links for 2007-04-26

• Alternatives To Second Life - Uber Edition « Second Life Games
  Good overview of alternatives to Second Life based on the three key features of Second Life - User-generated content, users own IP of their creations and an in-world economy with real money transfer.
  (tags: virtualworlds secondlife metaverse mylinkblog)
• Reuters/Second Life » Gartner sees 80 % virtual world penetration by 2011
  “Tech consultancy Gartner, whose “Hype Cycle” has been used to gauge Second Life adoption, thinks that 80 percent of active Internet users will be in non-gaming virtual worlds like Second Life by the end of 2011 - a huge increase from current levels.”
  (tags: virtualworlds secondlife metaverse research mylinkblog)
• Wikitecture 2.0: Designing the Architecture of Architectural Design Collaboration. « Studio Wikitecture
  “Real Life Architects in Second Life will be conducting a ‘Wikitecture’ experiment on Architecture Island in Second Life over the next month to determine just how feasible a collaborative approach in design might be in the architectural profession.”
  (tags: 3d virtualworlds secondlife collaboration wikis web2.0 mylinkblog)