One of Australia's most striking Second Life locations is Melbourne Laneways on ABC Island. It was launched in October 2007 as a joint initiative of the ABC and Multimedia Victoria. Unfortunately, its days are numbered, with the build being eliminated in the next week or two according to ABC Admin, Wolfie Rankin. The upside will be the increased space for new developments … [Read more...] about Melbourne Laneways on its last legs
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New Zealand OpenSim grid on the way
I stumbled across a communication from a consortium of New Zealand Universities, who are making a public call for support for their proposal (which is reproduced in full below): I’ve been asked as a contributor to OpenSim to pass along the following. There is a bid going on for a new public project in NZ, through the University of Otago, and the principles (researchers at the … [Read more...] about New Zealand OpenSim grid on the way
Peter Rowsthorn gets virtual
Last Friday night, ABC show Can We Help covered the topic of virtual worlds, with host Peter Rowsthorn being shown around Second Life by the RMIT's Lisa Dethridge. Watch it in full here: SLUploaded by Wolfie_Storr Thanks to Wolfie Rankin for the heads-up! … [Read more...] about Peter Rowsthorn gets virtual
Journalism in Second life: research underway
In the past week i had the pleasure of spending an hour with Annabelle Boyd Jones, an Honours research student from the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. Her research is on the role of journalism and governance in Second Life. To my knowledge this is an unexplored research area and should provide for some fascinating results. I'm pleased to … [Read more...] about Journalism in Second life: research underway
Live Future 2020 event in Second Life this Sunday
Global Youth Futures are running an event this weekend called 'Live Futures 2020:A World of Possiblity'. It's being held in Newtown, Sydney but there's a stream being coordinated by Jokay Wollongong, with some interesting speakers confirmed (all times in AEST): 12pm - Welcome and Second Life orientation 12:30pm AEST - Dell Wolfensparger shares some his work and insights, … [Read more...] about Live Future 2020 event in Second Life this Sunday