Category Archives: OpenSim

Excellent Article on a Death of a Virtual World

Posted on 31 March 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

what is the most important aspect to the success of a virtual world, my answer is one word: friendship. The more obvious answer would be “community,” but community is built upon a foundation of friendship. For those of you who … Continue reading →

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Meta Magic Studio to Close Second Life sims

Posted on 11 November 2009 by Guy Banana Schilling

Last night Meta Magic Studio came to a tough decision, we could no longer keep supporting our four simulators in Second Life due to a lack of revenue.  While we still believe in Second Life and the opportunities it presents, … Continue reading →

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Virtual Worlds in a Virtual Standstill

Posted on 28 October 2009 by Guy Banana Schilling

The last few months, all of my clients that had been involved in Second Life and other virtual world pursuits including Open Sim development have all stopped their efforts.  It is amazing to go from busy to dead so quickly, … Continue reading →

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Three Years in Second Life

Posted on 26 April 2009 by Guy Banana Schilling

April 26, 2006 at 9:05 pm was my birth in Second Life, or rez day.  Three years later, I am still pursuing my metaverse dreams of making a living using virtual worlds to pay my physical world bills.  There have … Continue reading →

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Happy Second Birthday OpenSim

Posted on 29 January 2009 by Guy Banana Schilling

Just saw a twitter from Soft who reminded me that OpenSim is celebrating its 2nd birthday. From the OpenSim site: The consensus is that OpenSim was ‘born’ on Jan 29 2007, when Darren Guard (MW) made his prototypical c# 3D … Continue reading →

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Meta Magic Studio sim

Posted on 12 August 2008 by Guy Banana Schilling

Meta Magic Studio had been putting off purchasing an open space sim on the Second Life® Grid for six months due to thinking about doing a sim on the OpenSim grid. But after reviewing that space, it was decided that … Continue reading →

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There is Money in Game Apps

Posted on 23 July 2008 by Guy Banana Schilling

Over at VentureBeat, they have posted an excellent article on Virtual goods starting to pan out for Facebook game app developers, and not just the venture-funded ones. While this article talks about just application being built just for Facebook®, I … Continue reading →

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Avatar Jumps from Second Life to Open Sim

Posted on 9 June 2008 by Guy Banana Schilling

Very interesting news came out late last week about the first successful avatar portal jump from Second Life® to Open Sim was reported by Zha over on his blog Zha’s Virtual Musings. Tweet

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