It was in Austin last spring, after the South by Southwest Interactive conference, that the ideas behind this blog finally gelled in my head (even though I’d staked my claim to the 3pointD territory months earlier, for no good reason). Now, not even six months after SXSW, 3pointD is headed back to Texas to chat about some of the stuff we write about here, on a panel filled with much heavier weights than mine, at the Austin Game Conference on September 6. Jerry Paffendorf of the Electric Sheep Company sponsors of this blog) has convened a panel on The Future of Virtual Worlds (at 1:30pm on the Online Multiplayer Tech/Art track) that will see me sitting beside legendary MMO developer Raph Koster, Linden Lab chief technology officer Cory Ondrejka and Multiverse’s Corey Bridges. Can anything I have to say possibly be of value? (more…)
Second Life resident Chili Carson is launching what could be a great boon for SL’s business owners as well as their customers: a Chamber of Commerce for the virtual world. While news of the venture first surfaced at the Second Life Community Convention and on New World Notes, 3pointD has some fresh details from Chili as she builds out the concept and seeks to garner support in the virtual world. The question now is whether the chamber can withstand the slings and arrows of the Second Life community. (more…)
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