HIGHLIGHT
Platform Second Life: Developing Real-World Applications is for developers building
Second Life applications, from casual scripters to enterprise-level coders
integrating with their company’s legacy systems.
DESCRIPTION
With over 12 million registered users, and over 1 million U.S. dollars spent in
Second Life daily, interest in Second Life is exploding. Second Life developers
can create virtual buildings, clothing, cars, and real applications for real businesses.
Platform Second Life: Developing Real-World Applications shows you how.
This book focuses on the skills needed to build applications that connect real
life and Second Life. This includes displaying RSS feeds in-world and creating
3D displays with external data, controlling access to your virtual presence based
on a real-world database, and updating external databases based on what happens
in the virtual world
KEY SELLING POINTS
• First book to focus on helping developers create both user- and enterpriselevel
applications in Second life
• Timely as more and more businesses are trying to integrate Second Life
applications into their business processes
• Second Life user base is at 12 million and growing
• Companies aiming to leverage Second Life potential for business need new
and more effective enterprise-level tools
