Dell Gets a Second Life

re: Dell Gets a Second Life

SuezanneC Baskerville — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:50:53 GMT

I think Dell sells some computers that have an Intel GMA 3100 onboard graphics system.

Will these systems run Second Life without adding a video card?

Intel has drivers that support OpenGL 1.4. There are at http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-028169.htm .

re: Dell Gets a Second Life

albert — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:09:26 GMT

I think 2nd Life could be used as a testbed for some different economy model from current practice, for example, the ancient barter(goods for goods) thanks to the advanced data management ability of 2nd life.

And also used to monitor the social behavior of virtual world as a miniature of the real world.

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re: Dell Gets a Second Life

alice — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:56:07 GMT

welcome to sl. with vista coming out soon some of us will be upgrading our machines. for sl users who are non technical it would really help if there was a sl edition machine. no offense but your website is rather intimidating for us non techies. instead i would prefer to be able to order a sl machine knowing that it is the right machine for sl and is configured by dell for best value. you would have at least one customer ... me :)

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Michael Wyszkowski — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:20:17 GMT

Would love to see some Dell branded clothing (shirts, jackets, baseball caps) available as souvenirs from Dell Island.

Also, I like the idea of a lounge or conference area for Dell employees who are learning their way around Second Life.

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shukran fahid — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:45:07 GMT

phaedra! awsome suggestions. your right! we have a lot of unused prim space. part of that is to keep lag low during events and such. we designed dell in SL to grow over time as the company sees fit. sailing...great idea. my partner loves to sail there. i also urge you to use the sim how you like. we have auto return on but there would be plenty of time to rez a sail boat and have a regatta with your friends.

i designed the sims to be a fun place for inworld users to explore. it is far more than just a retail store. its a town center an ocean and a sky. the tram system is fun for getting around in too. have you been on it?

sorry you feel the drafting boards to be a bit on the nostalgic side. i went to school for art and architecture and the meaning behind the symbol of a drafting board is similar over a variety of cultures "design". as in "design your own dell".

so again. if you have more ideas im always open ears. feel free to drop me a note in world.

re: Dell Gets a Second Life

Phaedra Whitlock — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:36:08 GMT

Having looked around your islands, you could very easily run sailboat races through the water spaces.

You have alot of space with 4 sims, but havent done much with it. The rehash of the newbie area How-Tos is really a waste. Anyone who knows enough SL to get to your island knows all that.

You have an unbeleivable number of prims unused. You could open Sandboxes to the Public, build a rollercoaster through the giant computer. Build someplace in First Life in Second Life to raise awareness. There was a Darfur recreation for instance. You could build something as important, or go for something like rebuild the Taj Majal, or China's Imperial City. Ancient Pompeii or Rome, or both. Someplace educational and touristy.

On the computers theme, you could have robot give aways that are operated through Dell Combat System HUDs, like BattleBots, or robopets for people to play with. Give them a few scripted abilities and actions. Follow, Roll Over, Chase. Run a robot battles tournament every few weeks.

I like the paper airplanes flying around the offices. Run a paper airplane tournament :) Youll already have wind set up for the sailboats.

re: Dell Gets a Second Life

Phaedra Whitlock — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:44:31 GMT

I play Second Life as well. SL is based on the idea of player made content. I would like to see Dell add to the content of SL besides just selling computers there (which is a great idea too). These ideas should also increase your traffic to Dell Island so it is win-win.

CONTESTS: SL loves contests. How about "Design a computer case" contests once a month. Limit it to say 25 prims and let people buy the designs for their in game computers. The top design of that month can win a cash prize from you. 250-500 Lindens is standard. About $1-2 US money.

GAMES: Set up a faux LAN Center and load the PCs with say Doom or some retro multiplayer arcade game of the past, and hold gaming tournaments once a week.

re: Dell Gets a Second Life

Catriona Decatur — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:18:36 GMT

Please contact me in-world regarding usability of your configuration tools. Looks pretty but functionality and performance leaves much to be desired.

Good start.... now impress me! Oh... and drafting machines? How archaic is that! Does little to instill confidence in design leadership!

Catriona

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Beverly Sitts — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:23:34 GMT

I am a member of The online game Second life. We are currently dealing with a scripted item called a Copybot that is tearing the game apart. It makes copies of peoples items, from hair, attachments, buildings, and the list goes on and on.
Linden labs who are the creators of the game was slow to do anything. It was out for a couple of days with Lindens sitting on their hands. We now have MANY clubs and stores that have completely closed.
Lindens Labs have now made having a copybot a violation of the TOS.
The thing that I find totally shocking is that the group that made this copybot has Lindens in the group. Libsecondlife the group that is responsible for this has Kelly,Vektor,James, and Donovan Linden in the group. Vektor Linden is a bug hunter in Second life, he had to be aware of some of the implications of this object.
Lindens lab could shut down this group, they could remove all objects by this group from the game to make us creators feel save again.
What do they do? basically nothing. If your caugtht using a copybot your banned, in the mean time creators are in fear of all their hard work being stolen.
Lindens (money source) are falling.
I just wanted to set the record straight and would love to have a clearer picture of what is happening put out for the public to read.

Sexy Partridge (av name)
owner of Pink rose Island