Tag archive: Linden

Back in March, Second Life operators Linden Lab announced plans to create a new segregated area for adult content in their popular virtual world, and announced plans to solicit feedback from Second Life users, content creators, and business operators to work out the details. Now, the Lindens have a plan to deal with adult-oriented content in Second Life, which includes a three-tiered rating system, search filtering capabilities, and a… Read More

Second Life developer Linden Lab is making a major play for the pocketbooks of virtual world residents—right in its own back yard: The company has announced deals to acquire XStreet SL and OnRez, the two largest Web-based marketplaces for virtual goods in Second Life. Financial details of the deals were not disclosed. The two sites offer online marketplaces where in-world developers and content creators can offer their goods for… Read More

The virtual world Second Life is losing one of it's founders: controversial chief technology officer Cory Onrejka—known in-world as Cory Linden—will be leaving the company at the end of the year. Although Linden Labs' CEO Philip Rosedale describs Onrejka's departure as a move to “pursue new professional challenges out side the company,” both Onrejka and Rosedale have acknowledged the departure stems… Read More

The Swedish Institute has announced (Swedish) plans to open an embassy in the 3-D virtual world Second Life. To named the “House of Sweden,” the virtual site will mirror the construction of Sweden's embassy in Washington, D.C., and will act as the nation's virtual representative to the over three million people from around the world who have alternate identities in Second Life. General Director for the Swedish… Read More