Second Life

Virtual Planning

An interview with Eric Gordon, who was part of a team that recently won a MacArthur grant for using Second Life as a community planning tool.

12 June 2009 - 10:00am

Metropolis Magazine

Architects and Planners Collaborate in Second Life

Linden Labs, creator of Second Life, has awarded a Linden Prize to Studio Wikitecture for their WikiTree project. The online collaboration uses the virtual world "to harness a groups collective intelligence in designing architecture."

28 April 2009 - 10:00am

Linden Lab

High-Speed Transit Comes to Second Life

UC Irvine student Cristi Lopes is writing software for "SkyTran", a virtual high-speed train based in Second Life. The virtual world will actually serve as a useful simulator for the real thing.

3 July 2008 - 9:00am

The Times Of India

Chris Steins

Spanish-style Waterfront Home On a Private Island: $28

Fri, 03/16/2007 - 11:05

Spanish-style home at Darrow Estates (small) I'm making a prediction: While the real estate market in RL (real life) is cooling off, the real estate market in Second Life (SL) is heating up.

I was recently contacted via IM (instant message) by Elliot Eldrich. I interviewed Elliot several months ago for a feature-length article about urban planning in Second Life. (The article appeared in the January, 2007 issue of the American Planning Association's Planning magazine, but is now also available online.)