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The Cause of Death of Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable by Clay Shirky March 15, 2009
"When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you [by copying and sharing your content], then you got a problem.” The American intellectual, NYU professor and writer Clay Shirky explains matter-of-factly what's happening in publishing houses worldwide (ignorance; panic), why it […]
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Really effective: There’s nothing virtual about virtual meetings February 12, 2009
Amanda Van Nuis, Enterprise Marketing Director at Linden Lab, wrote about her first virtual meeting experience with her colleagues in Second Life and about how she “wasn’t 100% convinced that working in virtual worlds really works.” It sounds like an authentic record of her experiences and some commentors have contributed little stories about how valuable [. […]
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Advantages of 3D for Learning – And the Secret Ingredient February 9, 2009
Karl Kapp’s listed today some of the advantages of 3D environments (virtual worlds) for learning. Take a look at this list if someone (your boss, client) asks you why they should allow you to set up the next employee-training or any other course in a 3D world. Although Kapp, one of TrainingIndustry.com’s 2007 “Top 20 [...] […]
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Augmented Reality is all over the place – is that a good thing? February 1, 2009
General Electric is running an ad featuring Augmented Reality for the masses at the Superbowl, Mini convertibles live their 3D life in magazines (as ads), Lego is selling toys with Augmented Reality boxes. I’be been posting Augmented Reality examples a lot during the past months and one thing is for sure: it’s not just for [...] […]
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Virtual world companies headquarters on MAPme.com January 30, 2009
Download: KML RSS | Create a Map If the map doesn’t load please go directly to the MAPme site: Virtual world HQ’s on MAPme.com by Kzero Posted in Metaverse Tagged: map, Virtual Worlds […]
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Mixed Reality makes sense for Ford Ka and saves big bucks January 30, 2009
Many might still ponder about he usefulness outside geek-world of Augmented Reality applications if they watch videos about cute virtual pets or cartoony Japanese girls invading your desktop. In the middle of this video however even the biggest skeptics will see at least one (if not more) down-to-earth useful scenario which makes not only sense [...] […]
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Virtual Worlds Management Report: 200+ Youth-Oriented Worlds Live or Developing January 29, 2009
Virtual Worlds Management Report: 200+ Youth-Oriented Worlds Live or Developing Virtual Worlds Management today released its updated Youth Worlds Analysis. Based on comprehensive research available through Virtual Worlds News, we’ve found that there are now over 200 youth-oriented virtual worlds live, planned, or in active development Posted from Diigo. The […]
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One blog is enough December 17, 2008
I decided recently that it was just too much of a hassle to maintain this blog, since blogging is just my way to keep track of my research in a nice chronological manner. Since most of my concepts are written in German it’s far easier for me to ditch the English blog (this one) and [...] […]
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Why PlayStation Home will revolutionize gaming December 1, 2008
“PlayStation Home gives you a neutral space where you can really get to know someone. Even in the real world now if you’re a gamer and you want to get to know other gamers, there really is nowhere left to go.” [Sony PlayStation Home Director Jack Buser] I am not a gamer or at least [...] […]
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Face and head tracking for Second Life avatars – Massively December 1, 2008
We’re seeing some real nice developments that are important for the use of virtual worlds as a place of collaboration and any other social function: non-verbal communication like facial expressions (a smile, surprise, scorn) or other body language like a nod of your head has been missing. Now sl.vr-wear.com offers a beta viewer for Second [...] […]
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U.S. Military Veterans Center in Second Life

11 Nov 2009

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Tomb of the Unknown in Second Life

“It is important to note that the US military does not just go to war … we also provide support for others in the form of protection & aid when it is asked for or needed, such as humanitarian aid following tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, and yes… war…” These words were spoken this morning by Dahlea Milena, a Cherokee Native American and 22 year veteran of the United States Armed forces who served in Persian Gulf during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, but who also served in United Nations humanitarian work. She is currently 100% disabled.

We were on Second Life’s Patriot Island, the location of the U.S. Military Veterans Center, owned by the US Military Veteran group, which emphasizes that it is not a role play group. Membership, currently about 900, is restricted to veterans and current active members of United States armed forces, and their families. “Mostly we provide a social center for US Military Veterans, family & supporters,” Dahlea said, “We also offer links to resources for Veterans information & benefits.” She also mentioned a very important way in which Second Life can serve veterans who are incapacitated, saying that for “any disabled person who may be homebound due to their circumstances … SL offers both a social networking opportunity, and the chance to do things that a disabled person can no longer do in RL.”

The Tomb of the Unknown, shown in this picture, stands at the center of Patriot Island, with a 24 hour honor guard and surrounded by the U.S. flag and flags of the various services.

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