Avarie Parker is a Second Life identity created by real life professional Lisa Peyton. Lisa began exploring virtual worlds several years ago while working as a web developer and designer in Portland, Oregon. Lisa has gone on to publish SLentrepreneur Magazine or SLENTRE.COM, an on-line magazine dedicated to business within Second Life. Collaborating with a team of international writers and managing several departments, she has built a strong network within the virtual environment. She has also developed and co-founded Virtual Job Candy, (Virtualjobcandy.com) a job board dedicated to virtual world jobs in the real world. Her role at VJC allows her to combine her design skills, project management experience, and technical expertise to create exciting new 3D environments. Twitter ID: lispeyton
Formerly head of the Association of Virtual Worlds, Dave Elchoness, has created the augmented reality (AR) platform Tagwhat. He will be visiting Portland, Oregon in order to present on the topic for the Software Association of Oregon. Dave was generous enough to answer some of SLENTRE.COM’s questions regarding AR and why it will be a […]
By Compe Lockwood “Welcome to the club,” Zani Fiertze greeted me as we walk through the dance floor. It is typical of Second life social spots: a dance floor, stage, various amenities, and a spot where D.J.’s spin tunes. There are parties here, meetings, anniversary and birthday celebrations. But two things you don’t expect to […]
A band comprised of Second Life talkshow Goddess Pooky Amsterdam has collaborated with Draxtor Despres and German House/Electronica producer Samuel’s Dream, to produce this comical video. This response to The Guild’s “Date My Avatar” takes on heavy-duty themes like lonliness and redemption as well as commenting on general issues of virtual celebrity.
Compiled by Avarie Parker Perhaps May’s sunny weather has SL Residents off-line, all sims saw a reduction in traffic as the summer is steadily approaching. Our top 3 spots remained constant with Lesbian Paradise nipping at Franks Place heels. Midnight Reflections has been a Traffic Report regular and this week it has climbed back up […]
Avatar Repertory Theater presents Alice in WonderSLand. Performances run at the following dates/times: Sunday May 2, 3PM PST Saturday May 8, 4PM PST Sunday May 9, 2PM PST Friday May 14, 11PM PST Saturday May 15, 10AM PST Sunday May 16, 4PM PST (Subtitled performance for hearing impaired) Tickets are L$500, available for purchase on […]
Compiled by Avarie Parker April continued the upward traffic trend on all sims. Moving up the charts this month was XXX-rated Escort Oasis and ‘womyns’ only sim, Lesbian Paradise. The haven for sexy, lip-stick lesbians keeps drawing record crowds. Also extremely popular this month was Naturist Resort, where Second Life residents can frolic on the […]
The votes have been tallied and the decision was decisive. Swaffette Firefly is the new 2009 SLentrepreneur of the Year!
Draxtor faced a terrible dilemma recently: which machine to purchase for his machinima work! A lifetime fan of Macintosh he bit the bullet and is now using Windows XP running in Bootcamp. It did help that a well-known computer dude on his visit to Second Life offered Draxtor friendship and some good advice!
MetaMeets, Europe’s premier 3D Internet developer and community conference, comes to Dublin, Ireland, in 2010. The conference opens just as the movie “Avatar” has become a spectacular introduction to the idea of virtual environments. The conference, like the movie, is a bridge for the public to see what’s possible in a way that begins to […]