Second Life escapists told to wake up
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Child poverty deaths shame Sadville An anti-poverty campaign has reminded the inhabitants of Second Life that while they fanny about wasting time and money hiding from their own trivial worries there are people are dying unnecessarily in the real world.â¦
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A startup billing itself as the Better Business Bureau for virtual worlds wants to provide a rating system for avatars &#151; players' online representations &#151; in "Second Life."
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Researchers show how objects with multimedia attributes within Second Life can unleash malware on unsuspecting users.
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RatePoint is extending its rating system to residents of the Second Life online city, who can now determine which virtual neighbors to play and work with.
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Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one aspect of human behavior carries over into the virtual realm.
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Fans of open-source programming and multiplayer gaming explore ways to bring the concept of the metaverse -- an infinitely expandable virtual world -- closer to fruition. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Blog: Second Life citizens object to new rules banning certain sexual and violent behaviors.
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Researchers have found a way to induce  out-of-body experiences using virtual-reality goggles, helping  to explain a phenomenon reported by about one in 10 people.
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Researchers discover in a recent study on cyber-bullying that there may be negative consequences for users in both Second Life and the real world.
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San Francisco-based company Second Life has opened up its virtual world to the mobile phone, and is looking for interested beta testers to put the application through its paces.
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Italy's Gabetti Property Solutions has  joined the Second Life land rush, laying claim to being the  first real-life property company in the booming virtual world.
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Online fantasy game site "Second Life" has suffered a security breach in which the data of 650,000 users may have been exposed, including real names, addresses and billing information.
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Blog: Virtual worlds, or the 3D Internet, appeal to early adopters of games. Getting more people to come will require more applications, experts say.
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When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in?
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The company's move into the virtual reality of "Second Life" is an innovative one.
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What the business press didn't tell you Analysis Two weeks ago, business leaders at Davos gave their blessing to Linden Lab's Second Life. They hailed the spectacular growth of its virtual economy while politicians spoke of democracy itself moving into its online world.â¦
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An online role-playing game is to be built by a community of ordinary gamers.