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PalmVegas.com bans U.S.-based avatars from its virtual casino to avoid breaking anti-gambling laws.

I need some animations of avatars working. Sweeping, mopping, swinging a pick, operating factory machinery. That kind of thing. SLeXchange seems...

Come join HR Block Vice President of Marketing; Digital, Paula Drum for our March Second Life Business Communicators meeting! This is an opportunity to hear first hand why HR Block chose Second Life and what their initiative is all about....

Hi everyone Do you think Second Life for business purposes could do with even better expressive/responsive/socalliy intelligent avatars. There is a very interesting survey that we are using for our study on this topic. for example, when an internal corporate training is going on, the colleagues will acknowledge each other in a different way than they would if these were strangers. We want to study what do Second Life residents think about these expressive-ness and personality traits strengths of their avatars, for business use. SurveyMonkey.com - The easiest way to create online surveys. (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=62803445512)It's a simple 2-3 minute survey. It will be a huge help if you help us fill it up: Thanks so very muchBest RegardsGaurav

I believe the idea of having avatars wear walking ads and getting paid comparable camp chair rates is going to be the next fad in SL...As with any economy, SL has maybe 90% of its population as the kind fit for low-wage low-responsibility work. Basically: camping chair occupiers.Camping chair occupiers are often inconvenienced when their friend sends them a TP request (for example), and they can't move from the chair or risk losing the precious discrete-interval dollars that are about to roll over. The idea of having avatars "wear" camping chairs, thus making them portable would fix the problem. But, the purpose of camping chairs is to increase the visitor count of a venue... but... portable camping chairs can also be used for... walking, talking, idiosyncratic ADVERTISEMENT!The 10%, who own significant businesses, are all vying to get to the 90%, and thus, are always seeking advertisement opportunities that will increase exposure. This idea seems to benefit both groups. Just saw it being implemented today, and thought you might want to check it out, too: Image: http://www.sluniverse.com/snapshots/146620.jpg http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/pic.aspx?id=146620&sort=Pictures.PictureI...

A majority of real life companies have "refer-a-friend" deals that are a very low cost way to acquire new customers. In SL, referral deals are even more effective due to the ease of communication between avatars and the viral aspect of SL. MutualWin for free aggregates the referral deals that are available and adds a new element. It encourages charities to become the "referrer", giving companies both a new method to acquire customers while helping non-profits.Questions?[Removed for spam]

Men stand further away from other men in Second Life just as in the real world, according to a team of researchers who spent countless hours measuring interpersonal distance (that’s IPD for you social-science types) among avatars.They also claim that men maintain less eye contact than woman, although I’m not sure I buy that one [...]

AMSTERDAM, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Virtual enactments of child pornography in virtual worlds like Second Life may be a crime under Dutch law if it encourages child abuse, the public prosecutor said on Wednesday.Some Second Life users participate in “age play,” in which they can create child-like avatars and have virtual sex that would be [...]

SLNN has the first report of a John Edwards for President area in Second Life. This looks to be just a volunteer-directed effort for now, created by Second Life resident Jose Rote. However, a search reveals that a “John Edwards” avatar was created back in June. No Obama, Clinton, McCain or Giuliani avatars could be [...]

Millions of internet addicts who devote hours to “virtual reality” existences on websites such as Second Life will soon be able to enjoy a physical experience of cyberspace through “avatars”. No specific companies are mentioned in the article but Novint Technologies already has an interface available. www.novint.com