Posts Tagged virtual world
Simulation in Second Life
March 31st, 2009A student of mine shared this article on CNN.com with me: “Can second Life Help Teach Doctors to Treat Patients?“ It is an interesting illustration of the potential best use of Second Life, at least in the short-term. While the original idea of Second Life was to create a virtual world where individuals can take [...]
Study on Second Life and Corporate Innovation
March 23rd, 2009Together with Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, my research team is conducting a study on corporate innovation as reflected by companies’ participation in the virtual world Second Life. In particular, we are interested in why corporations engage in cutting-edge innovations such as Second Life, despite the risks involved, and the benefits that are [...]
Second Life Demographics Update
September 22nd, 2008My previous blog “Rethinking Second Life Demographics” has attracted quite some search engine traffic from people who are looking for Second Life user demographics. Since the original demographic information that I linked to was a little old, I would like to point my readers to a newer and more authoritative demographic information source: Linden Lab [...]
