1. The latest Second Life Education in New Zealand blog has an interesting update on a NZ-based Second Life creative project that's exploring issues around public urban spaces. 2. Volume 3 of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is now available and as usual contains a range of interesting research. A glimpse of some of the peer-reviewed research papers: Spectacular … [Read more...] about Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
Events
‘Life On Line’ launches
I received a media release yesterday, announcing the launch of a virtual TV show, Life On Line. It's the latest project by Australian Steve Cropper, who produced a virtual worlds community called My Metaverse as well as a previous offering: The Late Show. I watched the pilot episode and like any pilot, it's pretty raw. The overall theme of the show is the multitude of ways … [Read more...] about ‘Life On Line’ launches
Victorian Bushfire support continues in Second Life
Across the Second Life grid, fundraisers continue to occur for the victims of the Victorian bushfires. Tonight I heard about a fundraiser occurring at Bringiton's Music Hall of Fame. Australian owner Bringiton Paine is hoping to raise up to half a million Linden Dollars overnight, so if you've got some spare time and want to have a dance, join the party and make a donation. … [Read more...] about Victorian Bushfire support continues in Second Life
Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
1. The upcoming SBS documentary, Alter Ego, now has a (superb) theme song available for free download here. 2. An interesting Second Life event: The annual DREAMS Community Health, Education and Art Fair will be held from February the 15th through the 28th. This will be the 5th year for the fair at Dreams. Each year the Dreams Community Fair is provided as an outreach … [Read more...] about Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds
Two of our more popular features each week are our weekly mainstream news roundup, The Watch, and our weekly does of machinima, Weekend Whimsy. The former runs Mondays, the latter Fridays. We've decided to add a new feature that will run in the middle of the week, called Merged Realities. It will be a handful of links to virtual world events, real-world events and … [Read more...] about Merged realities: events and issues for virtual worlds