Tag: Second life
Why PlayStation Home for PS3 is a genius idea
Sony’s new PlayStation Home virtual world won’t address the issues that have resulted in pretty-much constant flak for its PS3 console in the last year. Criticisms of the console’s pricing and games line-up are both still valid, not to mention lingering resentment over the PS3’s delayed launch in Europe.
Sony's PS3 goes Web 2.0 with PlayStation Home and LittleBigPlanet
It seems the speculation earlier this week wasn't so wide of the mark. Last night, Sony took the wraps off not one, but TWO virtual worlds for its PS3 console. PlayStation Home is a Second Life style community, while LittleBigPlanet…
Second Life gets its first virtual mobile operator
Vodafone is planning to launch itself as a mobile operator in the game Second Life alongside its Vodafone Island area within the popular virtual world. Second Life users will be able to use branded handsets to call each other within…
Second Life: "Brands have an important place in this world"
Part Two of our coverage of last night’s MusicAlly Second Life event in London. Following the presentation given by Rivers Run Red CEO Justin Bovington (see Part One for what he said), a panel of virtual world and music industry…
Second Life: "Not just a white middle-class geek tool any more"
Is virtual world Second Life really a powerful new way for record companies to promote music, or just a sneaky way to grab column inches for being cutting-edge? This was the topic of a debate last night in central London,…
Save the Children is first UK charity to enter Second Life
Save the Children has become the first UK charity to set up a fundraising platform within Second Life, and seems to be getting into the spirit of virtual reality by offering players the chance to buy a virtual yak at…
Second Life hit by deliberate attack
The online virtual reality gaming phenomenon that is Second Life was hit by a malicious attack over the weekend, which caused self-replicating golden rings to appear in the virtual world, and significantly slowed down the servers….
Reuters to open a news bureau in Second Life
Reuters is the latest company clamouring to be a part of the Second Life virtual world (some say parallel universe), with an announcement that it will begin publishing text, phono and video news from the real world within Second Life…
