SecondLife REST API
From their site: Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by nearly 100,000 people from around the globe. The Second Life Webmap API allows you to embed Second Life Maps onto your web pages. Note: A JavaScript model similar to Google and other map APIs.
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- Watch Twitter updates in Second Life with this Twitter Fountain. Sit by the fountain of real-time tweets and watch them bubble up. This YouTube video gives you the quick demo.
- This gadget grabs the Yahoo weather feed for any US zip code or international country code, and updates an object to display the current weather in Second Life.
- Gridmarker.com is a free place to store, share, view, and search for your favorite locations in Second Life. You can also find new places to explore by viewing and searching favorite locations of...
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VirWoX, the Virtual World Exchange for trading currencies in virtual worlds like Second Life, recently unveiled the VirWoX API. The API provides live access to real time quotes from the VirWoX marketplace, where the currency for Second Life, called Linden dollars, can be traded in several real-life currencies (see our VirWoX API profile for details). The Virtual World Exchange provides opportunities for Second Life members to buy and sell Linden dollars in U.S. dollars, Euros (EUR), UK pounds (GBP), and other currencies, potentially reducing the transaction costs for converting between real-life money and Linden dollars.
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