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Reuters bureau chief Adam Pasick will be interviewing Areae founder and MMO designer Raph Koster and Electric Sheep “futurist in residence” Jerry Paffendorf this Sunday from the South by Southwest Stream Burn festival in Austin this weekend.

Adam Reuters informed me that today there will be two Second Life interviews with Raph Koster and Jerry Paffendorf. Raph is right now working on a eventually-to-be Second Life Killer called Areae. He will be interviewed today at 2 pm CST (3 pm EST, noon Pacific) at the Reuters Auditorium.Jerry, well known to Second [...]

Electric Sheep Company's resident futurist Jerry Paffendorf sat down with bureau chief Adam Reuters for an interview on Sunday from the South by Southwest Interactive festival.Jerry talked about the Metaverse Roadmap, lifeblogging, and what's to come for Second Life this year. Click play below to hear the interview.

Game developer and Areae founder Raph Koster sat down for an interview with bureau chief Adam Reuters on Sunday at the South by Southwest Interactive festival on Sunday. He talked about the state of the metaverse, what's to come for Second Life, and a few tantalizing details about his forthcoming virtual world. Click play below to hear the interview.

Raph Koster on IBM’s virtual world mainframe: “Does anyone really think the future of online worlds is in Big Iron?”Mark Wallace at 3pointD has an interview with the IBM executive heading up the project.