I received a press release from the ABC's Radio National, who have launched collaborative content creation site called Pool. It's a joint initiative between RMIT University, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Wollongong and runs on the open source content management system Drupal. The call is on for people to contribute their words, pictures, sounds or … [Read more...] about Pool: the ideal Second Life tie-in opportunity for the ABC
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Australia Council announces latest funding winners
The Australia Council have announced the winners of their MMUVE IT! project. The project had thirty thousand dollars up for grabs for a virtual world arts initiative. The winners this time are visual artist Andrew Burrell from Sydney and artist and science researcher Trish Adams from Brisbane. The third real winner this time is startup virtual world platform VastPark, which … [Read more...] about Australia Council announces latest funding winners
Seventeen Unsung Songs wrap-up
Back in May we mentioned a mixed reality event in Melbourne called Seventeen Unsung Songs. Tateru Nino has done a nice wrap of the event on Massively. Here's to more engaging mixed reality events in the future! … [Read more...] about Seventeen Unsung Songs wrap-up
Bitfilm’s virtual art city in Twinity
Metaversum's virtual cum mirror world, Twinity, is hosting the German digital media festival Bitfilm in an underground city called Bitropolis. It houses a cinema to view Bitfilm entries as well as an art gallery and bar. Digital media artists can rent their own cube close to the cinema to use for their screenings or other exploits. The Bitfilm promo gives a snapshot of the … [Read more...] about Bitfilm’s virtual art city in Twinity
Mixed reality event: Seventeen Unsung Songs
If you're located in Melbourne you might want to head over to Horse Bazaar, 397 Lonsdale st Melbourne on Wednesday night the 21st May: Adam Nash (Second Life artist-in-residence) and Greg Wadley (Uni of Melbourne) will perform a thirty-minute music and movement piece in Second Life. They will pilot their avatars around Adam's "Seventeen Unsung Songs" installation, an island … [Read more...] about Mixed reality event: Seventeen Unsung Songs