Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. ABC Island’s friends are seeking feedback on the new Pool Studio. It features a green screen area for Machinima production and a cinema section where we hope to stream video shortly.
2. Interested in helping entrepreneurs in developing countries? Our Metaverse Aid team is growing slowly and more than a dozen ventures have been [...]
Beautiful Kate: a second preview
For those interested in seeing Beautiful Kate on its release in August, here’s a second snippet for you to view, released by distributor Roadshow Films. It’s 3 minutes long and gives a great idea of the location the film is set in:
Enjoy!
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Information Week (USA) – Design Your Own Board Game With The Game Crafter. “Internet-powered personalization has changed the way products are made and sold. Using various e-commerce sites, individuals can now create and sell products like books, CDs, DVDs, mugs, posters, stamps, T-shirts, and assorted accessories with only a few digital files and mouse [...]
Man vs Second Life: a tale of disenchantment
A month or so ago, we featured a machinima called Man vs. Second Life, as our Machinima of the Week. It was a notable piece of humour and well and truly deserved the more than fifty thousand views it has received to date. Here is it in case you hadn’t seen it:
A little over a [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. President Obama’s address in Ghana simulcast in Second Life
2. Second Life – Jam – Michael Jackson
3. Udder Chaos
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Daden Limited have launched an Apollo 11 simulation that’s well worth spending some time checking out. It features Tranquility Base and the Eagle lander, and “allows visitors to follow the footsteps of Armstrong and Aldrin, whilst looking at the videos and photos they took, and finding out about the science experiments they [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. CBS News (USA) – The Obama White House’s First Try At Second Life. “Since entering the White House in January, the Obama administration has made use of a myriad of social networking and Internet communications tools, such as blogs, the YouTube video service and Twitter, to interact with the public. Come Saturday, you can [...]
