Sharon Burns posts another in her series of explorations of virtual worlds, this time focusing on the "tween" focused virtual world Whyville. Check it out here. Nicely done!
Category: Virtual Worlds
“The Making of Second Life”: stories from the pretend world and the real people that live there
I just finished Hamlet Au’s awesome new book The Making of Second Life. In some ways, it reads like the "greatest hits" of his influential blog "New World Notes," including some of his most popular stories such as the griefer war against the French Fronte Nationale party, the Copybot scandal, and the prim tax revolt…
Intel “Sunflower” promotion in SL benefits Conservation International
Intel has launched an interesting virtual promotion for their new non-lead-based, more eco-friendly chip that uses "45 nanometer Hafnium-based High-k metal gate transistor" technology, whatever that is. To celebrate their new chip, Intel has created a sunflower field in Second Life. If you head to Intel island (click here to teleport) you’ll find dozens of…
I’m the freshest b-boy in the metaverse
Click to Play Yes, I know you can see the user interface. The regular key combination doesn’t work on my Mac, for some reason. Anyway, I did this as a tongue-in-cheek entry on Dancejam.com. Go vote me up there! Or submit your own video, so we can battle! Credits: Set: Timeless Underground Club in Second…
Foundation for Rich Content offers L$25,000 for virtual life enriching projects
I just got a notice from the Foundation for Rich Content in Second Life, which I have blogged about previously. The Foundation is offering up to L$ 25,000 for "an idea for a project that would enrich the lives of SL residents." Past grantees have produced SL sports and performance events, classes, interactive museum displays,…
The Travails of Being a Second Life Tourguide
This weekend I got a chance to visit with Maria, one of my best friends who lives in Amsterdam. We were chatting about what we’ve been up to for the past year or so since we’ve seen each other, and she asks about Second Life. “You know, I don’t think I’ve ever really seen Second…
Presenting at the International Criminal Court!
Barry Joseph and I just finished a couple of, we think, fairly successful presentations to staff at the International Criminal Court on our plans to launch the International Justice Center in Second Life next month. The ICC is a huge institution, occupying two gleaming towers that were formerly the headquarters of a major Dutch television…
Off to The Hague to meet with the ICC!
Barry Joseph and I are getting ready to board a plane headed to the city of the Hague in the Netherlands to meet with some folks at the International Criminal Court. We are going to bring them up to speed on our plans to launch the International Justice Center in Second Life on March 20,…
Cool machinima to promote Hamlet Au’s new book on Second Life
The Making of Second Life from TheMakingOfSecondLife on Vimeo. I totally digging this sweet machinima created to promote my buddy Hamlet Au’s upcoming book The Making of Second Life. From the synopsis: Wagner James Au explores the long, implausible road behind [Second Life’s] success, and looks at the road ahead, where many believe that user-created…
If it’s Thursday, this must be Chicago
[CC-licensed photo by benchilada ] The last few weeks have been filled with a somewhat ridiculous amount of travel for Global Kids, including two trips to Chicago, a hop over to Los Angeles, and culminating in a transatlantic flight to the Netherlands at the end of this month. The purpose of all these trips has…