A report from the Inquisitr site has linked the government’s content bans for online games to a potential banning of Second Life in Australia.  The logic certainly holds up if interpreted that a) Second Life is an online game (which many people would dispute, setting virtual worlds apart from online games as there isn’t a […]

The virtual worlds site Virtual Worlds News has covered the release of a new report into the growth of virtual worlds.  The report covers both the standard metric of registrations, and importantly the number of ‘active users’ which can be taken as a measure of success of the virtual world.

The article says that: “the global […]

The Project Factory is proud to announce that one of its major Second Life projects - The ABC’s Island - took out the award for Rich Media at the Content + Technology Awards / SMPTE in Sydney, Australia.
Congratulations to all at the ABC and from our own team for making this such as […]

The Project Factory is pleased to announce the launch of its interpretation of the architecture of Melbourne’s Laneways in the popular virtual world, Second Life.
Commissioned by Multimedia Victoria and Acumentum, the project uses real-life images of graffiti, architecture and objects found in Melbourne’s iconic city streets, and recreates these to produce a completely interactive world […]

The Project Factory’s summary video showing a variety of top global brands in Second Life has been posted on YouTube today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGHJuCbGdo

The brands featured include Reuters, BMW, Sony BMG and Ericcson, BigPond, Reebok, Vodafone, IBM, ABC TV, Showtime, Pontiac, American Apparel, Virgin, Dell, NBC, Apple, Sears, Circuit City and AOL.
These are the companies that […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of two major Second Life projects in Australia. The island for the ABC will be the centre for events, competitions and ABC-related TV programs.
Over at Telstra BigPond there are 11 islands. As with any 3D world, the best way to experience it is to get into […]