First it was just kids playing computer games. Now some grown-ups have seen the promise in the technology. What are the benefits of mainstream adoption and why it is needed?

Virtual worlds for enterprise and corporate use, or as 3DTLC terms it “virtual corporate.” Is widespread enterprise adoption right around the corner for enterprise adoption of virtual worlds?

It seems like most of the buzz around virtual worlds lately has been that virtual world economies are thriving…hmmm…so, why is that?

Maxping asks: What about experiences in other virtual world´s than Second Life ? Who knows big well known companies, that are active in alternative grids or maybe even self hosted worlds ? Please add comments !

How does an artist that has been selling content at Second Life work in an open metaverse where everything can be copied? Maxping starts to search for a perfect license.

Content copyright, DRM and technologies around explained.

The OpenLife Grid is about to get an in world credits system to allow users to trade items or buy services with a Virtual currency in world. The OpenLife credit system is planned to go live by the end of February, 2009.