-Top Sightseeing Spots in Second Life Japan « LongCountdown.com - Nick Ramsay's Blog
This blog is introducing sightseeing spots in Second Life Japan verry well.
I knew a few, but there were many places which I did not know.
Although I am a Japanese.(^^;
Although this blog is introducing Sensoji Temple in Edo, Edo SIM became larger now.
-Edo castle
-SLurl >> http://slurl.com/secondlife/EDO%2003/142/17/51
-Yoshiwara
there were geisha , geiko, maiko (apprentice geishas) town in Edo.
-SLurl >> http://slurl.com/secondlife/EDO%20Yoshiwara/120/40/22
-Edo revives with reality in a Second Life(original Japanese blog)
-Edo revives with reality in a Second Life(AltaVista)
There is that the upload cost of a texture is no charge to 20 per month in Japan.
That's name is "SLUP!".
-Although it was the beta test version before, it is working formally.
-Registration is also possible now.
-SLUP! (AltaVista)
Hay! camp is over!
Why do you camp in order to upload one texture?
Stop! It is meaningless!
You are SLUPPER from today!
The file which can be uploaded are jpg, bmp, png, tga(24bit).
Upload is easy.
You can upload a local file from this page.
When you upload a file the SLUP!'s avator will send a picture to your avator in Second Life.
The advertisement by a sponsor is filled up with an upload charge.
-SLUP! Press releases (AltaVista)
Corporation SUN announced that it developed the multi-currency settlement system for the first time in the world.
It can exchange the Linden Dollars which is virtual currency for the Japanese yen or other currency .
SUN provides the management person of SIM with this system and a user can do currency exchange by using ATM set up in SIM.
This ATM can use Japanese language and When operation in which a user exchanges an Linden Dollars for the Japanese yen is carried out, the Japanese yen is transferred to a user's bank account.
The Linden Lab company which manages a Second Life gives the Linden Dollars purchase system.
And here is the system of Paypal.SUN realized this service by applying original settlement-of-accounts technology to them.
SUN will acquire a profit from the user of a system by taking the charge of system use.
SUN is also planning overseas deployment and the system distribution corresponding to other currency (Euro, former , etc.) is also planned.
The Okui koutarou representative director of SUN said by Press Releases ;
"When a Linden Dollars can exchange for many currency, much more Second Life users come to use.
It is expected that the economy within a Second Life will be activated by that cause."
-May 07, 2008
-Original source (Japanese) THE SECOND TIMES
-AltaVista THE SECOND TIMES
