[IxDA Discuss] web-Second Life registration process

[Jennifer Berk]

A few more uses of Second Life's custom registration portal API:
http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/05/04/new-orientation-islands-take-off/
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1675445,00.html
http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/2007/06/slbc_meeting_tr.html
http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/cory/?p=30
http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/press-release-nmc-virtual-worlds-2008-plans.pdf

More information about the API is at
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/RegAPI .  Looks like they're limiting
new signups, but I have no idea how strictly.  My company does Second
Life work, so I might get to find out sometime soon....

Jennifer Berk
Amplify Public Affairs

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Patrick Grizzard <gamutant at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm working on a project for a client that has a presence in Second
>  Life, but wants their customers to register through their own site
>  first. This is partly so they can customize the user's SL experience,
>  and partly because some of the target audiences may not be familiar
>  with SL. Putting aside the rather large question of whether SL is in
>  fact the appropriate platform for what they're trying to accomplish
>  (which has been raised repeatedly), I'm wondering if anyone can share
>  examples of similar web/SL hybrid experiences.
>
>  The one I have found thus far that mirrors the approach my client
>  wishes to take is the CSI:NY Virtual Experience:
>
>  http://alpha.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/second_life/
>  http://csi-ny.reg.electricsheepcompany.com/join-secondlife/csi-ny/avatar
>
>  The CSI web site has a registration wizard that allows you select a
>  custom avatar, name, etc. Then, when you download and run the SL app,
>  it drops you into a special CSI:NY orientation island that explains
>  the rules of the CSI game. Is anyone aware of any similar
>  registration processes - where the registration takes place partly or
>  entirely outside of SL?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Patrick
>
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