varied and innovative virtual world, Skylar Smythe brings to the Second Life stage a truly magnificent and original play showcasing eloquent writing, a tragic story, and both […]