Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love screening on SBS
Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love is a documentary originally screened in early 2008 on the BBC. It’s worth remembering that context, as regular Second Life residents may find watching a little frustrating otherwise.
The documentary follows people who’ve met in Second Life, and the ramifications that has had on their real world relationships. I’ve seen about [...]
Interzone’s Football MMO: local conflicts
In 2008, we mentioned the upcoming release of Interzone Futebol, a sporting MMO with some promise.
Over the past week, issues between local developers employed at the Western Australian office of Interzone and the US-based head office came to a head when Interzone’s VP of Business Development, Mike Turner, was confronted by employees.
Game Developer [...]
UWA’s Machinima competition: beauty and success
On Monday the University of Western Australia in Second Life had a bash to announce the winners of its MachinimUWA Challenge. What started out as a L$10,000 prize ended up as L$215,000 thanks to the entries being viewed by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson.
You can view each of the entries below, with the descriptions [...]
Discussion on internet filter on Tonight Live is… live!
As mentioned previously, I had the pleasure of appearing on Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe. The topic of discussion was the Commonwealth Government’s proposed internet filtering legislation and its potential impact on virtual worlds.
Paisley asked some incisive questions that helped set the scene for both the challenges and opportunities the legislation may provide. As [...]
Internet filtering and virtual worlds: Tonight Live discussion
I’m really pleased to be a guest on tomorrow’s Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe. Paisley is an Australian singer and broadcaster we’ve profiled before, and Tonight Live is arguably one of the most popular virtual worlds TV shows around.
Paisley and I will be discussing the background and potential impact of the internet filtering legislation proposed [...]
National Portrait Gallery in Second Life
There hasn’t been an enormous fanfare about the launch of the National Portrait Gallery’s doppelganger exhibition in Second Life, but there probably deserves to be. For its first foray into virtual worlds, the Gallery has created an impressive exhibition that beautifully showcases the power of digital artwork.
I asked the architect of the exhibition, Greg More [...]
UWA Art 3D Art and Design competition: December 2009 winners
The University of WA’s 3D Art and Design competition continues its significant momentum, with the December 2009 winners now announced. The full announcement below, plus you can view pictures of all the entrants on the UWA in SL blog.
As on of the finalist judges, each month makes me more nervous as I realise the [...]
