Jump to content

Featured News

  • entries
    1,364
  • comments
    1,284
  • views
    815,980

Contributors to this blog

About this blog

Entries in this blog

Linden Lab

 

LabGabMobile.jpg

Interested in learning more about our Second Life Mobile app? Our development team is working hard to add new features and fixes to bring the best of Second Life to iOS and Android mobile and tablet platforms – it’s an entire virtual world in the palm of your hands! 

Linden Lab executives will be discussing the latest updates and future plans for Second Life Mobile in an all-new pre-recorded Lab Gab scheduled to air on socials in the near future.

Want to ask questions directly to the team behind Second Life Mobile? Please fill out the Google Form and submit your question in advance for a chance to have your inquiries answered on Lab Gab! Act quickly, as the form will close on Monday, February 26th. 

To learn more, be sure to watch Lab Gab on the Second Life YouTube Channel!

Linden Lab

Lab Gab - Grumpity Patch Mojo.jpg

Want to learn more about upcoming Second Life features, changes, and our roadmap for 2023?

Second Life’s VP of Product Grumpity Linden, VP of Product Operations Patch Linden, and VP of Engineering Mojo Linden will be in a pre-recorded Lab Gab on Friday, March 10th at 9am PT

Do you have questions for Grumpity, Patch, or Mojo that you’d like our host to ask on your behalf? Fill out the Google Form and submit your question, and it may be selected! The form will close on Thursday, March 9th at 9am PT. 

Be sure to watch us next Friday on the Second Life YouTube Channel and learn more about our future plans!

Linden Lab

WAARHEID.jpg

We’re excited to announce that Second Life and Film Threat are partnering for the world premiere of WAARHEID, the sequel to STÖMOL, an award-winning feature-length sci-fi movie shot entirely in Second Life by machinima creator Huckleberry Hax! Watch it live with your fellow residents at a special virtual cinema screening event exclusively at the Film Threat venue in Second Life!

Huckleberry Hax has been a resident of Second Life since 2007. He has also written a number of novels set in Second Life. WAARHEID stars Caitlin Tobias returning to reprise the role of the ill-fated truth hunter from the previous film and AvaJean Westland as Totuus. It also features Ylva, Strawberry Singh, Boudicca Amat, Lydia Lindemann, Mich Michabo, and Huckleberry Hax himself.

Learn more about this special screening event and watch some of the cast on Lab Gab as they give you a peek behind the scenes and also a walk through the WAARHEID art exhibition opening soon. You can also watch the trailer for this movie on Huckleberry Hax's YouTube channel!

Add the following dates and timings for the upcoming events to your calendar:

Friday, December 9th at 10am PT - Watch the cast of WAARHEID on Lab Gab on the Second Life YouTube channel!

Thursday, December 15th at 1:30pm PT - Come to the Virtual Cinema Screening Event for WAARHEAD at the Film Threat venue in Second Life!

Linden Lab

Lab Gab - Halloween 2022.jpg

Join our hosts Strawberry Linden and Boston Blaisdale as they explore some haunted destinations on Lab Gab today, Thursday, October 27th at 10am PT

There are over 100 spooky places listed in the haunted category on the Second Life Destination Guide where you can explore the supernatural and hunt for ghosts, ghouls, and other creepy things! Strawberry and Boston will be going to just a handful of those, explore along with them or watch them on the Second Life YouTube channel.

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

Linden Lab

Lab Gab with Grumpity and Patch.jpg

Second Life’s VP of Product, Grumpity Linden, and VP of Product Operations, Patch Linden will be live on Lab Gab on Friday, October 21st at 10am PT. They will make a few announcements about upcoming features and will also take some time to answer any questions from the community. 

Do you have questions for Grumpity and Patch that you’d like our host to ask on your behalf? Fill out the Google Form and submit your questions today, and they may be selected!

It’s been quite a year already and we’re not done yet! We want to give Residents more ways to stay engaged and happy in Second Life. Be sure to watch us on Friday on the Second Life YouTube Channel and learn more about our future plans.

Because of technical issues there are two parts of this show:

Part 1

Part 2

 

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

Linden Lab

NatureCon 2022 - 2.jpg

NatureCon 2022 is a two-week virtual conference seeking to unite and inspire collaboration between Bellisseria and Mainland organizations under the shared goal of promoting exploration across the grid. This celebration of nature and connection will run from August 18th to the 31st. 

There will be many activities and events happening these two weeks. Pick up a collectible event booklet in the Info Pavilion close to the landing spot which will include a map and highlights about the event. As you walk around the regions, look for an art hunt with collectible paintings and a ladybug hunt with themed camp items. Boats, horse rezzers from Teegle, and submarine rezzers are just some of the things available to ride around the event.

Activities start today with a live DJ event from 12pm PT, and then at 4pm PT an opening speech from the organizers of the event, Yukiko Yeshto and Soull Starlight.

Along with numerous contributors, our very own Moles have donated their time and talent to create Bellisseria landmarks at this event, including a lighthouse and Mermaid grotto! In tomorrow’s upcoming Lab Gab, we will hear the story of how the Moles got involved.

On Friday August 19th at 2pm PT, you can watch Lab Gab live at NatureCon with host Strawberry Linden interviewing many of the organizers and collaborators for this event, including Yukiko Yeshto, Soull Starlight, Ayame Kintsugi-Moon, Georgina Rowley, Zoe Foodiboo, Becca Ordinary, Bryce Sun, Cranston Yordstorm, and Zen Swords-Galway.

Lab Gab will be streamed to the Second Life YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, LinkedIn Page, and Twitter.

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

See you at NatureCon!

Linden Lab

Lab Gab YouTube Thumbnail - Flickr.jpg

Lab Gab is a talk show about the virtual world of Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, May 27th at 10am PT as she speaks with Carol Benovic-Bradley, the Director of Community at Flickr.

Launched in 2004, Flickr is a photo-sharing platform that has become an integral part of the Second Life community. Many members of our community find it to be their second virtual home, using the platform to share their digital art and virtual adventures. We’re excited to have the opportunity to speak directly with a representative from Flickr to learn more about their recent changes, hear about some new features they have in store for us, as well as getting some tips for setting safety levels properly. We’re also looking forward to learning more about the segmentation research they recently conducted on our community. 

Lab Gab will be streamed to the Second Life YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, LinkedIn Page, and Twitter.

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

Linden Lab

Lab Gab YouTube Thumbnail - Boston Blaisdale.jpg

Lab Gab is a talk show about the virtual world of Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, April 22nd at 9am PT as she speaks with Boston Blaisdale.

Boston is a popular YouTuber that has been creating informative Second Life Tutorials and fun shopping and fashion related videos for over a year. Subscribe to his YouTube Channel to see his work and tune in on Friday to learn more about him.

Lab Gab will be streamed to the Second Life YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, LinkedIn Page, and Twitter.

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

 

Linden Lab

Lab Gab YouTube Thumbnail - Van Star.jpg

Watch a special pre-recorded edition of Lab Gab,” a talk show about the virtual world of Second Life, on Friday, February 11th at 11am PT as host Strawberry Linden speaks with Van Star.

Van is a world traveled musician, songwriter, producer, and TV actor from Los Angeles California. His span of work includes working with the likes of Chris James & Deadmaus, Groove Armada, David Guetta, Jamie Foxx, Angie Stone, MTV Awards, the Grammy Awards, and more. 

Parts of the official video for his new single “Closer” (also being released on February 11th) were shot in Second Life using his Second Life avatar. Get an exclusive look at that video during this Lab Gab! Follow the official countdown to the release of his single on his Facebook and Instagram!

This edition of Lab Gab was recorded at the virtual NFL Alumni Association Stadium in Second Life!

Tune in on Friday, February 11th at 11am PT on our YouTube channel!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-BrianFriedman-YouTubeThumbnail.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a talk show about the virtual world of Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, October 8th at 1pm PT as she speaks with Brian Friedman and Jon Nakagawa.

Brian is a choreographer that has worked with many popular artists, such as Britney Spears, Cher, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and many more. He has also provided choreography for music videos, concerts, and television and film productions.

Jon is the owner of Paragon Dance Animations, a Hollywood-based production company founded by professionals in the movie industry. Paragon brings the talents of accomplished and high-profile dancers to life in virtual reality, by specializing in the production of dance animations for Second Life.

Recently Brian teamed up with Paragon and choreographed a dance number using a motion capture suit, check out behind-the-scenes footage on their Facebook Page.

Tune in on Friday, October 8th at 1pm PT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

Linden Lab

LabGab-SL18B Special-YouTubeThumbnail.jpg

Save the date! The 18th annual Second Life birthday celebration (SL18B) will be held from June 17th to July 6th. Get ready for fun-filled weeks of live music, performances, shopping, and amazing community exhibits!

During the SL18B celebrations there will be a special edition of “Lab Gab” featuring several executives from the Linden Lab leadership team. Now is your chance to share your thoughts and ask questions directly to the leadership team! 

Click over to the submission form and submit your questions now. You have until Tuesday, June 15th to do so.

As always, you can watch all episodes of Lab Gab, including this one when it airs, on the Second Life YouTube channel in the Lab Gab Playlist: second.life/labgab

Keep an eye on this blog and the Second Life public calendar for all the dates and information about SL18B coming soon! We hope to see you at the celebrations!

Linden Lab

5Secday_Banner_1920x1080-3.jpg

Are you missing nights out at the movies with your friends? In Second Life, you can now watch and enjoy films together in an all-new virtual cinema featuring short cartoons from independent animation studio Titmouse.

For the next month, you can watch an exclusive showing of its annual “5 Second Animation” shorts program within a massive cinema space in Second Life. The 90-minute production consists of dozens of edgy short animations produced by the talented Titmouse team.

titmouse-party-1.gif

Titmouse is known as the Emmy Award-winning maker of many of today’s most popular animated shows available across a wide number of cable and streaming outlets including “Big Mouth” on Netflix, “Star Trek: Lower Decks” on Paramount +, Adult Swim’s “Metalocalypse,” and  “Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures” on DisneyXD.

Several Hollywood industry insiders attended an April 23rd premiere screening of the show, which will continue to screen to the general public through May 24. 

Check it out for a limited time in Second Life!

titmouse-party-2.gif

...and there’s more!

Fans of Titmouse and independent animation won’t want to miss our exclusive Q&A with Titmouse CEO Chris Prynoski, held this Friday, April 30 at 9am SLT on “Lab Gab”! Here’s your chance to ask questions and interact with the Titmouse co-founder during this special live event.

 

Check it out today!

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-IDOH-Instagram.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, March 19th at 10:15am PT as she speaks with Faust Saenz, the organizer of the International Day of Happiness event.

The International Day of Happiness event in Second Life will be held on Saturday, March 20th from 8:30am to 3pm PT, with educational speakers, live music, poetry, and plays.

Watch the show live Friday, March 19th at 10:15am PT on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-TheGBTHProject-Instagram.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, March 12th at 11am PT as she speaks with the founder and curator of The GBTH Project, Marina Munter (vivresavie).

The GBTH Project is a concept gallery and also part of the Community Gateway Program. Marina will tell us more about it, and then take us on a brief tour. 

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-CherryBoomBoom-YouTubeThumbnail.jpg

Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, March 5th at 11am PT as she speaks with Lindsley Allen and Jon Nakagawa.

Lindsley is a creative producer, director, choreographer, mentor, and dance educator. She is a founding member of Pussycat Dolls and the creator of Cherry Boom Boom

Jon is the owner of Paragon Dance Animations, a Hollywood-based production company founded by professionals in the movie industry. Paragon brings the talents of accomplished and high-profile dancers to life in virtual reality, by specializing in the production of dance animations for Second Life.

Recently Lindsley teamed up with Paragon and held a Second Life Director’s Contest, announcing the winner just this past weekend. Check out the winning video!

 

Cherry Boom Boom has also choreographed a dance number using a motion capture suit, coming soon to Paragon Animations! See behind the scenes footage on their YouTube channel:

 

Tune in on Friday, March 5th at 11am PT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-Oz-Grumpity-Linden-Flickr.jpg

Lab Gab is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. 

Join our host, Strawberry Linden, as she speaks with our VP of Engineering, Oz Linden, and VP of Product, Grumpity Linden. Grumpity and Oz will give us an update on AWS! Oz will also speak about his years at Linden Lab. He recently announced his retirement.

Do you have any questions for Oz and Grumpity that you’d like Strawberry to ask on your behalf? Fill out the Google Form and submit your question today, and it may be selected! (Please note the form has been turned off now, thank you for all the questions! Watch us today at 11am PT!)

Tune in on Friday, February 26th at 11am PT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-SLEA-Instagram.jpg

Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, January 22nd at 11am PT as she speaks with the Second Life Endowment for the Arts (SLEA) Coordinator Tansee, and our very own VP of Product Operations, Patch Linden, along with our VP of Marketing, Brett Linden. 

Tansee will be giving us a brief description of SLEA and will also take us on a quick tour of some of the creative installations currently there. 

SLEA Invite 1_23,24.png

Tansee will also give us details about the Grand Opening of their First Annual Celebration of the Arts, happening on January 23rd and 24th!

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-UpliftUpdate-Flickr.jpg

Lab Gab is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. 

Join our host, Strawberry Linden, as she speaks with the VP of Engineering, Oz Linden, and Lead QA Engineer, Mazidox Linden. Oz and Mazidox are on the uplift team, which is moving Second Life to the cloud. They will be discussing all aspects of uplift and giving us an update on it.      

Do you have any questions for the uplift team that you’d like Strawberry to ask them on your behalf? Fill out the Google Form and submit your question today, and it may be selected!

Tune in on Friday, November 6th at 10am PT/SLT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-HauntedHalloween-Flickr.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join us on Friday, October 30th at 11am PT/SLT as our hosts, Strawberry and Tara Linden explore some haunted destinations in Second Life. They will also be finding their way through an escape room, come and help them through it!

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-ManifestationsNL-Flickr.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, October 23rd at 10am PT/SLT as she speaks with the Director of Manifestations, Viola van Alphen, also known as Sandwoman Petion in Second Life.

Manifestations NL is one of the virtual locations of the Dutch Design Week, the largest RL event of its kind in Northern Europe. This year the Manifestations theme is 'Monsters'. 

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

For a chance to have your image featured as the Second Life pic of the day, submit your work to the Official Second Life Flickr Group, but don't forget to read the rules!

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-IndieCade-Socials.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Thursday, October 15th at 11am PT/SLT as she speaks with Artemesia Sandgrain and Nova Conundrum of IndieCade Oasis.

For 15-plus years, IndieCade has been the premiere stand-alone gathering and showcase for indie games worldwide, this year they have expanded to an online environment! IndieCade Oasis 2020 is their online festival that will run Second Life from October 16th to 24th with the theme - Anywhere and Everywhere! 

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-VirtualAbility-Instagram.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, October 9th at 11am PT/SLT as she speaks with Gentle Heron of Virtual Ability and Dr. Rhoda Olkin, who is one of the presenters at the upcoming International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference at Virtual Ability.

Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-Episode35-Instagram.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. Join our host, Strawberry Linden on Friday, August 28th at 10am PT/SLT as she speaks with rising pop star Dorian Electra. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

This week’s guest is an American singer, songwriter, video, and performance artist that has gained a large following across social channels and in the media with music and a unique style that defies gender norms. Recent coverage for Dorian has included articles in Billboard, Paper, and Rolling Stone

Dorian will be discussing their music career and giving us a sneak peek at a huge multi-region music event that will be held in Second Life to celebrate the release of their latest single and video “Gentleman/M’Lady.”  The event, which is hosted by Onyx the Fortuitous and held in partnership with Club Cringe, will also include live DJ sets from several other established deejays including Dylan Brady, Count Baldor, DJ Chad, KO AKA Koala, BlvckJesus, Coucou Chloe and more. Second Life community members can join the event inworld on August 28th starting at 3pm PT/SLT or watch via live stream on Twitch.

Dorian-ClubCringe-flyer.jpg

 

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-Episode34-Instagram.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. 

Join our host, Strawberry Linden, as she speaks with Cilian McCullough, who runs The Dive Shop in Second Life, which is a platform for training scuba divers in the physical world. Cilian and his team have created scuba equipment, fully functional dive computers, and oxygen analyzers. They have been approved by PADI, the world's largest diver training organization, to use these simulations in Second Life to meet the practical application part of the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Watch as he gives Strawberry a one-on-one lesson in diving!

Tune in on Friday, August 21st at 10am PT/SLT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist

 

Connect with Second Life on Social Media:
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Flickr | Pinterest | Tumblr | Plurk | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn

Strawberry Linden

LabGab-Episode33-YouTubeThumbnail.jpg

“Lab Gab” is a live-streamed variety show that showcases events, destinations, and different talents across Second Life. 

Join our host, Strawberry Linden, as she speaks with the team that helped to bring the Peale in Baltimore into Second Life. The Peale, which is housed in the first purpose-built museum building in the United States, debuts later this week. Joining us on “Lab Gab” will be Nancy Proctor, the Director of the Peale in Baltimore, David London, the Peale’s Chief Experience Officer, and Eme Capalini from Virtual Ability.

Tune in on Friday, August 14th at 11am PT/SLT. Watch us live on YouTube, Facebook, or Periscope!

For full episodes of Lab Gab, click over to the Lab Gab YouTube Playlist.

×
×
  • Create New...