Blogs on Metaverses

The 3D web is on its way to enter many people’s communication habits and even a lot of people’s lives. If it’s Linden Lab’s well known Second Life, Makena Technologies There, Sony’s Playstation Home, or one of the smaller 3D-worlds: Metaverses are on their way to become an integral part of the way we’re communicating. They could become the next logical step in the internet’s and media’s evolution in general.

The following blogs are my prefered picks for your feedreader if you’d like to keep on track and achieve a better understanding regarding metaverses, 3D collaboration, Second Life, and virtual identities:

3pointD

The Metaverse and 3D Web, as blogged by Mark Wallace and friends: My personal favourite with deep insides and quick notes.

Second Life Education Research

Sarah Robbins [aka Intellagirl] blogs about Second Life as a research and education tool. A great reading for all augmenters!

Second Life Herald

Philosophy professor Peter Ludlow observes, records and studies the legal, social, and economic implications of life in the virtual world: Always Fairly Unbalanced.

Reuters / Second Life

Looking for some ‘classic’ news about SL? Well: Reuters and their ‘virtual’ reporter Pasick [aka Adam Reuters] will keep you informed via the Reuters Second Life Blog.

Second Life Insider

SL blogged by Weblogs, Inc. Network: Some kind of quick and dirty news. You won’t miss the most relevant stuff.

2nd Sex

Want to read about the #1 topic SL is associated with in classical media? Here you are: the blog on sex and Second Life written by a top escort. Interesting for immersionists.

_notizen aus der provinz

Markus Breuer switched his German blog from blogging about blogs to blogging about metaverses - Second Life in particular - in 2005: Markus officially formed The Otherland Group [corporate blog in English] some days ago “to make sense of business in virtual worlds”. One of his partners blogs about metaverses as well:

pixelsebi’s repository

Sebastian Küpers writes [German] about the metaverse, semantic, and social web as superior topics. Read his post about the founding of The Otherland Group.

Books

If you prefer a book to enter the idea of a metaverse, I highly recommend one of these two to get a deeper comprehension:

• Neal Stephenson’s novel Snow Crash
• Sherry Turkle’s reference Life on the Screen - Identity in the Age of the Internet