Now that I've mentioned the most popular posts from last year, here's what I think are the most newsworthy posts from New World Notes of 2010 -- stories that can or will shape the future development of Second Life, Blue Mars, and metaverse/virtual world technology in general (roughly arranged in chronological order):
- Second Life Machinima Simulates Video Game for Scene in Hollywood Movie Role Models
- Los Angeles Architect Uses Second Life to Develop Multi-Million Dollar, Mixed Used Shopping Mall Project in Egypt
- Avian Fever: Virtual Chickens (Briefly) Added 60K Paying Users To Second Life's Economy!
- Real Business Meetings in 3D Virtual Worlds Won't Go Mainstream For Many Years, Platform Evangelist Predicts
- Second Life's New Term of Service Grants General License to Machinima and Screenshot Creators; EFF Lawyer Approves
- In Development: Software for Integrating Motion Capture Suit With Second Life For Full Body Interactivity
- Second Life Machinima Used to Demonstrate California High Speed Rail Proposal -- And SL Machinima as a Cost-Effective Tool for Real World Work
- Linden Lab Finally Issues Statement on Emerald -- Which Now Reportedly Accounts for Nearly HALF SL's User Hour
- John Hurliman on Intel's OpenSim Breakthrough: Yes We Can Get 100s of Avatars in One Region, Yes It'll Be Part of OpenSim's Public Codebase
- Minecraft Passes World of Worldcraft on Google Trends!
- Now Showing Cloud-Rendered Blue Mars Running on a Mac, Macbook Air, Old Laptop, iPad, and iPhone!
- Presenting KataSpace, an Open Source, WebGL-Based Virtual World From Linden/Stanford Alum Henrik Bennetsen
- Presenting Canvas: Ex-Linden Lab Manager Launches Web-Based, Unity-Powered Viewer for Second Life & OpenSim
- Motus, a 3D Motion Controller for Games/Virtual Worlds That Could Revolutionize Machinima and Other Applications
- Second Life Launches Beta Web Browser Access Test Using Gaikai Cloud-Based Streaming
- EFF Says Supreme Court Ruling on Videogame Violence May Affect Virtual Worlds Accessible to Minors
- Bunneh v. Horsie: Linden Lab Partner Ozimals Embroiled in Totally Adorable Virtual Animal Copyright Suit
- Embracing Second Life as a Game Platform, Linden Lab Selects EA Exec & Game Developer Rod Humble as New CEO
- 3D World Breakthrough: Warcraft Played With Kinect Using Open Source Software Available to All!
Did I miss any?
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