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Second Life Coming To Mobile

The experience is coming to mobile. The 3D virtual world platform, created by Linden Lab will soon be available on 3G handsets via ’s streaming mobile games service. Beta trials for ’s new mobile offering for the Grid platform (an inter-connected platform which extends beyond the mainland of itself) will be open to those who pre-register.

’s mobile service will enable access to the virtual world of for Residents to explore, interact and communicate on-line. The mobile experience reformats the online world to fit on mobile phone screens while mapping the keys on handsets to commands in-world. Existing Residents can simply log-in and people new to can also try out the online world for the first time through the mobile service. With a simple download to their 3G mobile handset, anyone can enjoy their online session while on the move.

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“What we have developed is a service which, for the first time, allows you to access a rich persistent virtual 3D world the way it is supposed to be experienced on your phone,” said Martin Dunsby, CEO, . “This is a true ‘before and after moment’ in which mobile is living up to its potential in serving as an always on, connected platform.”

“For Linden Lab, this represents an intuitive way to extend the reach and accessibility of the Grid platform,” said Chris Mahoney, Business Deveopment Manager, Linden Lab. “This is a great way for Residents to stay connected to their friends, business and experiences in-world, wherever they are.”

’s proprietary solution is the only one on the market that can stream any high-end PC title to mobile, including [Read more]

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‘Second Life’ like real life

Interesting article from AP on Yahoo News. New technology from Japan could help make navigating online virtual worlds simpler by letting players use their own bodies — or even brain waves — to control their avatars.

“This technology lets you use take the actions you’d use in real life and transpose them to the virtual world,” said research leader Michitaka Hirose, . “It could make maneuvering much, much easier.”

Don’t hold your breath though - there are no plans to commercialise at this stage.

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