I’ve decided that I don’t have the time or energy to devote to building out Yehoodi’s in-world presence in Second Life anymore. I do believe there are interesting ways that virtual worlds could be used to promote lindy hop and swing jazz. I would still love to host in-world interviews with jazz artists and dancers,…
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Chicago and NY teens complete virtual fossil dig in Second Life today
The I Dig Tanzania summer camp participants finished the virtual portion of their program today. Here’s a picture of our New York IDT participants posing with Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life. A dedicated group of 16 teens in Chicago and New York completed a week-long set of activities…
5 Finalists in USC Public Good & Second Life Community Challenge Announced — vote for your favorites!
We just announced in-world the five finalists in the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge". They are: Ability Commons: Proposers Gentle Heron and Carolina Yeats Mauerkrankheit: Proposers Ping Rau and Nonny Writer Native Lands Cultural Project: Proposer Boondoggle Gruppman Texas Obesity Research Center: Proposer Sirena Felisimo Interactive Accessible Home: Proposer…
Real World Places in Second Life: The Seattle Sim
A couple of years ago, one of the first recreations of a real life building I encountered in Second Life was the Seattle Space Needle, created by Mattias Faulkner. At the time, I remarked that while the tower itself was impressive, it lacked the context of place, amidst a vibrant Pacific coastal city. In March,…
Neat 3d model of how Second Life works… in Second Life
More meta-metaverse goodness. Check out this awesome 3d model of how Second Life works, created in Second Life. In the bottom left are the various client computers accessing Second Life via the internet (the gray cloud I’m standing in.) In the back is the server farm that host the data of each of the "simulators"…
“Second Life and the Public Good Community Challenge” : awesome submissions!
I just finished doing a first read-through of the submitted proposals for the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge". There’s a rich assortment of innovative projects on the table, all of which are worthy of support in their own right. Winnowing it down to just five is going to be…
2 jobs available for community development project in Boston using Second Life
Gene Koo of the Berkman Center at Harvard wanted me to pass around these job notices for an innovative project called "Hub2": "Hub2 seeks to enable local neighborhoods to participate more meaningfully in the design and development of their own public spaces. Residents engage in a process that employs 3D tools and problem-solving techniques to…
Global Kids on the Second Life Grid website!
If you go to the Non-profit section of the Second Life Grid website, you will see two images featuring Global Kids’ work on the Teen Grid. I’m particularly proud of this since I took both of these pictures. Go, GK!
REMINDER: I’m speaking at NetSquared mixed-reality panel tomorrow in Second Life
Just a quick reminder that TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 28, I will be speaking at a mixed-reality panel discussion from the NetSquared conference in San Jose California. I’ll be giving a presentation (along with several other fine presenters) on how my group Global Kids has benefited from virtual worlds and offer some suggestions for how others…
Come celebrate the second Non-profit Commons island on May 28 in Second Life!
As folks know, I’m a big supporter of the Non-profit Commons in Second Life, a hotbed of public good activity lovingly managed by my friend Glitteractica Cookie and the rest of the crew at TechSoup. I’m delighted to report that the NPC is expanding from its current island to a second beautiful sim called the…