the Virtual World, January 2008 Edition

SECOND OASIS, Second Life, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With our first anniversary a month away, we decided to pause briefly to reflect on what our readers have found most interesting about the emerging technology and culture of virtual worlds. Here are our top 10 articles as ranked by Google Analytics.

Immersion in Second Life was our primary focus the early part of 2007, with forays into Kaneva, There.com, IMVU, and HiPiHi during the later part -- while maintaining a home base and virtual offices in Second Life.

We consider ourselves privileged to weave graphical stories about the creative artists, engineers, business people, academics, and other pioneers who are laying the foundations for the emerging metaverse. One of these pioneers, avatar John Zhaoying, graces the cover of this issue as "Avatar of the Year" for his work creating a forum for virtual world developers.

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And now (drum roll please) our top 10 articles of 2007:

10. "Island Scam" (July/August 2007) Con man tricks six people into

buying same island.

9. "Isn't It Time You Had an Animation Override?" (May 2007) What does

you avatar's body language say about you?

8. "Virtual Worlds Conference 2007" (November 2007) The future of media

and communication.

7. "HiPiHi World" (December 2007) A visit to virtual China.

6. "Court Rules Against Linden" and "A Virtual Property Dispute" (June

2007) Terms of Service deemed "unenforceable" and an analysis of

Bragg v. Linden et al.

5. "Elvis is Everywhere" and "Gallery" (March 2007) The First Second

Life Church of Elvis and a Daylight Savings Time service.

4. "3D Mind Mapping of Virtual Worlds" (November 2007) The Virtual

Information Technology Project.

3. "Big Media Plays in the Virtual World" (November 2007) Who are the

players and what are they doing?

2. "The Independent State of Caledon" (September 2007) Interview with

Desmond Shang on the developing Second Life micronation of Caledon.

1. "Dr. Dobb's Life 2.0" Spring 2007 Summit (May 2007) and Fall 2007

Summit (October 2007) Philip (Linden) Rosedale, Mitch (Linden) Kapor,

John (Zhaoying) Jainschigg, and the content developers and

programmers of Second Life.

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