LinkNotes: Mobile Second Life

2008-05-26

Mobile Second Life

Exploring the Second Life virtual world on a mobile. Some realizations of this fascinating idea are emerging: a concept demo of Second Life on the iPhone produced by mobile technology firm Comverse; a technology , that will make it possible to run Second Life on 3G handsets via a streaming media service developed by Vollee; a mobile application unveiled by Samsung and a mobile phone viewer for Second Life created by Sun.

clipped from techdigest.tv

MWC 2008: Second Life now runs on... an iPhone?!

In a layman's nutshell, all the processing is being done NOT on the iPhone, on a central server. All that's being streamed to the iPhone is the visuals - essentially, a video feed of the Second Life environment. Then, when you tap the on-screen buttons to move, or type in a message, that's sent back up to the server for processing.

clipped from www.vollee.com

How does it work?
The virtual world is adapted for mobile and streamed directly from Vollee's powerful servers to 3G enabled handsets, giving access to the vast and ever expanding world of Second Life.

What type of phone do I need to have?
Vollee service requires high speed connections, so you need to have a 3G enabled phone. We will be releasing supported phone list shortly.