I really liked this story about artists (musicians, painters, writers) who are earning money in Second Life. In a way, Second Life has become a new arena to gain fans and even earn some bucks from your creative endeavors. I guess it makes sense. After all, the Web has changed the world of publishing and music drastically. Artists and writers can more easily get their works into the hands of people who may be interested by publishing their own books and producing their own music.

Apparently, there are even “600 visual art galleries” in Second Life. …read more

The virtual world has changed everything we know, so why not the way doctors treat patients?

That’s what happening in at the Imperial College in London. Students there “navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses.” The only catch? It’s all in the virtual world. The patients they “see” on are on the computer screen and they are essentially playing a game to learn how to treat them.
While I think this might be interesting for a week or so, nothing can replace hands on learning. I’d personally rather see …read more

Or, soccer, for American readers.
I love Saturday Sanity.
Not only does it give me a chance to recognize all the important mental health-related news I discover throughout the week (that, for one reason or another, I don’t have time to talk about in depth), but it also gives me a chance to let you all know about things going on here at Mental Health Notes and the rest of the b5media Science & Health Channel.

Yesterday I told you about the work The National Council is doing via Second Life. Soon after I posted it, I found out that Preferred Family Healthcare …read more

Are any of you familiar with Second Life? I know, I know, I can be really behind sometimes – I just discovered it a few months ago. I’m not a member yet, so to find out more about Second Life you should check out the Web site’s What is Second Life? and FAQs sections; however, simply put, “Second Life is a 3D digital world imagined and created by its Residents.”
So, why am I talking about Second Life on a mental health blog? The answer to that is interesting indeed.
A few days ago I received an email from an employee with …read more