Second Life 2010 Predictions

Here are my predictions for Second Life 2010 below in a list. At the end of next year I will review how many of the below predictions actually happened or not. 2009 is almost over and 2010 is now about 7 weeks away.

• Second Life Viewer 2.0  (December 2009 release possible)
• SL will become more social (facebook, twitter, web etc)
  
• Teen Integration (Merge of grids)
  
• Second Life grows in popularity around the world
• OpenSim grows and more 3rd party viewers
  
• Second Life Enterprise will let customers extend their businesses to virtual world environments
• Cheaper homesteads and new additional fees for services
• More news press from RL sources and SL sources
  
• Official SL Shadows in viewer
  
• Mesh Exporting
• New creation tools
• More Linden Lab HQ’s around the world
  
• Windows 7 compatibility support for SL
• Relay for Life 2010 will hopefully raise more than $500, 000
  
• Second Life online residents to reach the 100, 000 milestone mark (new record)
• Total SL registered accounts will exceed 18 or 19 million
• And theres more…

• Have I missed anything else out ?
• What are your top SL 2010 predictions ?
• Please comment and I’ll add it up!

Previous Predictions by others

• 2009 Virtual World Meta-Predictions
• The Traditional Predictions List for 2009
• Ten virtual worlds predictions for 2009
  
• Second Life Predictions for 2008!
• Prokofy Neva’s Predictions for 2008
• Second Life Predictions for 2007

My 3rd Rez Day in Second Life

Today (31/10/09) marks my 3rd year Rez Day in Second Life. 3 years have passed by and I have loved every moment of it. In days that’s 1095 days old in SL since I first registered for (TSL) = SL back on 31st October 2006. I transferred to the Main Grid last December and since then it’s been awesome.  I love this time of year because it’s Halloween and it’s lot’s of fun  in SL. I still ask myself the question why I registered on Halloween, hahahaha. Perhaps you could tell me? *giggles*

Thanks to my friends, fans and everybody else for following my adventures over the years. I love you all! :D

3rd year SL anniversary celebrations start now!

Previous Rez Days

1st Rez Day in 2007 – LINK + LINK

2nd Rez Day in 2008

2009

I love Second Life!

It’s been an amazing journey so far

Let the adventures continue!

Happy Halloween 2009

Philip Rosedale leaves Linden Lab and moves on

Philip Rosedale (Philip Linden) announced yesterday on the Official Second Life Blog his Next Chapter, that he will be starting a new company and that he will no longer be working full-time at Linden Lab anymore. Philip Rosedale will still be a chariman of Linden Lab and he will still do media conferences about Second Life.  M Linden (Mark Kindon) became the new CEO of Linden Lab about one year and a half ago when Philip Linden stepped down as CEO.

I’m starting a new company, and wanted to let you know.

I will still be chairman, as I have been since leaving the job as CEO.  The change is that I’m not going to be working full-time at Linden Lab anymore (some of you might have thought I wasn’t still there, but actually I have been!).  I’ll still be doing the same outbound and media type things as before – talking about Second Life, etc.

We’re now at a place where I feel really comfortable that Second Life and Linden Lab are OK without me being here day to day anymore.

M (and others) have also managed to hire a bunch of diverse, smart, passionate people who I feel can very capably lead the company.

And as for all of you – the people all over the world who have built Second Life – you all feel very near and dear to me, and I want you to be a part of this next adventure.  I can’t say enough, or say thank you enough, about the experience that has been watching Second Life come to life.   On a personal level, it has deeply changed me.  I am a different and better person, in part through the experience of being in Second Life with all of you.   So anyway… I’ll keep you posted, as I get things more sorted out

I wish Philip good luck on his new adventures. So I guess now the full attention is now pointing towards M Linden to carry us through into the distant future of Second Life.  This was a big shock to many and I really do admire what Philip has done over recent years and of course bring us Second Life.  But with all things everything has to end sometime and move on at some point.

Things you should know about Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Here are some key points below about my SL Feeds, created by using Netvibes. In upcoming months you can expect to see more new SL tabs, links, improvements and much more. Feel free to contact me with suggestions and new SL links to add to the SL Feeds online portal. Tell me what you think and check out my DV tab for contact info.

• SL Feeds was created in March 2009 and came out of beta on 20th July 2009
• SL Feeds is a large compliation of Second Life community RSS/Atom and SL widgets
• You can subscribe to over 1, 000 SL RSS feeds and lot’s more
• SL Feeds has organized SL tabs making it easier to find what your looking for
• SL Feeds makes it easier to add your favourite and most popular Second Life feeds then add it to your RSS reader within minutes
• SL Feeds displays the latest Second Life news, LL blog updates,  SL fashion feeds, resident blogs, new SL videos, education news, latest SL snaps and much more
• SL Feeds updates in real-time (24/7)
• Whenever you need to know, check out SL Feeds!
• Spread the word about my SL Feeds to your friends and others

New changes to SL Showcase tab

Recently I’ve discovered there used to be 6 tabs (March 2009) for Showcase but now there seems to be 7 (September/October 2009). Some main categories have been renamed and some have been replaced with new ones. I really love spending time exploring these exciting locations and the showcase tab really does have alot to offer everyone. Before the Showcase tab was the old popular places tab where it showed a list of places with a traffic count for each.

The Showcase tab in SEARCH displays popular best inworld locations of interest to exisitng and new residents of Second Life. You will see a list of interesting and cool places to visit in Second Life. This is AWESOME! :D

These are spots that have been identified by Linden Research as interesting places to visit. Showcase is split up into 7 category tabs: All, Arts & Recreation, Educationa & Nonprofit, Business & Enterprise, Help & Learn, Music and Hot Spots. Click on a blue landmark link then it will show information and a picture about that landmark in Second Life on the left. Click on Teleport to visit that cool showcase attraction. :)

SEARCH > SHOWCASE!

Try it out for yourself and have fun!

Second Life Answers Status Levels

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Second Life Answers Key Levels

Levels |  Replies/Points

Newbie = 0 -100
Novice = 101 – 500
Apprentice =  501 – 1500
Expert = 1501 – 3000
Master = 3001-1000

^^ Subject to change ^^

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When answering questions for residents on Second Life Answers, you might of noticed that there is a points bar located under your picture. I currently have 29 points which is at the low end newbie level. I have recently found out the rest of the status level include Novice, Apprentice, Expert and Master levels.

By default, for example, Clearspace includes the following status levels: master (501-1000 points); junior (101-500 points); newbie (0-100 points).

This is very similar to Yahoo Answers points and levels system, which ranges from 1-249 to 26, 000+ points. There are other ways to get help and feedback in Second Life including using the SL Forums, SL Blogs, SL social networking sites and getting help by someone in-world. You can also receive points on the Commerce Forums for answering questions which is very neat.

A few things to remember

• Participation and contributions really do count on Second Life Answers. Being Helpful is key!
• Second Life Answers is not a competition or getting points and awards as such.
• There’s no competition in helping people and providing answers.
• If you want to challenge yourself, feel free to do that!
• How to Participate in Second Life Answers
• Second Life Blog and Forum FAQ

Second Life Answers

The best way to keep Second Life Answers as a good resource is for those who ask questions to remember to mark responses as helpful or correct.  After trying out the responses, you will know which ones to pick and this will make it more helpful for the next Resident looking at the same type question!

Yahoo Answers

To encourage participation and reward great answers

Levels are another way to keep track of how active you (and others) have been. The more points you accumulate, the higher your level. Yahoo! Answers recognizes your level achievements with our special brand of thank you’s!

And finally, as you attain higher levels, you’ll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo! Answers – you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently.

Some will think the status levels is a good thing to have, while others might be upset and agrey with having a points/levels system At the end of the day volunteering makes all the difference in Second Life and making sure everyone has that all important information to enjoy their Second Life to the full.

What do you think about Second Life Answers status levels ?

Good thing or bad thing ? Why?

SL Highlights of September 2009 in Second Life

My blog metrics So far…

• Total views: 30,543
• Total posts: 504
• Total comments: 215
  

This month’s stats for (September 2009)

• Total blog views this month = 2, 220 (last month = 2, 287)
  
• Average hits per day = 75-85
• 11 new comments

Top posts this month on my blog

• 230 views = Cool places in Second Life Guide 2009
• 128 views = Linden Bear locations in Second Life
• 62 views = 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th

Other Stats

• Passed the 500 blog posts milestone on September 23rd 2009
• 5, 000 views milestone on my Plurk page + (500 plurk friends milestone) on 28th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on SL RezEd on 16th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on Plurk on 1st September 2009

SL September Highlights & Popular Stories

• SL Login outrage lasted for about 1 hour on 1st September 2009
• Garth FairChang passed away in early September 2009
• 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th anniversary on 11th September 2009
• New Citizens Inc Blog comes back online around mid September 2009
• Second Life Content Creators Sue Second Life Creator Linden Lab on 15th September 2009
• Prad Prathivi creates The Periodic Table of SL Abbreviations and Emoticons on 15th September 2009
• Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009 in SL was on 19th September 2009
• SL Designer Showcase Network hit 10,000 subscribers on 19th September 2009
• Live Panel Discussion on Virtual Goods with Philip Linden, T Linden, Robert Bloomfield on 23rd September 2009
• Linden Lab releases statistics about Second Life on 22nd September 2009
  
• Orange Island in SL announces they will be closing down 29th September 2009
• Linden Lab to step up Second Life marketing with Amsterdam office on 28th September 2009

Upcoming in October 2009

• Burning Life 2009 from October 17th – 25th
• Halloween 2009
• My 3rd rezz day in Second Life on 31st October 2009
• And there’s more…

If I’ve missed something, please comment. It’s been a very busy and interesting month for September 2009 in SL. :D

Storing Second Life Incident Reports, September 2009 Stats

Tyche Shepherd reports on storing Second Life Incident Reports and she has published many awesome graphs of her findings on sluniverse.com called what did the naughty people do?. There is alot of interesting data and information in this thread. It’s worth checking out.

There is an Official LL Incident Report page on the SL website which displays the top 25 recent disciplinary actions taken by the in-world Goverance Team. Don’t forget to go to the Help menu and Choose Report Abuse to report incidents etc always!

In total I now have data which seems complete from 7th Jun 2007 up to the current time, at the moment this comes to 21, 665 published incidents.

Firstly I should point out published Incident Reports are only those AR’s which have been resolved and where a warning or suspension has been made. It doesn’t seem to cover bans or suspensions due to account issues or the other strange reasons Lindens use to suspend people.They also cover Teen Grid as well as the Main Grid.

Big fall in published incident reports at the beginning of this year.

There are 91 unique types of violations in total, the most common was Community Standard: Assault, Scripted Objects which covers 3654 incidents

Very little suprises with Public Help Islands, Sandboxes and Info-bubs dominating the list, with No Specific Region being the most common. Help Island Public hosts over 4% of all published incidents.

52% of published incidents result in a Warning, the rest in a suspension of 1 to 14 days.

There were only 2 published copyright infringement violations which resulted in a ban of 14 days (there were 17 in total across the period)

I must stress that these figures are only the Published Incident Reports, people say there are plenty of resolved AR’s which don’t make the Blotter and they certainly don’t include any bans which do occur or suspensions for other reasons (account issues, activity which triggers money laundering detection etc) so it’s difficult to draw concrete conclusions about the whole AR process from them .

Great job, interesting stats. :)

Now over to you, what do you think about the graph data ?

Former TG regions, groups, cool places on the MG

This is a quick easy guide for TG residents transferring very soon to the Main Grid or Teens that have already celebrated their 18th birthday in Second Life. There are regions which are former-TG regions that have been moved over and created on the Main Grid. There are many popular former-TG created TSL groups on the Main Grid to join which are either free to join or ask for a invite for. There are guides located around Baffin to click on to find out about what the MG has to offer. Note: 13-17yrs should be on the TG and 18+ on the MG.

If you are teen on the TG and turning 18 years old shortly, you will need to send a support ticket to transfer to the MG, send in your ID, LL will review your ticket, and you will be transferred on your birthday. When you arrive your groups, friends list and landmarks will be automatically removed/deleted. Your inventory transfers over with you along with your L$. It’s going to be hard leaving your friends behind and you can always keep in contact through messenger services etc.

Check out my Welcome to Second Life Flickr collection

• Happy 18th Birthday and welcome to the Main Grid.

• Make yourself at home here while you’re finding your way around the Main Grid.

Locations

Baffin – Teen Grid Transfer Station – Jade Lily
This is where our youngest Residents come to celebrate their transition to the Main Grid. Celebrate the spirit of Second Life!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Baffin/128/128/2

Okarthel & Thurkear – Sylver Bu
furry,furries,fox,dragon,kinzart,kzk,sylver,bu,tiger,wolf,thel,avatar,av,avian,canine,feline,anthroxtacy,ax,forbidden,memories,forbiddenmemories

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Okarthel/136/130/23

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Thurkear/122/106/48

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Arcaniss/142/143/24

Dernier Cri – Asuka Martin

Skins, hair, apparel, shoes, accessories, fashion

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dernier%20Cri/129/134/28

Groups

Teen Grid Transfers
Slowly taking over MG…one teen at a time!

TG Survivors
For all the people who, after their experience on the TG, are still up and kicking.
Also, for all the cool people who want to help them feel integrated to the MG.
Group for events and hangout, though suggestions are always welcome.
Just transferred/feel left out? Drop an IM to any of the admins to join!
(Non-commercial)

TG Transfers
A group to ease teens into the Main Grid, help them find their way upon entering mature regions, etc.

Old TG Friends
If you have ever been on TG this group is for you, Everyone in this group has at one ime been on Teen Grid. Founder Transfered Feb, 2008

Global Kids Allies
This is a group for those allied with Global Kids <www.GlobalKids.org/olp> and its work in Second Life, primarily to support the GK island in the teen grid.

Recommend Places to visit

Grendel’s Children
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avaria%20Tor/134/134/302
Avatars, Dragon, Gryphon, Werewolf ,Animal ,Demon, Dinosaur, pets, skins and more! Creatures abound! Low priced, high quality! For Grendel !

Luskwood
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lusk/215/170/62
Since 2003, Secondlife’s oldest community. Run by furries , but NOT furry only. Anyone is welcome, as long as you’re considerate. Furry Avatars as well.

Prim Hearts
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Prim%20Hearts/11/29/28
Amusement Park in Second Life

International Spaceflight Museum
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/50/81/23
Spaceport Bravo, one of SciLands member ISM’s islands, has the Vehicle Assembly Building & the Orbiter Processing Facility. The ISM is totally volunteer built and donation supported. Not a NASA activity.  BravoPort.

NCI Kuula – New Citizens Incorporated
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kuula/55/168/29
New Player, New Resident, Newbie, Noob, Beginner, Help, Basics, Information, Info, Questions, Freebies, Free Stuff, Clothing, Sandbox, Hangout, Newsstand, Ginny Gremlin Park, Mall, Events, Tutorials, Classes, Class, Education, Learn

the Shelter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isabel/48/228/81
A haven for those new to SL

Here
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Here/64/83/38
Video tutorials! FREE textures! Watermelons! Come, visit, enjoy. ~*~ KEYWORDS: video tutorial tip trick game world 3d online virtual avatar screencast help machinima love sl watermelon learn education knowledge vidtut tutorial teach fun x

Greenies Home Rezzable
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Greenies%20Home%20Rezzable/128/128/2
<presented by Rezzable>  Join Us! Green the Grid!  Greenies, greenie, light wave, spac, flying saucer, disco lives, giant, megaprim, skates, avatars, fly, fun, wacky, kooky, best sim in sl, wonder of sl

Mauve Public Sandbox
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mauve/112/112/34
SL Orientation, Building Tutorials, Help for Newbies, Classes, Free Stuff. Advertise your business on the advertising billboard. Advertising space for rent in the oldest and most popular sandbox.

Linden Village
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkby/177/209/45
Explore where Linden Lab Employees Live and Meet in Second Life.  Click on the kiosk at the landing point for more information.

Dance Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dance%20Island/118/101/22
LIVE DJ artists & Live music > 24h-7days  LIVE !!!!

Don’t Forget

• There’s more fun and cool places to visit on the MG…Click on Search > Showcase tab. (http://secondlife.com/showcase/)
• Visit MG Office Hours hosted by Linden Lab:  http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Office_Hours
• Click on MAP to browse through thousands of regions.
• Buy stuff on Xstreet SL: https://www.xstreetsl.com/
• Just IM me in-world for cool locations, guides or info and I’ll send them over to you to check out!
  

If I’ve missed anything out, feel free to comment and I hope this guide has been helpful for you.

Happy Second Life adventures!
Enjoy!

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SL Residents on Plurk

There is now a SL wiki page for residents that use Plurk to add their account names to the page. LINK

To add yourself to this list, edit your user page and append {{Plurker}} to the bottom – be sure to add a link to your plurk page while you’re there!

Please make sure you create or log into your into SL wiki account then EDIT your wiki userpage > PASTE {{Plurker}} at the bottom of your userpage > SAVE changes. I believe there is now a twitter wiki page too. Go ahead and add your urls to share!