Themed sims, from 1980's New York to the sci-fi world of Frank Herbert's Arrakis, use art, homage and roleplay to create some of Second Life's most beautiful and inventive environments.
Let me stipulate up front - I'm a fan of Dreamland for a lot of reasons.
However, while the Plush sims (the commercial areas) seem to be doing very well, lots of traffic, stores, etc., the Plush Avenue sims aren't. The Plush Av sims are prebuilt urban shopping centers, very nicely built out with extra prims, but more expensive to rent. However, they are deserted almost all the time, while nearby Plush sims are jumping.
So what's the problem?
IMNSHO the issue is largely that people don't want to rent in areas where the stores are already built, and apparently aren't interested in shopping in such a controlled environment either. Both renters and shoppers like the diversity (controlled chaos?) of the individually built areas.
The Amsterdam sims, a popular Second Life destination with canals, houseboats, and a sexually explicit red light district, sold on eBay for US$50,000 on Monday, one of the largest sales of a Second Life business by a private developer.
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
If you haven’t heard it yet: The 3rd Annual Exhibition organized by Timeless Prototype is going on now. As I am right now a bit busy I cannot do any photos but maybe check it just out for yourself, you can find it here.There will also be an event on Saturday and it will close [...]
At the last voice beta test meeting a lot of stuff was discussed and I am trying to quickly summarize it here:Most of the mainland will be voice activated. Channels, on which communication is taking place will then span multiple sims (like all the 4 sims of the welcome areas). This is important as you [...]
