Cornell Professor Robert Bloomfield, in association with Metaversed, has announced Metanomics 07, a speaker series focused on business and policy in the metaverse. A partial speaker list has been posted (nominations are still open) and it includes a diverse and impressive list of academics, business leaders, and commentators from a cross-section of the professional metaverse. [...]
The Seventh Sun, a monthly Second Life publication that I’d somehow overlooked until now (not sure how, it’s actually better than most of what’s out there) is running an interview with ‘Desmond Shang,’ the developer of Second Life’s “Independent State of Caledon.” For more on Caledon, visit the Caledon entry in the SL History wiki. [...]
If you’ve missed them, there is an excellent series of posts up over at Law of the Game on recent changes to the machinima policies from Microsoft (publisher of Halo, Perfect Dark, Shadowrun, etc.) and Blizzard (publisher of World of Warcraft). In sum, both companies, though particularly Blizzard, have clarified how and when they will [...]
From a press release from Seton Hall Law: Newark, NJ – Seton Hall School of Law will be partnering with the developer of a Second Life platform on September 17 to provide a virtual environment for people to join in on its Constitution Day program on “Interrogation and Intelligence Gathering.” The program, developed by Professor [...]
