Linden Announces $10k Prize for Real/Virtual Innovation

**Mr. Hrm** · **Linden Announces $10k Prize for Real/Virtual Innovation -** 11-11-2008

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Linden Lab announced the beginning of a contest today to promote innovation in Second Life "that improves the way people work, learn and communicate in their daily lives outside of the virtual world." The most important thing, it seems, is tangible, demonstrable results of a project, ranging from research to technology that enables wider access from the disabled, that uses the virtual world to affect real lives. The winning individual or team will receive $10,000 paid in Linden dollars.

"We expect and want to create a wide funnel of people thinking, 'hey that might be me,'" explained Everett Harper, Linden's Director of Community Initiatives. "We expect to have people in healthcare, people creating communities with real impact, we could imagine scientists with psychological studies, there are diplomacy projects, architecture--we could go on for a long time listing these. The key thing is that can you document tangible evidence of improving and having a good impact on people’s lives, and I say that broadly. And it’s got to be compelling and high-quality, from compelling to aesthetics to technical to pure execution. It should really have a sense of being influential to creating future development across virtual worlds into the real world. "

Applications for the Linden Prize must be submitted by January 15, 2009. They will then be reviewed by anonymous Linden Lab employees, Second Life residents, and outside thought leaders before being announced in April 2009.

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