Platform Second Life

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