Did you know that Linden Labs is experimenting on a new way to control your Second Life avatar? They are using what is called a 3D Webcam to interact and control an avatar inside the virtual world of Second Life. Below is a YouTube video that demonstrates basic movement without the use of a mouse or a keyboard to control an avatar using this technology. [...continue reading Hands Free Second Life]

Yesterday, I converted 3 of my videos to .MOV and uploaded them to blip.tv. Blip.tv is very much like YouTube except that blip.tv provides a direct link to the uploaded video in its actual format which in my case .MOV. This allowed me to stream the video from blip.tv into my place in Second Life, 3 Stars and a Sun, by copying the URL of the link and pasting it on my rented land’s media field.

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SLASH! is currently holding a 50,000L$ Model Contest. I learned about it from mikaela Yifu who contacted me about it. I then went to SLASH! main store at SLASH to learn more about the contest. The place was a little bit laggy but after waiting a while the immediate area finally rezzed and information about the contest was everywhere. A big board showing the Top 20 entries is near the landing point.

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Here is another Research Company you can join in Second Life to earn more L$ and it’s name is Reperes-Second Life. I found this company while I was flying around various Sims. I bumped into this big rectangular box and when I look inside there was a big Reperes-Second Life Sign. My guess is that the land owner or owners around the sign boxed it so that it wouldn’t be an eyesore or something. Anyway, I visited Reperes-Second Life Headquarters and below is a simple video tour of the place. I hope you all like it. [...continue reading Reperes Second Life]