SpaceJunky – Australian Second Life band doing well
I received a press release today from Australian Second Life resident Bella Dutton about music outfit SpaceJunky. The whole virtual band thing is far from new (I was involved in one in 1994) but it’s great to see another Australian artist doing well.
The full text:
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Australian band SpaceJunky follows path from Tibet to Virtual [...]
Second Skin
Second Skin is an upcoming documentary on the impact virtual worlds are having now and the increased impact they’re likely to have into the future.
There’s a trailer for the documentary released today and it looks like a polished production covering some of the key challenges facing society in the virtual world sphere. World of Warcraft [...]
Singapore’s Mirror World shows business promise
I received a press release today from Singapore-based company ‘Virtual Worlds’, touting their Mirror World which is under development and due for launch at the end of this year. The full text of the press release is below by essentially it’s a platform that will allow creation of replicas of real-world locations for the purpose [...]
Two key reports released on Second Life and education / non-profit sectors
The first is entitled: Best Practices from the Second Life Community Convention Education Track 2007 and was prepared by Cathy Arreguin, MA Educational Technology.
Get the report here or further details on it here
The second is Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life – Fall 2007 by Rik Panganiban.
Get the report here or further details on [...]
Death Of A Skeptic Part 2
Continuing on from Part 1, Bix Ashbourne describes his early days as a Second Life resident:
I start wandering. Rude people, silent people, gregarious people, bothersome people, strange people, oddly dressed people…is this Los Angeles? So much for a different life. Armed with the in-world names of some real-life friends, I discover the search function, and [...]
Furries, sexuality and griefing: one viewpoint
I received an email today from well-known Australian Second Life resident Wolfie Rankin, with some fascinating thoughts on sexuality, furries and the issue of griefing. His views in full below – the only alterations are changes to spelling and capitalisation:
“Some interesting things have come to light during a discussion with a friend who’s an Officer [...]
Australian Second Lifers at 2008 Linux Conference
Over on the blog devoted to Australian users of Second Life on the Linux platform, they’ve mentioned that this week there’s Australia’s annual Linux conference.
A swathe of Australian Second Life residents will be there, so if Linux and many hours of technical discussions are your thing, a quick trip to Melbourne may be in order.
