The concept of (and the term) “the metaverse” was applied to Second Life long before Facebook and general tech appropriated it. It’s interesting to me to see how other entities are taking the idea of a virtual environment and expanding the definition to include AR, VR and mixed reality.
Category: Second Life
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OPLIN 4Cast #104: MS Book Search, Broadband, 2.0, Land Lines
Posted in 4cast, AOL, cellphones, communication, GDrive, LinkedIn, Second Life, social network websites, TwitterThoughts, and Web 2.0
1. End of MS Book Search It’s all up to Google now…or is it? Why killing Live Book Search is good for the future of…
4Cast #89: E-Books, Librarian Tools, Customer Service, More Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, desktop applications, eBooks, Firefox, Google, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Photo Tagger, Playlist.io, productivity, screencasting, Second Life, Sitemap Generator, Social Networks, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1.  E-Books: Point, Counterpoint With recent advancements from Google Books Library Project, Amazon’s Kindle, and others, some are contemplating the future of…
OPLIN 4cast #71
Posted in blogs, Library 2.0, LibraryThing, net neutrality, OffiSync, and Second Life
This week’s 4cast: 1. Google Book Search: Been Pretty Busy Google Book Search has rolled out some new features, including the ability for users to…
OPLIN 4cast #56
Posted in copyright, digitization, DMCA, downloads, Google, Library 2.0, Second Life, Study, TipJar, and web TV
This week’s 4cast: 1. Don’t Even Think About Making a Copy Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing Congress to pass stricter copyright laws that would…
OPLIN 4cast #50
Posted in blogs, DRM, Second Life, TweetStats, Twitter, Wi-Fi, and YouTube
This week’s 4cast: 1. Bad Manners in the Blogosphere Recently, a prominent technology blogger named Kathy Sierra (Creating Passionate Users) received a series of anonymous,…
OPLIN 4cast #46
Posted in Amazon, Cinematic Internet, DMCA, DRM, Embedding, Gmail, Google Guide, Google Latitude, HarperCollins, Library 2.0, screencasting, Second Life, social network websites, Songza, and Video books
This week’s 4cast: 1. Search Inside a Book (Once You’ve Figured Out Who Published It) In an effort to defend their turf from the likes…
OPLIN 4cast #41
Posted in digital movie downloads, digitization, eBooks, Library vs. Internet, Netflix, RA, Second Life, tagging, Touchscreens, and Valve
This week’s 4cast: 1. Check the Tags According to a recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more and more Internet users…
OPLIN 4cast #34
Posted in AOL, copyright, digitization, Elections, filtering, Google, instant messaging, Microsoft, Screen Readers, Second Life, and tagging
This week’s 4cast: 1. It’s Time You (Teens) & I (Librarians) Had a Little Chat The argument that libraries are failing to keep up with…