Running through the end of July are Audience Participation Events for the UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge, with 90 artworks from around the globe and MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom, with a sublime collection of 51 short animated film.Both of these events are set up such that the viewers or the audience experiencing the artworks or the film, can submit a top10 list in the order they … [Read more...] about The University of Western Australia in Second Life: Audience Participation Events: UWA Centenary 3D Art & MachinimUWA V
Charting the growth of Second Life
With over 20,000 regions currently active on the grid, it is sometimes hard to picture just how big Second Life is, much less under how all the various component parts – continents, famous regional groups, places like the Blake Sea and Bay City – look and fit together. Harder still is to picture exactly how SL grew over the years.So, if you do have an interest in … [Read more...] about Charting the growth of Second Life
Philip Rosedale: The Media Is Wrong, SecondLife Didn’t Fail
A nice piece from Sarah Lacy: As anyone who has ever been near a startup knows, none of it is ever that simple, whether the startup succeeds or fails. And it certainly wasn’t for SecondLife — a company that seemed crazy initially, lauded as the next best thing a few years later, and was then dismissed as overhyped and mostly forgotten as the Web 2.0 wave gained … [Read more...] about Philip Rosedale: The Media Is Wrong, SecondLife Didn’t Fail
Kids in Church
3-year-old Reese : 'Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A little boy was overheard praying: 'Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed … [Read more...] about Kids in Church
Daden Unveil Oopal
Oopal (pronounced oo-pull) is Daden's latest offering: a web-based editor allowing you to place and edit objects in a 2D environment, which will then roll out to the 3D environment (currently OpenSim and Second Life with Unity3D support coming in the next 6 months). Watch this brief walkthrough video to check it out for yourself: OOPAL Quick Introduction from DadenMedia on … [Read more...] about Daden Unveil Oopal