Second Life Bluesman Gets First Life Record Deal

If you had any doubts that you lived in The Future, you may now dispel them... a real-life blues artist has signed a record deal after a labe's avatar saw his avatar, playing a live gig in Second Life. The label, Reality Entertainment, was actively scouring Second Life for...

Virtual World Trade Shows

"Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d read outside a cyberpunk sci-fi novel: “Should my catwoman avatar wear a business suit at the virtual interview with Microsoft?” But that’s become a serious question, thanks to the growth of corporate events, meetings, and...

PA Consulting Metaverse Roadmap discussion

PA Consulting Metaverse Roadmap discussion: PA Consulting has just hosted an interesting discussion and presentation event (at their SL office) for the Metaverse Roadmap Initiative. Here’s their website. The initiative is basically a think-tank to explore the possibilities...

The ever-expanding metaverse

"Metaverse Evangelist" is not a title you expect to see on a business card, let alone one from an employee of a century-old technology company. But then Roo Reynolds of IBM is not a normal employee. Living a double life, one as a twenty-something software engineer and...