Category Archives: Second Life

Testing Second Life Viewer 2

Posted on 5 April 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

Over the past few days the gang over from Meta Magic Studio has been doing some exploration and testing of Linden Lab’s new viewer for Second Life®.  The “biggest” thing for us is the shared media which finally allows us … Continue reading →

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Checking in with Banana Stein

Posted on 3 April 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

Banana Stein is still alive and more or less well.  Here is a picture of him taken just today. Tweet

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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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Avatar Reality Raises $4.2M

Posted on 24 March 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

I read this morning that Avatar Reality, the parent company of Blue Mars has raised an additional $4.2 million from VCs.   The new funds bring its investment total to over $13 million. (Source: Virtual Worlds) While I am not a … Continue reading →

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Two Years of Lost in Bananaverse

Posted on 25 February 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

Tomorrow begins year 3 of Lost in Bananaverse.  Oh my….. As I reflected on this passage of time, I went back and reviewed my first entry which was called “The End” and found this: The reason the start of Lost … Continue reading →

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Second Live Viewer 2.0

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

After a long, long, long, long wait, the long promised / rumored Second Life Viewer 2.0 has arrived in Beta.  So I immediately downloaded it. Just a couple of initial thoughts and questions and observations: Overall Viewer Layout I am … Continue reading →

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468 Prims

Posted on 27 January 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

Back when Meta Magic Studio had two sims, the use of prims was rarely a subject.  While I am a firm believer in less is better especially when it comes to prims, having access to thousands of prims allowed me … Continue reading →

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Virtual vs Physical Banana

Posted on 7 January 2010 by Guy Banana Schilling

Lots of comments about my profile picture that was updated yesterday.  Cheerie wanted to point out what the new virtual world look was based on my physical world look; well kinda.  All I know is that the Physical World Banana … Continue reading →

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