Sailing in Second Life
Posted by Michael Walsh (Check me out!) on November 24th, 2006
Tagged as: Second Life
Man time is really becoming the new gold.
It’s been a busy busy week but there is definitely light in this tunnel. I’m not sure whether it’s coming through cracks in the wall or there really is an end but it’s definitely light.
I have spent the best part of this week exploring Second Life, and have to admit I’m not sure I’m any wiser now than when I started.
It’s a magical place, filled with intelligent, polite avatars alongside some real fruitcakes.
I had a wonderful sandwich at my local “real” bar while my avatar gyrated on a dancefloor for $LIN2 every 15 minutes.
But that aside, I’m beginning to see the potential, and there’s certainly plenty of that. Like any unexplored world, the opportunities are limited only by our own imagination.
Yet in the world of corporate missions, Second Life really rocks the boat.
If only there were 48 hours in a day, then my own personal second life would stand a chance.
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Extreme socializing tours
Posted by Michael Walsh (Check me out!) on October 23rd, 2006
Tagged as: Reuters, Second Life, Virtual Worlds
While we’re all discovering how to navigate in the land of the social, some clever people have come up with a site designed to show newbies around the increasingly popular virtual worlds, like World of Warcraft and Second Life.
“Synthravels is the first organization to offer a complete guide service to all the people who want to make a tour in virtual worlds without knowing these new realities, even if they have never put their feet in these strange, synthetic grounds.” says their site.
I don’t mind admitting that these virtual communities scare the bejesus out of me. It’s bad enopugh convincing clients to embrace social media. Virtual communities is pushing it waaay beyond credible.
Second Life recently got a credibility boost after Reuters opened an agency and IBM started holding corporate meetings there.
Having said that, it is a fascinating transformation in the way we represent ourselves. I’m not sure I’ve fully grasped the point of the original names requirement. I mean getting major personalities like, I don’t know, Carlos Ghosn - CEO of Renault Nissan, to go online under the name of Bungo Kaloterakis seems to me the wrong side of lunacy, although having said that Renault does build some looney cars…
Sorry, can’t stop now, I’ve got a virtual tour bus to catch.
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