(See Beyond Second Life for background about this outline.)

Introduction

Introduce myself, the topic and the ground rules. Rez a picture of myself. Mention use of Second Life for distance teaching and mixed reality conferences. Make sure people

Virtual Worlds in Context

Talk about early text based virtual worlds, particularly Bartle’s writings about MUDs and LambdaMOO. Talk and illustrate morphing.
Bartle’s Paper
LambdaMOO

Other 3D Virtual Worlds

Talk about OpenSim and various OpenSim based worlds. Talk about the role of currency in different worlds. Talk about other Virtual Worlds not related to Second Life and their currencies.

OpenSim
OSGrid
CentralGrid
Entropia
Mycosm
Kaneva

Second Life Financial Markets

Talk about the financial markets. Touch upon gambling, real estate speculation, bank issues, and Ginko, exchanges and World Stock Exchange, and then about the remaining exchanges.
SLCapEx
VSTEX
Ace

Reporting about Second Life

Talk about web based reporting specifically focused on Second Life.
SLNN
your2ndplace
Second Life Herald
SLCN

Traditional Media Reporting about Second Life

Talk about Second Life as described in the traditional media. Mention numerous articles in many publications and note mainstream media that has set up specific bureaus to focus on Second Life.
Reuters
CNN

Second Life Related Web Based Social Networks

As a side note, discuss Second Life related Web Based Social Networks.
SLProfiles
SLUniverse
BlogHud

Future Directions

Close off by talking about future directions, Google, web based 3D Virtual worlds that interact with websites, and augmented reality.
Google’s Lively
Weblin
RocketOn
ExitReality
Augmented Reality